Learning disabilities sourcebook
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich.
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 579
Table of contents: title: Introduction to learning disabilities. Understanding learning disabilities -- Brain development and implications for learning -- Research in learning disabilities -- Learning disabilities in the United States : advocacy, science, and the future of the field -- Selected special education statistics -- Assessment. Understanding assessment jargon -- The assessment process -- Methods of gathering assessment information -- Primary areas of assessment -- Dyslexia and other academic skills disorders. Facts about dyslexia -- Academic interventions for children with dyslexia who have phonological core deficits -- Multisensory approaches to working with dyslexic students -- The alphabetic principle -- Dysgraphia : learning disabilities in writing -- Dyspraxia : learning disabilities in movement -- Dyscalculia : learning disabilities in mathematics -- Sensory and communication disorders. Background information on developmental speech and language disorders -- Update on developmental speech and language disorders -- Prevalence of communication disorders among children in special education classes -- Questions and answers about central auditory processing deficits -- Auditory processing disorder and interventions -- Visual processing disorder and interventions -- Other neurological disorders that impede learning. Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) [ADHD] -- The effects of stimulant medication on children with attention deficit disorder -- Readings and resources on AD/HD -- Understanding autism -- Autism and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) -- Antidepressant holds promise for treating autism -- Legal and social information for parents of learning disabled children. Legal rights of children and youth who have learning disabilities (LD) -- How section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of applies to students with LD and AD/HD -- Definitions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) -- Stress management for the learning disabled -- Building self-esteem -- Throwing the book at them : remedial assistance for LD juvenile offenders -- Some reflections on vulnerable youth : learning disabilities and substance abuse -- Special information for older students and adults with learning disabilities. Adults with learning disabilities : assessing the problem -- Getting ready for college : advising high school students with learning disabilities -- The law and its impact on postsecondary education -- Educational software and adaptive technology for postsecondary students with learning disabilities -- Social skills : the bottom line for adult LD success -- Employing persons with learning disabilities : legal implications and management strategies -- National resources for adults with learning disabilities -- Appendix : sources of help and information on the internet.