| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 447 pages) |
| Contents |
Classification and identification of learning disabilities / Jack M. Fletcher -- Learning disabilities and memory / H. Lee Swanson, and Danielle Stomel -- Brain and behavioral response to intervention for specific reading, writing, and math disabilities : what works for whom? / Virginia W. Berninger and Michael Dunn -- Social relationships : the 4th R / Judith Wiener and Victoria Timmermanis -- Self-regulation among students with LD and ADHD / Robert R. Reid, Karen R. Harris, Steve Graham and Marcia Rock -- Reading interventions for students in early primary grades / Sylvia Linan-Thompson, and Jeremy Miciak -- Highlights in reading comprehension intervention research for students with learning disabilities / Lina H. Mason, and Jessica L. Hagaman -- Instructional interventions for students with mathematics learning disabilities / Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas F. Scruggs, Clara Hauth, and Dannette Allen-Bronaugh -- Writing instruction / Charles A. MacArthur, Zoi Philippakos, Steve Graham and Karen Harris -- Assessment and interventions for English language learners with learning disabilities / Esther Geva, and Katherine Herbert -- Improving outcomes for adolescents with learning disabilities / Patricia Sampson Graner, and Donald D. Deshler -- Effective instruction for history and the social studies : what works for students with learning disabilities / Susan De La Paz -- Navigating the postsecondary landscape / John G. Freeman, Allyson Harrison, and Ena Holtermann with Ingrid Jackson and Todd Cunningham -- Special education curriculum in an era of high standards / John Woodward -- Included, but underserved : rediscovering special education for students with learning disabilities / Jean B. Crockett, Elizabeth A. Filippi, and Cheryl L. Morgan |
| Summary |
Bernice Wong's Learning about Learning Disabilities was the first text to give equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Chapters summarizing research on learning disabilities include coverage of ADHD, memory, language processing, social competence, self-regulation, and brain structures as they apply to learning disabilities. Chapters focusing on instructional aspects of learning disabilities include coverage of teaching literacy, reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's Web site; (ScienceDirect, viewed on August 9, 2012) |
| Subject |
Learning disabilities.
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Learning disabled -- Education
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Learning disabled children -- Education
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Learning disabled youth -- Education
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Learning Disabilities
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EDUCATION -- Special Education -- Mental disabilities.
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Learning disabilities
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Learning disabled
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wong, Bernice Y. L.
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Butler, Deborah (Deborah Lyne)
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| ISBN |
9780123884091 |
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0123884098 |
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0123884144 |
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9780123884145 |
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