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Parenting Children with Learning Disabilities
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Jane Utley Adelizzi, Diane B. Goss
ISBN: 0-89789-772-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-772-3
248 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 4/30/2001
List Price: $33.95 (UK Sterling Price: £23.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In a straightforward and empathetic tone, Adelizzi and Goss sensitively offer support to parents of children with learning disabilities who wish to see their children grow to their full potential. While juggling the complex expectations imposed upon them, parents often combat confusion, anger, fear, sadness, and frustration. This book will help diffuse these overwhelming feelings, empowering parents with the ability to provide the academic and personal support their children need to thrive.

Adelizzi and Goss, who contribute to a unique and highly successful collegiate program for adults with LD/ADD, demystify the very fuzzy world of LD terminology and theory and clarify the complicated process of diagnosis and treatment. They shed light on the way children and adolescents with learning disabilities function in the home environment, in social relationships, and at school. Parents will find new understanding and hope as the authors--with the collective voice of parents and children who deal with LD every day--lead them through the maze of issues they must confront.
Table of Contents:
  • Saturday's Child
    Are You Saturday's Child?
    Pieces of the Puzzle: Learning Deficits and Disabilities
    Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities
    Our Great Brain: Learning and Functioning
    The Socio-emotional Impact of Learning Disabilities on the Child
    The Helping Hand: What You Can Do to Help Your Child Learn
    The Spoken Word: Listening, Talking, and Silence
    The Written Word: Reading and Writing
    The Language of Math
    Tools of the Trade: Using Technology to Enhance Learning
    Navigating the System
    The Holistic Approach: Crunchy Granola and Wisdom for the Family
    Appendix
About the Author: JANE UTLEY ADELIZZI is a Professor in the Program for the Advancement of Learning, and in The Master of Education Program, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts.

DIANE B. GOSS is a Professor in the Program for the Advancement of Learning and The Master of Education Program, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts.
LCC Class: 649
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