1st Edition
Off Track When Poor Readers Become ""Learning Disabled""
352 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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The identification of poor readers as "learning disabled" can be the first of many steps toward consigning students to a lifetime of reading failure. The very label that is meant to help children often becomes a burden that works against effective learning throughout their schooling. In this book, the authors identify the dangers of labeling children as reading or learning disabled, contending... Read more
Preface -- What Ails the Field of Learning Disabilities -- The History of LD: Variations on a Theme -- What Is Reading Disability? -- The Road to Proficient Reading -- Roads to Reading Disability -- Issues in the Education of Children with Reading Disability -- Educational Practices for Children with Reading Disability -- Possible Causes of Reading Disability -- Abilities, Disabilities, and Reading Disability: How Are They Related? -- Early Intervention and Prevention -- Toward Another Way of Thinking About Reading Difficulties
Biography
Louise Spear-swerling
