"This third edition shows teachers and specialists, such as school psychologists and speech-language pathologists, how to support children in Grades K-12 with learning disabilities and behavioral challenges in the era of high-stakes testing and accountability. An innovative framework is included to help professionals identify areas of strength and weakness and to determine the types of educational and behavioral interventions needed and to develop meaningful, realistic educational goals. Even more comprehensive and user friendly than the popular previous edition, this text follows the same basic format: the Building Blocks model targets 12 factors and abilities related to school success and gives teachers practical strategies for helping students succeedas well as a detailed questionnaire that pinpoints student strengths and needs. The reliable, up-to-date research makes this an essential textbook for any course focused on learning disabilities and behavior problems, and the practical advice and guidelines will be a lifeline to in-service teachers year after year. The new edition explains the same philosophy and model for intervention, but it also includes information on multi-tiered systems of support, positive behavior interventions and supports, and social-emotional learning. This new edition has a new third author, Katie Eklund, who will bring a fresh energy to the author team. As in the previous edition, there are a few invited contributors as well, including Robert Brooks"--
Update of the popular textbook showing educators how to effectively address variations in children's environments, abilities, needs, behaviors, and learning styles to ensure better outcomes for students who struggle.
| About the Downloadable Materials |
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| About the Authors |
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| About the Contributors |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| A Note to Teachers |
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1 The Building Blocks of Learning: A Framework for Understanding Classroom Learning and Behavior |
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2 Theoretical Foundations |
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3 The Learning Environment |
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4 Self-Regulation: Understanding and Managing Students with Hyperactivity and Poor Attention, Planning, and Impulse Control |
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5 Understanding and Managing Challenging Behaviors |
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6 Emotions: Understanding and Managing Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Stress |
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7 Strategies to Promote Resilience |
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8 Specific Learning Disabilities and the Processing Blocks |
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9 Instruction for the Processing Blocks: Decoding and Encoding, Reading Fluency, Calculating, and Handwriting |
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10 The Conceptual Blocks: Verbal, Nonverbal, and Executive Functions |
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11 Instruction in Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, and Math Problem Solving |
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12 The Classroom Environment as a Microcosm of the World |
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| References |
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| Web Sites and Professional Organizations |
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Nancy Mather, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the University of Arizona, USA in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology. She specializes in the areas of reading, writing, and learning disabilities. She received her doctorate from the University of Arizona, USA in 1985 in learning disabilities with minor areas of study in reading and school psychology. Other professional interests include adapting special education strategies to help general education teachers accommodate student diversity. She has conducted numerous workshops nationally and internationally on assessment, instruction, and issues that affect service delivery for individuals with learning disabilities. She has written many articles on topical issues in the field of learning disabilities. Dr. Mather co-authored the em>Woodcock-Johnson III Complete Battery with Richard M. Woodcock and Kevin S. McGrew (Riverside Publishing, USA, 2000). She has also co-authored Overcoming Underachieving: An Action Guide for Helping Your Child Succeed in School with Sam Goldstein (John Wiley & Sons, 1998).
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., is a member of the faculty at the University of Utah, USA and works as a clinical neuropsychologist at his private practice at the Neurology, Learning and Behavior Center (NLBC) in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is on the staff at the Primary Children's Medical Center and the University Neuropsychiatric Institute, USA. Dr. Goldstein speaks internationally on a wide range of child development topics. He has published articles and books on a wide range of subjects including genetics, depression, classroom consultation, learning disabilities, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. He co-authored Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Guide to Intervention and Classroom Management with Dr. Nancy Mather (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2001) and Raising Resilient Children: Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child with Dr. Robert Brooks (McGraw-Hill, 2001).
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