Learning Disabilities

Practice Concerns and Students with LD

Jeffrey P. Bakken|Festus E. Obiakor|Anthony F. Rotatori
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9781781904275
25 January 2013
$179.99
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9781781904282
25 January 2013
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  • Description
  • Contents
This volume addresses the most current perspectives and issues related to learning disabilities and is written by leaders in the field of learning disabilities. The layout of the book and ordering of chapters will allow readers to follow learning disabilities in a very logical and thoughtful process from legal issues, identification, and assessment, to effective practices and response to intervention finally ending with practical issues of inclusion, working with families, and teacher preparation. Chapters can be read in order or independently which will allow readers considerable versatility. Chapters in the book include: Inclusion and Students with Learning Disabilities; Reading Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; Written Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; Mathematics Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; Social Skills Training and Students with Learning Disabilities; Response to Intervention Techniques and Students with Learning Disabilities; Transition and Students with Learning Disabilities; Technology and Students with Learning Disabilities; Families and Students with Learning Disabilities; Teacher Preparation and Students with Learning Disabilities.

Preface Chapter 1. Inclusion and Learning Disabilities: Will the Past Be Prologue? Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Mary Guckert, Catherine Thompson, and Peggy Weiss Chapter 2. Reading Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities - Lisa V. McCulley, Sarah Katz, and Sharon Vaughn Chapter 3. Best Practices and Current Trends in Written Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities - Linda H. Mason Chapter 4. Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice: Implications from a Comprehensive Review of the Literature for Teaching Secondary Students with LD - Paula Maccini, Jason A. Miller, and Allyson P. Toronto Social Skills Training and Students with Learning Disabilities - Mark Mostert Response to Intervention Techniques and Students with Learning Disabilities - Temple Lovelace, Lenwood Gibson, Jr. and JoVonne Tabb Transition from School to Adult Life for Students with Learning Disabilities - Nicole Uphold Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities - Carrie Anna Courtad and Emily Bouck