Learning Disabilities: Characteristics, Identification, and Teaching Strategies, Fifth Edition
The best classroom practices.The latest research.The issues for debate.Learning Disabilitiesmakes the connection between the characteristics of students with learning disabilities and the classroom tested instructional strategies that work in class. With up-to-date content, this practical guide offers insight into practical educational concerns from a teacher's perspective, while covering the relevant scholarship to best prepare your students for working with these students.About the Book:NEW! Recommendations from the Commission for Excellence in Special Education are included, preparing your students for the transformation of the field of LD.NEW! Focus on the latest inbrain compatible researchand instructional practices.NEW! Containsresearch-based reading strategies, as emphasized in the No Child Left Behind Legislation!NEW! Emphasis onmultiple intelligencesinstructional options for students with learning disabilities.Teaching Tipssections in every chapter reveal practical strategies on how to teach students with learning disabilities.Usesactual assessment and referral reportsto present the characteristics of students with disabilities (Ch. 5 & Appendix).Provides practical guidelines for identification of the particular components thatcollege-bound students with learning disabilitiesand their parents should look for inselection of an appropriate college program(Ch. 13).“...elements of the text ...are EXTREMELY beneficial to the university students as learning tools.”Dr. Coleen E. Klein,University of Central Florida“(Learning Disabilities) provides learners with sufficient opportunities to interact with the text and apply their learning...The questions and activities at the end of each chapter encourage students to reflect upon or think critically about the context.”Daqi Lee,State University of New York at Oneonta