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Ready To Use Tools & Materials for Remediating Specific Learning Disabilities (Complete Learning Disabilities Library, Vol. II)

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I disagree with the reviewer who claimed this book would "keep LD kids stupid." As a fourth grade teacher, I found this book very useful. It is packed with ideas that I can use in my inclusion classroom with ALL students. The reproducibles are easy to use and there are ideas for reading and writing which all of my students enjoy. I didn't read the philosophy of the author, so I do not know if the claim that the other reviewer made (about Harwell believing LD kids can't learn beyond a 7th grade level) is true. Her philosophy does not matter to me if her materials work in my classroom. She makes reading and writing fun, easy, and hands-on. I have been borrowing this book from a fellow teacher for a few weeks and am on-line today to order a copy for myself.

Ms. Harwell's credits notwithstanding, this book exemplifies what's wrong in the public school LD thinking. To say that LD kids cannot achieve past 7th grade level by the time they graduate from high school is a crime. They can! They do! Get better materials.