Teaching students with learning disabilities: A practical guide for every teacher.

Abstract

(from the cover) This compact resource describes the characteristics associated with learning disabilities, and offers practical teaching strategies proven to increase the success rate of these students both in and outside the classroom. Highlights of the text include: a pretest and posttest to help readers assess their understanding of the nature of learning disabilities and how they are best addressed; cognitive, academic, communicational, physical, and behavioral characteristics that are associated with learning disabilities; strategies to improve the work habits and study skills of students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD; highly effective methods for improving the performance of students with learning disabilities in reading, writing, and mathematics; and key vocabulary terms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)