Learning disabilities and related mild disabilities : teaching strategies and new directions

Lerner, Janet W. (Author). Johns, Beverley H. (Beverley Holden) (Added Author).

Summary: The book describes the characteristics of learning disabilities as well as various mild disabilities, and offers teaching strategies for general education teachers, special education teachers, school psychologists, and other related professionals.

Record details

ISBN: 1111302723
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 484, G-11, R-22, I-27 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 12th Ed. Student ed.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Cengage-Wadsworth, [2010].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. R1-R22) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

PART I: OVERVIEW -- 1. Learning Disabilities and Related Mild Disabilities: Characteristics and Current Directions -- PART II: THE ASSESSMENT-TEACHING PROCESS -- 2. Assessment and the IEP Process. -- 3. Clinical Teaching -- 4. Educational Settings and the Role of the Family -- PART III: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND EXPANDING DIRECTIONS -- 5. Theories of Learning: Implications for Teaching -- 6. Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Challenges -- 7. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 8. Young Children with Disabilities -- 9. Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and Related Mild Disabilities -- 10. Medical Aspects of Learning Disabilities and Related Mild Disabilities -- PART IV: FROM THEORIES TO TEACHING STRATEGIES -- 11. Spoken Language Difficulties: Listening and Speaking -- 12. Reading Difficulties -- 13. Written Language: Written Expression, Spelling, and Handwriting -- 14. Mathematics Difficulties -- Glossary -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.