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| Understanding Learning Disabilities | |
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| What are Learning Disabilities? | |
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| What Causes Learning Disabilities? | |
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| Brain Injury | |
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| Errors in Brain Development | |
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| Chemical Imbalances | |
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| Heredity | |
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| Environmental Influences | |
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| Basic Types of Learning Disability | |
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| Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | |
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| Visual-Perception Disabilities | |
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| Language-Processing Disabilities | |
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| Fine-Motor Disabilities | |
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| How are Learning Disabilities Identified? | |
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| Warning Signs at Home and at School | |
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| Developmental Delays | |
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| Inconsistent Performance | |
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| Loss of Interest in Learning | |
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| Unexpected Underachievement | |
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| Persistent Behavioral or Emotional Problems | |
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| Declining Confidence and Self-Esteem | |
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| The Learning Disabilities Evaluation | |
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| Become Informed about Federal and Local Regulations | |
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| Investigate the Investigators | |
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| Ask about Tests | |
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| Find Out what Other Kinds of Information will be Collected | |
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| Prepare Your Child for the Evaluation | |
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| Start Keeping Records Now | |
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| Give Yourself Time to Deal with Evaluation Results | |
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| When in Doubt, Get a Second Opinion | |
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| Becoming an Expert on Your Child | |
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| Are There Physical or Health Concerns we have to Address? | |
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| What is My Child's Overall Learning Potential? | |
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| Exactly where are the Areas of Disability? | |
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| What are My Child's Strengths? | |
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| What Kind of Academic Support does My Child Need? | |
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| What Kind of Social Support does My Child Need? | |
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| What Kind of Emotional Support does My Child Need? | |
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| An Appropriate Education | |
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| Becoming an Education Activist | |
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| Preparing Individualized Education Programs | |
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| Monitoring Student Progress | |
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| Providing Appropriate Support at Home | |
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| Developing an Effective Educational Program | |
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| The Program Must Teach and Reinforce Basic Skills | |
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| The Program Must Enable the Student to Keep Up with Class Content | |
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| The Program Must Help the Student Learn Appropriate Educational Strategies | |
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| The Program Must Help the Student Address Problem Behaviors | |
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| The ABCs of Success in School | |
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| Get Organized | |
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| Help Children Find their Preferred Learning Styles | |
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| Keep on Top of the Curriculum | |
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| Pay Attention to Basic Skills | |
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| Take Advantage of Technology | |
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| Avoid Homework Traps | |
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| Give Yourselves a Break | |
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| A Quality Life | |
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| Social and Emotional Growth | |
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| Learning Disabilities and Child Development | |
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| The Preschool Child | |
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| The Elementary School Student | |
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| The Adolescent | |
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| The Young Adult | |
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| Strategies for Promoting Personal Success | |
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| Believe in Your Child | |
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| Establish Realistic Expectations | |
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| Give the Child Responsibility | |
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| Improve Social Skills and Opportunities | |
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| Be Consistent about Rules and Limits | |
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| Tune in to Family Dynamics | |
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| Look for Outside Support when You Need it | |
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| Looking Forward to the Future | |
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| Does the Student have a Plan for Continuing Education or Specific Job Training After High School? | |
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| Does the Young Adult Understand his Legal Rights and Advocate for Himself Appropriately? | |
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| Is the Young Adult Ready to Leave Home? | |
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| Common Assessment Measures | |
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| The Development of Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Learning Strategies | |
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| Using Assistive Technologies | |
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| Resource List | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowledgments | |