Parenting a Child With a Learning Disability: A Practical, Emphathetic Guide - Hardcover

Tuttle, Cheryl Gerson; Paquette, Penny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565650824 ISBN 13: 9781565650824

Publisher: Lowell House, 1993

Synopsis

Describes learning disabilities, including hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia, and explains how parents, teachers, and schools can help

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arning-disabled child enjoy school  and learn more effectively. This book shows parents  what they can do at home to help their  learning-disabled child at school. Using nonthreatening,  nontechnical language, Tuttle and Paquette describe a  variety of learning disorders: attention deficit  disorder, dyslexia, hyperactivity, and speaking,  reading, writing, and math disabilities and  difficulties. They show parents how to become more  effective advocates for their child in the school system.  They also discuss how to work with the special  education team, and tell parents what legal rights  they have and how to take advantage of them. The  authors pay special attention to putting learning  disabilities within the context of the entire family  -- how one child's special needs may affect other  siblings, grandparents, etc. Parenting A

Edition details

• Publisher: Lowell House
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1565650824
• ISBN 13: 9781565650824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 188