Teaching Adolescents with Learning Disabilities : Strategies and Methods

by Deshler, Donald D.; Ellis, Edwin S.; Lenz, B. Keith

• ISBN13: 9780891082415
• ISBN10: 0891082417
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Love Pub Co

Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES	x	(3)
LIST OF TABLES	xiii	(2)
MEET THE EDITORS	xv	(1)
MEET THE AUTHORS	xv
1 LEARNING DISABILITIES IN ADOLESCENTS: A PERSPECTIVE	1	(8)
Programming for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities	4	(2)
An Overview	6	(3)
2 PERSPECTIVES ON INSTRUCTION IN LEARNING STRATEGIES	9	(52)
Advance Organizer	11	(1)
The Reason for Learning Strategies Instruction	12	(4)
Learning Strategies and Learning Disabilities	16	(2)
Approaches to Teaching Learning Strategies	18	(4)
Strategies Intervention Model	22	(4)
Features of Good Learning Strategies	26	(7)
Important Instructional Principles	33	(4)
A Working Instructional Model for Teaching Learning Strategies	37	(18)
Summary	55	(6)
3 READING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION	61	(66)
Advance Organizer	63	(1)
Introduction	64	(1)
Characteristics of Adolescents with LD with Reading Disabilities	65	(5)
Self-Regulated Reading	70	(5)
Teaching Specific Reading Strategies	75	(22)
Facilitating Knowledge of the World	97	(24)
Summary	121	(6)
4 WRITING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION	127	(82)
Advance Organizer	129	(1)
Introduction	129	(2)
Writing Characteristics of Adolescents with LD	131	(7)
Assessing Writing Ability	138	(19)
Motivation and the Writing Process	157	(9)
Instruction of Specific Writing Strategies	166	(38)
Summary	204	(5)
5 MEMORY AND TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES	209	(58)
Advance Organizer	211	(1)
Memory	212	(1)
Memory Theory	212	(30)
Test-Taking	242	(20)
Summary	262	(5)
6 NOTETAKING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION	267	(46)
Advance Organizer	269	(1)
Introduction	269	(1)
Overview of Notetaking	270	(4)
Notetaking as a Setting Demand	274	(3)
Notetaking Characteristics of Adolescents with LD	277	(5)
Assessing Notetaking Skills	282	(5)
Instructional Approaches to Notetaking	287	(22)
Summary	309	(4)
7 PERSPECTIVES ON MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION	313	(56)
Advance Organizer	315	(1)
Introduction	316	(2)
School Demands in Mathematics and Related Student Characteristics	318	(4)
Out-of-School Demands in Mathematics and Related Student Characteristics	322	(2)
Mismatch Between Mathematics Setting Demands and Student Characteristics	324	(1)
Curriculum Considerations	325	(7)
Assessment Consideration	332	(12)
Affective and Motivational Considerations	344	(4)
Instructional Considerations	348	(13)
Summary	361	(8)
8 SOCIAL SKILLS STRATEGY INSTRUCTION	369	(40)
Advance Organizer	371	(1)
Introduction	371	(1)
The Importance of Social Skills	372	(2)
Social Skills and the Adolescent with Learning Disabilities	374	(3)
Relationship Between Learning Disabilities and Social Skills	377	(2)
Addressing the Social Skills Needs of Adolescents with LD	379	(10)
Targetting Social Skills for Intervention	389	(14)
Effective Social Skills Interventions	403	(1)
Summary and Perspectives	404	(4)
Appendix	408	(1)
9 STRATEGIC INSTRUCTION IN THE CONTENT AREAS	409	(66)
Advance Organizer	411	(1)
Instructional Issues in Secondary Schools	412	(13)
Planning for Content Acquisition	425	(16)
Teaching for Content Acquisition	441	(26)
Summary and Perspectives	467	(8)
10 STRATEGIES FOR TRANSITION TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS	475	(50)
Advance Organizer	477	(1)
Meaning of Transition	478	(8)
Differences Between High School and Postsecondary Settings	486	(6)
Student Characteristics	492	(4)
High School Transition Activities	496	(2)
Postsecondary Student Services	498	(15)
Summary	513	(12)
11 STRATEGIES FOR TRANSITION TO EMPLOYMENT SETTINGS	525	(54)
Advance Organizer	527	(5)
Characteristics of Adolescents with LD Affecting Vocational Success	532	(1)
Demands of Vocational Education Setting	533	(6)
Understanding the Vocational Education Environment	539	(11)
Vocational Programming	550	(21)
Summary, Issues, and Challenges	571	(8)
12 COLLABORATIVE TEAMING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL	579	(38)
Advance Organizer	581	(3)
Collaborative Teaming Readiness	584	(2)
Collaborative Problem Solving	586	(6)
Partnership-Building Skills	592	(2)
Structuring Collaborative Teaming Arrangements	594	(5)
Defining Roles and Responsibilities	599	(6)
Understanding and Resolving Conflict	605	(6)
Managing Resistance	611	(3)
Summary	614	(3)
AUTHOR INDEX	617	(8)
SUBJECT INDEX	625