Our labeled children
Subtitle: what every parent and teacher needs to know about learning disabilities
By: Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko
Contributors: Grigorenko, Elena L.
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780738201856
Subjects: Reading disability; Learning disabilities; Kind; Lernbehinderung; Learning disabled children; Education; Leermoeilijkheden
Description: The percentage of school-age children in this country who have been labeled as having a learning disability is on the rise and may soon reach twenty percent. But what is a genuine learning disability and how does it differ from garden-variety poor learning? How can we more accurately assess children's abilities, and then teach to learning strengths instead of to weaknesses? From the biological bases of dyslexia and other disabilities, to the tests that do and do not accurately assess learning abilities, to the social and educational pressures that contribute to misdiagnois in this country, the authors outline the issues that concern both parents and teachers, to help children with all manner of learning problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are learning disabilities, who has them, and what has been done about them?; title: The LD lottery: who wins, who loses?; title: What's at stake? Abilities, disabilities, and lotteries; title: Picking the lucky tickets: difficulties in identifying people with learning disabilities; title: Pretend that no one lost: issues regarding accommodations and special services; title: The science of reading disabilities; title: The mind of the child with LD: cognitive bases of reading and reading disabilities; title: The brain of the child with LD: biological bases of reading and reading disabilities; title: The genes of the child with LD: genetic bases of reading and reading disabilities; title: Learning disabilities in the school, courtroom, and society; title: Getting a better ticket: LD in the school; title: There are no jackpots: LD in the courtroom; title: What needs to be done; title: LD: the lottery that everyone wins and loses.