Learning Disabilities 

Teaching Teens With ADD and ADHD
ISBN 1890627208 Woodbine Paperback WB Price: $36.95
The bestselling author of "Teenagers with ADD" now offers concise educational advice to teachers and parents! These seventy-five, easy-to-implement summaries each focus on a key issue related to teaching students with ADD/ADHD and their success in school. From understanding the basics about ADD/ADHD to intervention strategies, behavior management, and schoolwork adaptations, it includes everything teachers and parents need to know. Blank checklists and forms are suitable for photocopying and can be used to foster communication between home and school. This guide is filled with effective strategies and solutions that can help meet the challenges of teaching teens with ADD/ADHD. Author Chris Zeigler has over thirty years experience as a teacher, school psychologist, mental health counselor, administrator, and national consultant. She is also the mother of three children, two have ADD. She is the author of Teenagers with ADD (Woodbine House, 1995). 27.84 cms L x 21.62 cms W (0.83 kgs) 352 pages

How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD: Practical Techniques, Strategies, and Interventions
ISBN 0787972959 EAN: 9780787972950 Jossey Bass Paperback WB Price: $63.95
Finally, it's here! This is the much-anticipated new edition to the bestselling book that has served for over a decade as a resource for teachers, school professionals, parents, and clinicians. "How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD" is filled with practical strategies and techniques to improve the academic, behavioral, and social performance of students with ADHD. The book is easy to read, includes the most current research-based information about ADHD, and outlines effective treatments.Sandra Rief offers myriad real-life case studies, interviews, and student intervention plans for children with ADD/ADHD. In addition, the book contains best teaching practices and countless strategies for enhancing classroom performance for all types of students. This invaluable resource offers proven suggestions for: Engaging students' attention and active participation * Keeping students on-task and productive * Preventing and managing behavioral problems in the classroom * Differentiating instruction and addressing students' diverse learning styles * Building a partnership with parents * and much more.28.09 cms L x 21.59 cms W (1.27 kgs) 464 pages

Treatment of Language Disorders in Children (Includes DVD)
ISBN 1557666881 EAN: 9781557666888 Brookes Paperback WB Price: $107
With this much-needed textbook, graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) courses will have the comprehensive knowledge they need to evaluate, compare, select, and apply effective interventions for language disorders in children. Expert contributors take a balanced, in-depth look at 15 widely used interventions, examining how they should be applied, what evidence demonstrates that they really work, and what SLPs should do to support and refine the approaches. Future practitioners will consider three types of interventions: those targeting prelinguistic and early linguistic communication, more advanced language and literacy, and multiple levels of language and/or nonlanguage goals. Each chapter critically examines one treatment approach and brings it to life with one or more realistic case studies and a DVD clip that shows the strategy in action vivid illustrations they can?t get from any other textbook.25 cms L x 17.63 cms W (1.07 kgs) 584 pages

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD 
ISBN 1575421194 EAN: 9781575421193 Free Spirit  Paperback WB Price: $18.50 (Kids 9-12)
First published in 1990, this survival guide has helped countless young people labeled "learning disabled" -- and the adults who care about them. Meanwhile, laws have changed and technology has advanced. This revised and updated edition retains the best of the original edition: the warmth, affirmation, and solid information kids need to know they're smart and can learn, they just learn differently. It answers the many questions they have, like "Why is it hard for kids with LD to learn?" and "What happens when you grow up?" It explains what LD means (and doesn't mean); defines different kinds of LD; describes what happens in LD programs; helps kids deal with sad, hurt, and angry feelings; suggests ways to get along better in school and at home; and inspires young people to set goals and plan for the future. Includes resources for parents and teachers.21.64 cms L x 17.17 cms W (0.19 kgs) 104 pages