The effects of an Adlerian and a behavioral parent education program
on learning disabled children and their parents.
Not exact matches
Keeping their volunteers motivated means letting them see the results of their efforts, whether it's the smile
on a hungry
child's face when they receive the food package a volunteer packed, or the first book a
learning disabled child reads after months of tutoring.
Children who qualify as
learning disabled are supported with specially designed instruction based
on each
child's unique strengths, weaknesses, and
learning styles.
Debra specializes in teaching reading and writing to elementary school
children who are
learning disabled,
on the autism spectrum, have attention deficit disorders, dyslexia, and who are «twice exceptional» (gifted with
learning differences).
If you believe or your
child has dyscalculia and may be
learning disabled, contact your school principal or counselor for information
on how to request an assessment for your
child.
She also has chapters
on potty
learning for
learning -
disabled children.
If you believe you or your
child has dyslexia and may be
learning disabled, contact your school principal or counselor for information
on how to make a referral for assessment.
If you believe you or your
child has dysgraphia and may be
learning disabled, contact your school principal or counselor for information
on how to request an assessment.
As Dr. Jerome Rosner, an expert
on learning differences, writes: «The
learning disabled child needs explicit, unambiguous instruction that is offered in limited portion and accompanied by more than the usual amount of drill and practice.
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Disabled NY •
Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition
on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care &
Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission
on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association
on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with
Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The
Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement
Parents and teachers of
learning disabled children will find This Collection of Aesop's Fables is the largest online exhibit of Aesop and other Fables,
on the net.
To her office troop hordes of angry parents, insisting that she raise their
child's grade - point average by a fraction of a point or that she classify their daughter as
learning disabled so she can have extra time
on the SATs or that she push their son to apply to the father's alma mater even though the boy lacks the grades to get in.
Thanks to the No
Child Left Behind Act and the efforts of President George W. Bush
on improving literacy and keeping more students out of special ed, the percentage of America's students labeled as
learning disabled has declined slightly in the past few years.
Professional Books includes books for teachers, counselors, and other professionals dealing with the gifted population,
on topics from Multiple Intelligences and Differentiating in the Classroom, to Acceleration, to Gifted and
Learning Disabled, and more... Counseling covers some of the unique aspects of counseling when it applies to gifted
children and adults.
There are so many stories that I could tell — the story of my guidance counselor's sixth - grade,
learning disabled child who feels like a failure due to constant testing, a principal of an elementary school who is furious with having to use to use a book he deems inappropriate for third graders because his district bought the State Education Department approved common core curriculum, and the frustration of math teachers due to the ever - changing rules regarding the use of calculators
on the tests.
If you believe or your
child has dyscalculia and may be
learning disabled, contact your school principal or counselor for information
on how to request an assessment for your
child.
When they observe happy
children with complex needs who appear to behave and look well treated, do inspectors whack out generous «outstanding» judgments as a way of rewarding the school for relieving society of its guilt about what to do with
disabled children, rather than basing the grading
on whether students are being fully extended to
learn?
Each time we see a
disabled child on a therapy horse, a group of scouts
learning about responsible pet ownership, or a family walking out the door with its new dog or cat, we thank this amazing lady whose vision and love for animals made it all possible.
• Capable of devising professional
learning and development strategies • Hands
on experience in working with
learning disabled children • In depth knowledge of mainstreaming considerations • Skilled in individualized behavior plan development • Well practiced in gauging students» progress
Effects of STEP
on parental attitudes and locus of control of their
learning disabled children.
The lower rate of
learning disabilities in that study may reflect the use of a restrictive methodology to classify
children as
learning disabled, 4 with the classification simply based
on teachers» indication of whether the
child had a
learning disability diagnosis.
The effects of participation in a STEP program
on parents»
child - rearing attitudes and the self - concepts of their
learning disabled children.
«Effects of the Keyword Mnemonic Strategy
on Vocabulary Acquisition and Maintenance by
Learning Disabled Children.»