Addressing Learning Disabilities and Difficulties : How to Reach and Teach Every Student

by Gilbert Guerin

• ISBN13: 9781412925624
• ISBN10: 1412925622
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-02
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This updated edition of I Can Learn offers the best practices and policies that enable students with learning disabilities to excel in the general education classroom.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
About the Editors	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Some Background of Difficulties With Children's Learning and Performance	1	(2)
Complexity of Learning and Performance Difficulties	3	(1)
Basic Assumptions	4	(1)
Approaches to Children's Difficulties in Learning and Performance	5	(1)
Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Addressing Learning Disabilities and Difficulties	6	(3)
Parts I and II: Their Content and Purpose	9	(1)
Ways to Use This Handbook	10	(1)
Summary	11	(2)
Part I: Learning Difficulties and Teaching Strategies	13	(54)
Strategies to Improve Learning Skills	15	(26)
Listening Comprehension	16	(1)
Ability to Pay Attention	17	(3)
Organizational Skills	20	(4)
Retention and Retrieval of Material	24	(1)
Productivity	25	(2)
Mathematical Computations and Operations	27	(2)
Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving	29	(3)
Reading Word Recognition	32	(3)
Reading Comprehension	35	(4)
Summary	39	(1)
Intervention Plan	40	(1)
Strategies to Improve Performance Skills	41	(26)
Verbal Expression	42	(1)
Handwriting and Copying	43	(4)
Spelling	47	(2)
Written Expression	49	(2)
Test Taking	51	(3)
Appropriate Social Behavior	54	(10)
Summary	64	(2)
Intervention Plan	66	(1)
Part II: The Special Education Referral Process	67	(56)
Referral and Eligibility	69	(22)
Documentation of Adaptations	70	(4)
Referral Process	74	(2)
Evaluation Process	76	(9)
Parents' Rights	85	(2)
Eligibility and Specific Learning Disabilities	87	(2)
Summary	89	(2)
The Individualized Education Program	91	(18)
Intent of the IEP	92	(2)
IEP Meeting	94	(1)
Content of the IEP Document	95	(8)
The Positive Behavioral Intervention Plan	103	(2)
Placement in Alternative Education Settings	105	(1)
Reviews and Reevaluations	106	(1)
Summary	107	(2)
Options for Service Delivery	109	(14)
Continuum of Program Options	109	(4)
Service Delivery Models	113	(1)
Strategies and Programs for School Sites	114	(6)
Summary	120	(3)
Afterword	123	(2)
Glossary	125	(10)
Resource A. Characteristics and Criteria for Identifying Students With Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Attentional Disorders, and Behavioral Problems	135	(14)
Resource B. Selected Internet Sites	149	(4)
Resource C. Agencies and Organizations	153	(2)
Selected References	155	(4)
Index	159