First and foremost, it is important to identify the assistive technology (AT) needs of your student. These needs should be identified during the IEP process.
We have received thousands of inquiries over the past several years. Of these inquiries, one of the most common has been: “How do I pick a lawyer?” The starting point is to understand the nature of your legal problem.
“Steer your students toward academic, social, and emotional success regardless of their learning styles, ability levels, skills, and behaviors. This book provides strategies and activities to differentiated instruction, engage reluctant readers and writers, boost organization and study skills and more.” — Learning Journal
This comprehensive, practical resource gives educators at all levels essential information, techniques, and tools for understanding dyslexia and adapting teaching methods in all subject areas to meet the learning style, social, and emotional needs of students who have dyslexia. Special features include over 50 full-page activity sheets that can be photocopied for immediate use and interviews with students and adults who have had personal experience with dyslexia. Organized into twenty sections, information covers everything from ten principles of instruction to teaching reading, handwriting, spelling, writing, math, everyday skills, and even covers the adult with dyslexia.
Sandra Rief offers myriad real-life case studies, interviews, and student intervention plans for children with ADD/ADHD. In addition, the book contains best teaching practices and countless strategies for enhancing classroom performance for all types of students.
The purpose of report cards is to communicate about a child’s progress across subject areas. Some kids, especially those having difficulty in school, dread report card time. Here are some suggestions for making report card time a little less scary and a little more productive.
All parents should start in the school’s front office. Ask to speak with an administrator and bring any type of documentation and work samples you may have.
Stereotyping and marginalization are big problems for students who have difficulty learning, even if they are average or above average intelligence as LD students are.
