Product Description

"This book is about helping youngsters with learning disabilities hold onto their dreams. It is also about helping their mothers and fathers negotiate the maze of challenges that so often leaves parents and students alike feeling overwhelmed and helpless."

Writing with warmth and compassion Corinne Smith and Lisa Strick explain the causes, identification, and treatment of learning disabilities and present a wealth of practical strategies for helping youngsters become successful both in and out of the classroom:

* Recognizing a learning problem that won't be "outgrown"
* Designing an effective educational program that targets a student's strengths (not one that focuses only on weaknesses)
* Negotiating effectively for what your child needs at school
* Avoiding dead-end practices that rob students of motivation and self-esteem
* Managing problem behaviors at home
* Planning ahead for college and career

Enriched throughout with personal stories, case histories, and tips from parents who have "been there," Learning Disabilities: A to Z is an easy-to-use, up-to-the-minute resource for parents and professionals who work with children and adolescents.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #477913 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-25
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .99 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

From Library Journal
This essential guide for parents of children with learning disabilities includes special techniques for detecting disabilities at an early stage, finding causes of learning disabilities, and developing effective educational programs for children with special needs. Smith, director of Syracuse University's Psychoeducational Teaching Laboratory, and Strick, a freelance writer, focus on honing the child's strength rather than dwelling on weaknesses. They offer useful strategies for working with children and provide resources to meet teachers' and parents' needs. Perhaps most important, they present several actual case studies and share valuable insights regarding these children and their parents. Recommended for parents, educators, special education teachers, and clinicians.?Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Learning disabilities are neurological malfunctions that limit the brain's ability to understand, remember, or communicate information. Occurring in five percent of the population, they are numerous, complex, and complicated in their impact by related social, behavioral, and environmental problems. Smith and Strick describe clearly, concisely, and in detail what learning disabilities are, what causes them, their warning signs, their assessment, appropriate educational programs for them, and their possessors' social and emotional well-being. Illustrations, checklists, case material, and resource lists supplement their unusually thorough, logically organized handbook for parents, which is also substantive enough to usefully guide health professionals, teachers, and child-care workers. Furthermore, the personal accounts, which make real the devastating effects that undiagnosed and untreated learning disabilities can have on self-esteem, friendships, and family life, are most affecting. Kathryn Carpenter

Ingram
From one of the country's leading experts in the field and a mother who struggled to help her own learning-disabled child comes a comprehensive reference on the causes, identification, and treatment of a wide variety of learning disabilities.