Learning About Learning Disabilities

Learning about Learning Disabilities, Fourth Edition continues to provide equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. The Fourth Edition of this popular title presents 80% new material, keeping the chapters up to date in this fast-moving field. With new contributors, and 11 new chapters, coverage is both comprehensive and thorough, encompassing the classification and identification of learning disabilities, learning disabilities in reading, writing, math, and social studies, interventions, and the issues germane to different age ranges of the learning disabled: children, adolescents, and adults.Readers will find Learning About Learning Disabilities, Fourth Edition suitable for use as a reference source for researchers or as a graduate level text. Reviews of previous editions: "This text provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Its research coverage is more comprehensive and of greater depth than any other LD textbook, and it is distinctive in its treatment of such important areas as consultation skills and service delivery."-CHILD ASSESSMENT NEWS"... provides a broad overview of some important issues in relation to the education and development of pupils with learning disabilities... Wong has succeeded in providing detailed descriptions and comments within a book which covers a broad range of topics. Without exception the chapters are clearly written and accessible, and many provide the reader with challenging ideas and practical suggestions."-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
- Learning Disabilities occur in 20% of the population. Three million children in the US have a learning disability and receive special education in school - 30% of children with learning disabilities drop out of high school, and 48% of those with learning disabilities are out of the workforce or unemployed - Discusses different types of learning disabilities including problems with attention, memory, language, math, reading, and writing - Encompasses the impact of LD on learning as well as social competence and self-regulation - Provides research summaries on most effective ways to teach children with LD - Encompasses a lifespan perspective on LD, discussing the impact on children, adolescents, and adults

1. Classification and identification of Learning DisabilitiesJack M. fletcher2. Learning Disabilities and MemoryH. Lee Swason and Danielle Stomel3. Brain and Behavioral Response to Intervention for Specific Reading, Writing and math Disabilities: What Works for Whom?Virginia W. Berninger and Michael Dunn4. Social Relationships: The 4th RJudith Wiener and Victoria Timmermanis5. Self-Regulation Among Students with LD and ADHDRobert R. Reid, Karen R. Harris, Steven Graham and Marcia Rock6. Reading Interventions for Students in Early Primary GradesSylvia Linan-thompson and Jeremy Miciak7. Highlights in Reading Comprehension Intervention Research for Students with learning DisabilitiesLinda H. Mason and Jessica L. Hagaman8. Instructional Interventions for Students with Mathematics Learning DisabilitiesMargo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Clara Hauth, and Dannette Allen-Bronaugh9. Writing InstructionCharles A. MacArthur, Zoi Philippakos, Steve Graham, and Karen Harris10. Assessment and Interventions for English Language Learners with Learning DisabilitiesEsther Geva and Katherine Herbert11. Improving Outcomes for Adolescents with Learning DisabilitiesPatricia Sampson Graner and Donald D. Deshler12. Effective Instruction for History and the Social Studies: What Works for Students with Learning DisabilitiesSusan De La Paz13. Navigating the Postsecondary LandscapeJohn G. Freeman, Allyson Harrison and Ena Holtermann with Ingrid Jackson and Todd Cunningham14. Special Education Curriculum in an Era of High StandardsJohn Woodward15. Included, but Underserved: Rediscovering Special Education for Students with Learning DisabilitiesJean B. Crockett, Elizabeth A. Filippi and Cheryl L. Morgan