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Memory Foundations for Reading: Visual Mnemonics for Sound/Symbol Relationships
Regina G. Richards

Memory Foundations for Reading: Visual Mnemonics for Sound/Symbol Relationships

The visual mnemonic strategies introduced in Regina G. Richards’ Memory Foundations for Reading are designed to help students transform a struggle with basic phonics into a successful learning experience. While some children learn sound/symbol relationships quickly and easily, others need more practice and there are some who struggle greatly. The visual mnemonic system presented in MFR can be modified and adapted for a variety of learning situations.

Study Skills: Research-Based Teaching Strategies
Patricia W. Newhall

Study Skills: Research-Based Teaching Strategies

Designed for educators who want to help students efficiently manage materials, time and information, this teaching guide provides practical strategies and clear instructions appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle and high school. An effective study skills program can be integrated into your existing classroom curriculum.

Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities, ADD or Special Needs
Stephen S. Strichart, Charles T. Mangrum

Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills To Students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs

This book features 169 reproducible activities which provide opportunities for active learning and student practice in the study skills and strategies most important for students with special needs. Teaching students with special needs to use study skills and strategies effectively is an important step in transforming these students into independent learners. In addition to the reproducible activities themselves, each chapter in this book contains suggestions for using the activities, mastery assessment, and an answer key.

Teaching Test-Taking Skills
Thomas E. Scruggs, Margo A. Mastropieri

Teaching Test-Taking Skills

This book aims to improve the validity of the test. It makes scores more accurately reflect what students really know by making sure that students lose points only because they do not know the information. Teachers can focus on whether poor performance reflects students’ low levels of knowledge, or merely poor skills in applying what they know to tests. Test-taking skills training teaches general concepts about the test format or other conditions of testing, not specific items on the test.

The School Survival Guide for Kids With LD
Rhoda Woods Cummings

The School Survival Guide for Kids With LD

This guide offers specific tips and strategies especially for unique learners like you. Use these “school tools” to help build confidence in reading, writing, spelling, math, and more. Learn to organize time, set goals, stick up for yourself, handle conflict, stay out of trouble, cope with testing, and get help from adults.

The Source for Learning & Memory Strategies
Regina G. Richards

The Source for Learning & Memory Strategies

Memory and learning are so intricately liked that they continuously influence each other. Discover how brain functioning affects learning and memory to help your students with special needs.

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD
Gary L. Fisher, Ph.D.

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD

First of all, know this — you’re smart and can learn! You just learn differently. This guide will help answer some of your important questions about having LD, such as “Why is it hard for kids with LD to learn?” and “What happens when you grow up?” It will also provide suggestions on how to deal with issues in school and take some of the mystery out of what having LD means (and doesn’t mean). Includes resources for parents and teachers.

Tutor in a Book: Better Grades as Easy as 1-2-3
Alexandra Mayzler, Ana McGann

Tutor in a Book: Better Grades as Easy as 1-2-3

Instead of promoting quick fixes, this handbook shows students how to adapt their studies to their own strengths and weaknesses. Tutor in a Book guides students through realistic and personalized approaches, hands-on worksheets, and short vignettes describing the academic obstacles many students face and overcome. Tutor in a Book includes strategies for Organization: finding the system that works best and maintaining it; Time Management: how to finish school work with time to spare; and Study Skills: introducing subject-specific approaches and multi-sensory techniques for a personalized study regimen.

What About Me?: Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners
Christopher Lee, Rosemary Jackson

What About Me?: Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners

With Faking It, Christopher Lee and Rosemary Jackson offered a moving account of Lee’s struggle and ultimate triumph over dyslexia. Now, Lee combines his special insight with Jackson’s expertise as a special education trainer to offer specific help to teachers and parents of other misunderstood learners.

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