The Six Success Factors for Children with Learning Disabilities Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids with LD Succeed in School and in Life

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• ISBN13: 9780470383773
• ISBN10: 0470383771
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-16
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids with Learning Disabilities Succeed in School and in LifeFrom the acclaimed Frostig Center comes a valuable resource for teachers and parents of children with learning disabilities. Based on a 20-year study, Frostig research has revealed six attributes that lead to long-term success for individuals with LD. This book helps teachers identify and encourage the growth of characteristics that will help students thrive in the classroom, at home, and in social situations. The book offers an array of classroom-tested,engaging activities-complete with reproducible worksheets-that have been proven to foster the "success attributes" in children.The six attributes identified by the Frostig Center are:Self-awarenessProactivityPerseveranceGoal settingUse of social support systemsEmotional coping strategiesEach of the book's activities contains a lesson plan with goals, materials, and procedures, including teaching instructions and reproducible student worksheets. The book is designed to be both flexible and easy-to-use. All activities can be modified to accommodate a variety of learners.Praise for The 6 Success Factors for Children with Learning Disabilities"Provides educators, parents, and other caregivers with pragmatic and measurable strategies to foster maturity and independence?The activities demonstrate that success is not amorphous and unattainable-rather, it can be achieved by adopting an established set of behaviors, attitudes, and characteristics. [This book] will be enormously useful as you prepare your students for their journey to adulthood." -From the foreword by Richard D. Lavoie, bestselling author, It's So Much Work to be Your Friend and The Motivation Breakthrough

Author Biography

The Frostig Center, founded in 1951, helps children with learning disabilities through their private school, research center, and teacher training division. Frostig's training department offers professional development for general and special education teachers in public, private, and parochial schools. Their areas of expertise include identifying learning disabilities; reading, writing, and math instruction; and behavior management strategies for struggling learners.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Foreword

About the Frostig Center

The Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Self-Awareness.

Introduction to Self-Awareness

Rating Yourself

Check for Understanding Self-Awareness

Describing Self

Describing Likes and Dislikes

Compare and Contrast Success Attributes

I SeeMe, You See Me

Check Out Sparktop.org

Identify Favorite Activities

Freaky Friday

I Feel Good About Me

Proactivity.

Introduction to Proactivity

Finding Help

Unlock Closed Doors

Ask the Experts

Take Action

Make the Solution Work for You

How Most People Find Jobs

Am I Ready to Be On My Own?

What Do I Know? What Must I Learn?

One Step at a Time

Perseverance.

Introduction to Perseverance

Help by Example

Dont Quit

Help with Hanging in There

Playing Games and Persevering

Preseverance Award

Work It Out! Hold On to That Job!

Occupations, Job Searching

After-School Goals

Long-Range Plans

Goal Setting.

Introduction to Goal Setting

Plan a Party

Shop ætil You Drop

School Tour

Criminal Investigation

Where I Am and Where I Want to Be

Road Map to Success

Step-by-Step to Achievement

What Do I Know About Me?

Social Support Systems.

Introduction to the Use of Effective Social Support Systems

Friendship Rating Scale

Who You Gonna Call?

Strength in Numbers

öAnd Seldom Is Heard . . .ö: Discouraging Words or Deeds

Imagine Me, Imagine You

Whats New?

Getting to Know You

Human Helpers: Accommodations for School, Work, and Life

Delightful Disclosure

Delightful Disclosure Award

Emotional Coping Strategies.

Introduction to Emotional Coping Strategies

Group Roles

A Mile in Your Shoes

First Steps

What Helps?

How Does It Feel?

Do Something!

Name Your Bandages

Help Me Cope

Welcome, Stranger

Resources for Fostering the Success Attributes

Assessments

References

Index

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