Learning About Learning Disabilities
4th Edition
Published on 27. September 2012
Book
Hardback
464 pages
978-0-12-388409-1 (ISBN)
Description
Learning about Learning Disabilities, Fourth Edition continues to provide equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. The Fourth Edition of this popular title presents 80% new material, keeping the chapters up to date in this fast-moving field. With new contributors, and 11 new chapters, coverage is both comprehensive and thorough, encompassing the classification and identification of learning disabilities, learning disabilities in reading, writing, math, and social studies, interventions, and the issues germane to different age ranges of the learning disabled: children, adolescents, and adults.Readers will find Learning About Learning Disabilities, Fourth Edition suitable for use as a reference source for researchers or as a graduate level text.
Reviews of previous editions:
"This text provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Its research coverage is more comprehensive and of greater depth than any other LD textbook, and it is distinctive in its treatment of such important areas as consultation skills and service delivery."-CHILD ASSESSMENT NEWS"... provides a broad overview of some important issues in relation to the education and development of pupils with learning disabilities... Wong has succeeded in providing detailed descriptions and comments within a book which covers a broad range of topics. Without exception the chapters are clearly written and accessible, and many provide the reader with challenging ideas and practical suggestions."-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
Reviews of previous editions:
"This text provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Its research coverage is more comprehensive and of greater depth than any other LD textbook, and it is distinctive in its treatment of such important areas as consultation skills and service delivery."-CHILD ASSESSMENT NEWS"... provides a broad overview of some important issues in relation to the education and development of pupils with learning disabilities... Wong has succeeded in providing detailed descriptions and comments within a book which covers a broad range of topics. Without exception the chapters are clearly written and accessible, and many provide the reader with challenging ideas and practical suggestions."-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the Previous Edition:"Wong has succeeded in providing detailed descriptions and comments within a book which covers a broad range of topics. Without exception the chapters are clearly written and accessible, and many provide the reader with challenging ideas and practical suggestions." --British Journal of Special Education
More details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Researchers in learning disabilities.
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-388409-1 (9780123884091)
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Bernice Wong | Deborah L. Butler
Learning About Learning Disabilities
E-Book
11/2012
4th Edition
Academic Press
€68.95
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Previous edition
Bernice Wong
Learning About Learning Disabilities
Book
09/2004
3rd Edition
Academic Press
€80.46
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Persons
Bernice Wong is Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. Prior to retirement, her passion had been writing intervention research with students with and without learning disabilities. In retirement, her love for writing has transformed from academic writing to short stories about interesting events in her life. Dr. Deborah L. Butler is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. She was awarded a PhD in Educational Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 1993. Since joining UBC in 1994, Dr. Butler has written over 30 refereed articles and book chapters for major journals or highly influential books, presented 60 refereed papers at international or national conferences, produced literally 100's of research reports with teachers, district-level administrators, and/or governments, and been invited to serve as a keynote or featured speaker across North America and internationally. Her research focuses on understanding and fostering strategic, goal-directed engagement, teacher professional development, research methods, inclusive and special education, and teaching and learning processes.
Content
1. Classification and identification of Learning Disabilities
Jack M. fletcher
2. Learning Disabilities and Memory
H. Lee Swason and Danielle Stomel
3. Brain and Behavioral Response to Intervention for Specific Reading, Writing and math Disabilities: What Works for Whom?
Virginia W. Berninger and Michael Dunn
4. Social Relationships: The 4th R
Judith Wiener and Victoria Timmermanis
5. Self-Regulation Among Students with LD and ADHD
Robert R. Reid, Karen R. Harris, Steven Graham and Marcia Rock
6. Reading Interventions for Students in Early Primary Grades
Sylvia Linan-thompson and Jeremy Miciak
7. Highlights in Reading Comprehension Intervention Research for Students with learning Disabilities
Linda H. Mason and Jessica L. Hagaman
8. Instructional Interventions for Students with Mathematics Learning Disabilities
Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Clara Hauth, and Dannette Allen-Bronaugh
9. Writing Instruction
Charles A. MacArthur, Zoi Philippakos, Steve Graham, and Karen Harris
10. Assessment and Interventions for English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
Esther Geva and Katherine Herbert
11. Improving Outcomes for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
Patricia Sampson Graner and Donald D. Deshler
12. Effective Instruction for History and the Social Studies: What Works for Students with Learning Disabilities
Susan De La Paz
13. Navigating the Postsecondary Landscape
John G. Freeman, Allyson Harrison and Ena Holtermann with Ingrid Jackson and Todd Cunningham
14. Special Education Curriculum in an Era of High Standards
John Woodward
15. Included, but Underserved: Rediscovering Special Education for Students with Learning Disabilities
Jean B. Crockett, Elizabeth A. Filippi and Cheryl L. Morgan
Jack M. fletcher
2. Learning Disabilities and Memory
H. Lee Swason and Danielle Stomel
3. Brain and Behavioral Response to Intervention for Specific Reading, Writing and math Disabilities: What Works for Whom?
Virginia W. Berninger and Michael Dunn
4. Social Relationships: The 4th R
Judith Wiener and Victoria Timmermanis
5. Self-Regulation Among Students with LD and ADHD
Robert R. Reid, Karen R. Harris, Steven Graham and Marcia Rock
6. Reading Interventions for Students in Early Primary Grades
Sylvia Linan-thompson and Jeremy Miciak
7. Highlights in Reading Comprehension Intervention Research for Students with learning Disabilities
Linda H. Mason and Jessica L. Hagaman
8. Instructional Interventions for Students with Mathematics Learning Disabilities
Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Clara Hauth, and Dannette Allen-Bronaugh
9. Writing Instruction
Charles A. MacArthur, Zoi Philippakos, Steve Graham, and Karen Harris
10. Assessment and Interventions for English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
Esther Geva and Katherine Herbert
11. Improving Outcomes for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
Patricia Sampson Graner and Donald D. Deshler
12. Effective Instruction for History and the Social Studies: What Works for Students with Learning Disabilities
Susan De La Paz
13. Navigating the Postsecondary Landscape
John G. Freeman, Allyson Harrison and Ena Holtermann with Ingrid Jackson and Todd Cunningham
14. Special Education Curriculum in an Era of High Standards
John Woodward
15. Included, but Underserved: Rediscovering Special Education for Students with Learning Disabilities
Jean B. Crockett, Elizabeth A. Filippi and Cheryl L. Morgan