Learning disabilities and related mild disabilities : characteristics, teaching strategies, and new directions /

Lerner, Janet

Learning disabilities and related mild disabilities : characteristics, teaching strategies, and new directions / Janet Lerner. - 11th - Beltmon, MA : Wadsworth, 2009. - xxvii, 515 [48] p.: ill. 29 cm

Includes bibliographic references and index

Pt. 1. Overview of learning disabilities and related mild disabilities -- 1. Learning disabilities and related mild disabilities: characteristics and current directions -- pt. 2. The assessment-teaching process -- 2. Assessment and the IEP process -- 3. Clinical teaching -- 4. Educational settings and the role of the family -- pt. 3. Theoretical perspectives and expanding directions -- 5. Theories of learning: implications of teaching -- 6. Social, emotional and behavioral challenges -- 7. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and related disorders -- 8. Young children with disabilities -- 9. Adolescents and adults with learning disabilities and related mild disabilities -- 10. Medical aspects of learning disabilities and related mild disabilities -- pt. 4. From theories to teaching strategies -- 11. Spoken language difficulties: listening and speaking -- 12. Reading difficulties -- 13. Written language: written expression, spelling, and handwriting -- 14. Mathematics difficulties.


English

978-0-495-81029-2


Learning disabilities
Learning disabled children--Education

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