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A LEARNING DISABILITIES BOOK

You have been told that your child has a learning disability. Now what?

UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM

Veteran school psychologist, Etta K. Brown has called upon her twenty years of public school experience as a certified special education teacher, school social worker, school psychologist and Licensed Education Psychologist, to put together this insightful, information-packed guide giving parents of recently diagnosed kids an excellent resource when they are unsure where to turn for answers.

This comprehensive guide reveals new answers to all the questions, old and new, that parents have about their children with learning disabilities.

You will learn that expensive therapies and professional interventions in many cases are not needed. Motivated parents, empowered with the information available in this step-by-step guide, are all that is necessary.

In Part I Understanding the Problem you will learn:

the alarming increase in the rate at which parents and educators are discovering learning disabilities in children;

the environmental factors that influence the development of learning disabilities, and what parents and educators can do about them;

the problem of immature development and the surprising remedies that are available to parents and teachers

how childrearing practices can either contribute to or help overcome learning disabilities

how emotional trauma can cause learning disabilities and solid information about how to address the problem

the role that nutrition, allergies, and hypoglycemia play in learning and behavioral problems,

how sleep impacts learning, and

the disturbing effect that toxic chemicals and metals can have on children, and how exposure can lead to learning disabilities

In Part II Managing the Challenges, you will get helpful information on:

Laws governing special education and how the rights of parents supersede those of the school

How to create an individual education plan (IEP) for a child with learning disabilities

How educational advocacy works and how you can tap into much-needed resources

Tests and testing, and how the school determined that you child had a learning disability,

The impact that parent advocacy can have upon the appropriateness of a child’s education.

In Part III You will discover how to manage the challenges presented by a child with learning disabilities. Helpful information includes: how limited visual processing skills manifest in the classroom and how to accommodate them at home and school,

how to communicate effectively with the child with limited auditory processing skills

how a lack of sensory-motor integration effects learning

how to accommodate a lack of attention skills

causes, prevention, and interventions for successful management of the child with attention deficit disorder (ADD and ADHD).

No other book on learning disabilities provides the extensive description of each processing disorder with signs and symptoms in the form of behaviors that may be exhibited by a child with learning disabilities.

Every chapter includes specific recommendations for dealing with these behaviors both at home and at school. These techniques are different for every area of disability.

Access to this inside information will instill the confidence to find your own voice and communicate an informed opinion in response to every challenge throughout the special education process. Included is everything you ever wanted to know about special education and some things that the schools would rather you didn't know about learning and the law.

You are invited to read Chapter I

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