Provides information and advice to young people who have different learning styles on such topics as dating, driving, getting a job, and planning for the future.
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Grade 7-12-A guide to help young people with learning differences cope with the educational and social experiences they will face as they grow up. As such, it is also a useful book for any teen searching for answers about how to find a job, set goals, and make friends. The authors' School Survival Guide for Kids with LD (Free Spirit, 1991) is mainly concerned with studying and succeeding in an academic setting. Here, they continue to write in simple sentences, with good chapter summations. There is ample white space, and the print, while not overly large, is easy to read. Chapter headings are clearly delineated and cartoons help clarify the text. Definitions of LD and information about the law are included. The authors stress the rights of children and their parents in regard to school and encourage teens to participate in writing their own Individualized Education Plan (IEP). There is a chapter on sexuality. Titles for further reading on this and other related topics are suggested throughout the book. The index is excellent. This is a very positive book that will be helpful to counselors and LD teachers as well as students and their parents.
Margaret C. Howell, West Springfield Elementary School, VA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Margaret C. Howell, West Springfield Elementary School, VA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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It brought relief and a smile to my daughter's face!,
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This review is from: The Survival Guide for Teenagers with LD: Learning Differences (Dream It! Do It!) (Paperback)
After a particularly tough few weeks getting back to school, I bought this book for my 14 Y-O daughter, who has some Learning Differences after surgery, & radiation for removal of a brain tumor. Today, she was bouncing again and all smiles, as she read aloud to me some of the paragraphs from the book. She felt normal again ! Priceless ! If you have a teen with LD, you know what I mean. Just buy it and wait for them to start leafing through it. It has simple and straightforward paragraphs that are not threatening to a teen with LD, and it helps them focus on what matters to them. Parents be warned it is not all about school work, so be prepared, but also about getting a job, dating, driving, etc.
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Great Self-Help Book for Teens with Learning Disabilities,
By Dale Susan Brown "Dale Susan Brown" (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Survival Guide for Teenagers with LD: Learning Differences (Dream It! Do It!) (Paperback)
Discusses using your high school and teenage years to become the best possible adult. Includes sections on making and keeping friends, using the IEP process to get a good education, relationships with the opposite sex, and whether or not you should get a part time job. This book is well-laid out and is written in an engaging style. This review is adapted from the Annotated Bibliography of Learning A Living; A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disdorder, and Dyslexia
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Some people say that "LD" means "learning disabled" or "learning disabilities." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social perceptual disability, ask your school counselor, assertive advocate, younger teenagers, special education classroom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Some people say that "LD" means "learning disabled" or "learning disabilities." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social perceptual disability, ask your school counselor, assertive advocate, younger teenagers, special education classroom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Network Publications, Peterson's Guides, Assertive Response, Free Spirit Publishing Inc, Learning Disabilities Association, Newmarket Press, State Department of Motor Vehicles New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships by Ruth Bell on page 141
- Every Day by Young in Back Matter
- My Body (Ladders) by Angela Wilkes in Back Matter
- How to Be a Super Sitter by Lee Salk on page 69
- How to Be by Lisa Brown on page 141
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