Visual processing disorders can cause problems in academic and social skills. Read about common difficulties and accommodations for each stage of life; early childhood, school age, as well as teenager and adult.
Visual processing disorders can cause problems in academic and social skills. Read about each type of visual processing disorder, the difficulties observed, and the strategies that can be used. Learn about visual discrimination, visual figure-ground discrimination, visual sequencing, visual memory and others.
Oral vocabulary, or knowledge of word meanings, plays a key role in reading comprehension. If children are unfamiliar with the meanings of words in a text, their comprehension will suffer, even if they can decode the words.
A unique and comprehensive reference for K-12 teachers that translates what the experts are saying about vocabulary instruction into easy-to-understand language and graphics, and offers practical sample lesson models in a familiar teacher’s guide format. Includes special tips for teaching ELLs, and is aligned with the requirements of both Reading First and Striving Readers.
Voices from Fatherhood is unique in focusing on fathers’ concerns in parenting their ADHD sons. It offers fathers support and encouragement and specific management techniques. In summary, this is a book that everyone — fathers, mothers, educators, and mental health professionals — will find useful in helping to understand the dynamics of modern day father-son relationships.
A look at three pivotal longitudinal studies that clearly show: Late bloomers are rare; skill deficits are almost always what prevent children from blooming as readers.
