The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child

Richard Selznick

ISBN 10: 1591810787 / ISBN 13: 9781591810780

Published by Sentient Publications, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child
• Publisher: Sentient Publications
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591810787
• ISBN 13: 9781591810780
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 8 ounces

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Synopsis

This book is based on the author's clinical experience as director of a program in the paediatrics department of a large teaching hospital that assesses and treats a broad range of learning problems. He has consulted with thousands of families, explaining complex data in straightforward terms understandable to the parents. He coined the term "shut-down learner" to describe children who thrive with hands-on tasks requiring visual and spatial abilities, but who become discouraged by their difficulty mastering core academic skills such as reading and writing. As many as 40% of Americans experience problems with these core skills, and a significant proportion of them are spatial thinkers. This book is packed with techniques that parents can use to help their shut-down learner succeed in school and in life. In a friendly, non-technical style, the author helps them understand their child's characteristics and offers specific approaches to break the downward spiral.

About the Author

Dr. Richard Selznick is a psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist, assistant professor of pediatrics, school consultant and Wilson-certified reading instructor. He is the Director of the Cooper Learning Center, a Division of the Department of Pediatrics/ Cooper University Healthcare. He is the author of three books: The Shut-Down Learner, School Struggles, and Dyslexia Screening. He lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey, near Philadelphia.