Handbook of Learning Disabilities, First Edition

Handbook of Learning Disabilities, First Edition
Author: H. Lee Swanson
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2005-11-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781593853037

This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities over the last 20 years. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed on ways to support student performance in specific skill areas--including language arts, math, science, and social studies--as well as general principles of effective instruction that cut across academic domains.

The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook

The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook
Author: Joan M. Harwell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2014-03-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118937686

The third edition of this classic resource is a comprehensive source of information, strategies, and activities for working with learning disabled students. The book offers special educators, classroom teachers, and parents a wealth of new and proven suggestions and ready-to-use materials for helping LD students of all ages learn and perform at their fullest potential.

Handbook of Learning Disabilities, Second Edition

Handbook of Learning Disabilities, Second Edition
Author: H. Lee Swanson
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 737
Release: 2014-08-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1462518680

"This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed on ways to support student performance in specific skill areas/m-/including language arts, math, science, and social studies/m-/as well as general principles of effective instruction that cut across academic domains. Authoritative and up to date, the book also examines the concepts and methods that guide learning disability research and identifies promising directions for future investigation"--

Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing

Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing
Author: Owen Barr
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 019878287X

Fully updated to meet current guidelines and standards of practice, this handbook provides concise and practical information for intellectual and learning disability nurses. Small enough to slip into a bag for daily reference but still highly detailed, this is an invaluable resource for everyone working in the field.

Handbook of Learning Disabilities

Handbook of Learning Disabilities
Author: Jack C. Westman
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 888
Release: 1990
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Westman reviews the history of professional approaches and reframes the concept of learning disabilities, developing a general theory of living systems as an analytic framework. He considers both the external influences on children from society and the internal influences of the central nervous syst

Understanding Learning Disabilities

Understanding Learning Disabilities
Author: Carol Turkington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2003
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780816051816

Identifies learning disabilities; problems people may have with reading, writing, and mathematics; how to evaluate and test for learning disorders; and how to cope.

Handbook of Learning Disabilities, First Edition

Handbook of Learning Disabilities, First Edition
Author: H. Lee Swanson
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2003-02-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781572308510

This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed on ways to support student performance in specific skill areas--including language arts, math, science, and social studies--as well as general principles of effective instruction that cut across academic domains.

Handbook of Special Education

Handbook of Special Education
Author: James M. Kauffman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 965
Release: 2017-05-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 131551768X

The purpose of the Handbook of Special Education is to help profile and bring greater clarity to the already sprawling and continuously expanding field of special education. To ensure consistency across the volume, chapter authors review and integrate existing research, identify strengths and weaknesses, note gaps in the literature, and discuss implications for practice and future research. The second edition has been fully updated throughout to take into account recent changes to federal laws as well as the most current academic research, and an entirely new section has been added on research methods in special education.