This volume examines the field of learning disabilities and the education of learning disabled (LD) children through the eyes of several experts. Contributors bring to the book such diverse academic backgrounds as education, psychology, special education and medicine. The chapters, adapted from lectures given at the Landmark West School in California, include audience questions and responses. Chapters on new medications for the LD child, contemporary research on dyslexia and educational strategies for improving reading are complemented bychapters on social and emotional issues that affect the families of learning disabled children, adolescents and young adults.
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...an excellent resource for all families who have a member with attention deficit disorder (ADD), for teachers working with ADD children and for those students likely to encounter ADD children in their future teaching careers.
–Jim Miedaner of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
–Jim Miedaner of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
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whole word reading skills, digital agnosia, awkward children, learning disabled girls, learning disabled youngsters, clumsy children, linguistic comprehension, dyslexic readers, dyslexia research, having dyslexia, phonological problems, learning disabled child, dyslexic children, poor readers, hyperactivity symptoms, abled children, phonic reading, motor incoordination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, University of California, Landmark West, Santa Barbara, United States, Serious Emotional Disturbance, Department of Education, Steven Forness, Academic Press, Current Trends, Isle of Wight, Michael Spagna, Thirteenth Annual Report, Goldman Tonight, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome New!
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whole word reading skills, digital agnosia, awkward children, learning disabled girls, learning disabled youngsters, clumsy children, linguistic comprehension, dyslexic readers, dyslexia research, having dyslexia, phonological problems, learning disabled child, dyslexic children, poor readers, hyperactivity symptoms, abled children, phonic reading, motor incoordination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, University of California, Landmark West, Santa Barbara, United States, Serious Emotional Disturbance, Department of Education, Steven Forness, Academic Press, Current Trends, Isle of Wight, Michael Spagna, Thirteenth Annual Report, Goldman Tonight, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome New!
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- Soft Neurological Signs by David E. Tupper on page 183, page 184, and page 185
- Learning Disabilities by Chelsea House on page 182, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Remedial Motor Activity for Children (Health education, physical education & recreation series) by Bryant J. Cratty on page 147, and page 182
- Misunderstood Child - W/B 26 by Silver on page 2, and Back Matter
- The Science of Learning Disabilities by Kenneth A. Kavale on page 62, and page 86
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- Dyslexia : A Psychosocial Perspective by Morag Hunter-Carsch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Socially ADDept: A Manual for Parents of Children with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities by Janet Z. Giler in Back Matter
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