The Social Dimensions of Learning Disabilities: Essays in Honor of Tanis Bryan

by Wong, Bernice Y.L.; Donahue, Mavis L.; Donahue, Mavis L.; Keogh, Barbara K.

• ISBN13: 9780805839180
• ISBN10: 0805839186
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book is the first one to bring together over 25 yrs of research into the social aspects of LD. It should sell as a text in special-topics grad prog's in LD, spec educ, psych, & soc work - and on a single copy basis to researchers & libraries.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
How to Start a Revolution	1	(10)
Mavis L. Donahue
Bernic Y. L. Wong
Social Cognition in Learning Disabilities	11	(22)
Hana Tur-Kaspa
Development of Self-Understanding and Self-Esteem in Children and Adults With Learning Disabilites	33	(20)
Merith Cosden
Catherine Brown
Katherine Elliott
The Loneliness Experience of Children With Learning Disabilities	53	(24)
Malka Margalit
Michal Al-Yagon
Students With Learning Disabilities and Their Classroom Companions	77	(16)
Ruth Pearl
Friendship and Social Adjustment of Children With Learning Disabilities	93	(22)
Judith Wiener
Preparing Prospective Teachers to Work in the Social and Emotional Worlds of Students With Learning Disabiliites	115	(18)
Mary Bay
Parental Understanding of Children With Language/Learning Disabilities and its Role in the Creation of Scaffolding Opportunities	133	(28)
C. Addison Stone
Kathleen Bradley
Jordi Kleiner
Bibliotherapy: Practices for Improving Self-Concept and Reading Comprehension	161	(28)
Dheepa Sridhar
Sharon Vaughn
Children and Adolescents With Learning Disabilities: Case Studies of Social Relations in Inclusive Classrooms	189	(26)
Nancy L. Hutchinson
John G. Freeman
Karin Steiner Bell
Models of Longitudinal Research: Implications for the Study of Social Dimensions of Learning Disabilities	215	(12)
Barbara K. Keogh
Author Index	227	(12)
Subject Index	239