This volume examines the field of learning disabilities and the education of learning disabled (LD) children through the eyes of several experts. Contributors bring to the book such diverse academic backgrounds as education, psychology, special education and medicine. The chapters, adapted from lectures given at the Landmark West School in California, include audience questions and responses. Chapters on new medications for the LD child, contemporary research on dyslexia and educational strategies for improving reading are complemented bychapters on social and emotional issues that affect the families of learning disabled children, adolescents and young adults.
Author(s): CRATTY
Edition: 1
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 244
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
FOREWORD......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
GRADUATION SPEECH......Page 16
LECTURE 1......Page 18
THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY IN HELPING THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES......Page 19
LECTURE 2......Page 39
CURRENT TRENDS IN DYSLEXIA RESEARCH......Page 40
LECTURE 3......Page 53
UNDERSTANDING AND HELPING LEARNING DISABLED STUDENTS TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN SOCIETY......Page 54
LECTURE 4......Page 68
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING DISABILITIES......Page 69
LECTURE 5......Page 89
ALL POOR READERS ARE NOT DYSLEXIC......Page 90
LECTURE 6......Page 119
FAMILY DYNAMICS AND LEARNING DISABILITIES......Page 120
LECTURE 7......Page 133
COORDINATION PROBLEMS AMONG LEARNING DISABLED CHILDREN: MEANINGS AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 134
LECTURE 8......Page 169
PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS......Page 170
LECTURE 9......Page 182
THE EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES OF DYSLEXIA AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER: ONE STORY......Page 183
RESOURCES......Page 190
INDEX......Page 194
