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Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills To Students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs, 3rd Edition

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I bought this book to assist in my Learning Strategies Class. I was supposed to teach study skills to high school students with LD, but of course was given no materials to work with. The students enjoyed the activities. I do not think that I could have survived without this.

As a special education teacher I purchased this book because the title addressed the needs of the students I teach in a study skills class. However, the format of the book doesn't offer much in the way of copying many chapters or sections to teach to the students. Some chapters are user friendly, others are of no use the way they are formatted. Great title and table of contents but it is not very user friendly for teaching.
I also haven't been able to figure out the use of the CD that comes with it. Overall, for the price, I am disappointed.

These are good study strategies, whether a student has special learning needs or not. And with the ability to photocopy, this is a valuable resource that more than pays for itsself!

I was very excited to find a book with this title, "Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs." While I am not a trained or certified teacher I do have 2 children with special needs and I NEED HELP.

I found the foundation information provided to be useful. I was able to apply quite a bit and am still in the process of working through the process. The assessments and evaluations were a bit much and more than can be done by a lay person. We asked our special educator for help and she, very apologetically, stated that the protocol is just too time-consuming.

The main reason to buy the book is for the CD-ROM. The CD is very helpful, is user-friendly, and helps to really make plans for the child with special needs.

I am a high school teacher at a school with a high percentage of LD, ADD, and ADHD students. I was hoping for new ideas for modications, differentiation, and discrete skills to help my SPED students succeed even more in my general ed class.

This book was useless to me.

The activities in this book, while worthy, are VERY low level. Any students that need these activities are probably not in a mainstream classroom for core subjects, but in a Special Day Class if they are of high school age. SDC teachers may find things here that are useful, but most teachers will not.

This book is specifically engineered for the
target audience, and therefore one of the
best tools. Try this book and another book called
SURVEY OF 300 A+ STUDENTS (by Kenneth Green)
which gives a range of learning strategies for
this group.

I usually avoid published 'workbooks' for their repetitive and generic content. This is a different product altogether and offers several well designed categories and assignments that target important areas. The concepts are useful for more than just student support. Despite the plethora of information currently flooding the airwaves and bookstores, I find that the people who are responsible for creating the curriculum and envisioning meaningful programs for students who need them are basically out in the cold. We must target them! This approach can be referenced by parents on the move, by other IEP team members (unless they too are lost and clueless), teacher training personnel or anyone who is in the mix for the long haul and needs a nice compact non-technical piece of evidence. I did not use the CD- but I'm certain that it would easily justify the cost to tightfisted budget hawks. But the great thing about it is that it can be used for teacher training seminars and/or individual supervision- again, if the responsible party is competent.
Here's what it says-

In order to have faith in abilities and thus, the capacity to achieve- there have to be many EXPERIENCES of the same. (make sure they happen!)
Embittered learners become (by way of nature's survival instincts) emotionally defended and frequently engage in self-sabotage. They vent because they are in pain!
The emotional ramifications of chronic failure, make the experience of the poor student like those of a CONDEMNED PRISONER.
Reading these eloquently designed images of the sort of despair and suffering I know all to well- I felt like I was reading the National Enquirer for memory and drop-outs. But this is no scandal exaggeration- its an abominable scandal.
Buy it- try it- and feel free to give me feedback- I'd welcome it and promise to put it to good use. Don't stop now!

I bought this book based on the reviews written by previous buyers, especially the one that the buyer said they would not have survived their learning strategies class without this book--and I 100% AGREE! The way this book is arranged makes it very easy to make lesson plans and to make copies and overheads. The students understand the material and enjoy the exercises! This book is worth every penny!

I used this book as an activity book for my study skills development classes this past year and was very pleased with it. This works well for middle school and high school students who are having trouble developing study skills on their own.

Now in an expanded and updated third edition, Teaching Learning Strategies And Study Skills To Students With Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, Or Special Needs by Stephen S. Strichart (Florida International University) and Charles T. Mangrum II (University of Miami-Coral Gables) is a "user friendly" guide intended for those involved in the education of middle school and high school special needs students. More than 150 activities such as sample problems and practice tests serve as a useful aid to teaching students how to take effective notes, budget their study time, prepare themselves for tests, and much more in this extremely useful guide with its heavy emphasis on teaching practical academic survival. An accompanying CD offers a trial version of a computerized assessment program.