learning disabled children

Describes the benefits of both high-quality instruction and supplemental intervention for student success within intervention programs, detailing how to assess classroom instruction, improve upon existing school improvement efforts, and use systematic feedback to raise student achievement.

Discusses how to apply assessment methods and interpret data, with guidelines for forming a coherent student behavioral profile using a response-to-intervention model and case examples to illustrate behavior assessment in various contexts, and covers systematic direct observation and direct behavior ratings.

A therapist tells the individual stories of boys and girls with dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia she has worked with.

Presents 65 learning strategies to help right-brained, visual learners succeed in an education system designed for left-brained auditory learners.

Explains how understanding a child's unique strengths can be used to overcome obstacles to learning, discussing how children can be mislabled with too-broad diagnoses, such as ADHD, what influence those labels can have on a child's schooling, how medication impacts learning, and other related topics.