learning disabilities

Contains over six hundred alphabetized entries on various learning disabilities and aspects such as symptoms, treatments, legal issues, and individuals who have made contributions to the field.

At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

Hank must decide whether to attend tae kwon do or an after school reading program run by his favorite teacher, and when he meets an interesting girl at Reading Gym, he gets into a complicated situation that even has him lying to his father.

A guide to Sensory Integration Dysfunction that focuses on the importance of using fun and games to help children strengthen their sensory processing skills and features more tan one hundred activities to help develop and organize a child's brain and body.

Concrete terms and a story introduce the concept of a learning disability to younger students.

Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.

Efforts to impress a visiting student from Japan cause Hank to hide his dyslexia while the gang makes enchiladas for a Multi-Cultural Day lunch, and Hank is afraid he was very wrong about the amount of chilli powder called for in a recipe.

At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

Offers techniques and stories to help individuals with learning problems succeed in school as well as life.