Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors

Nancy Mather, Sam Goldstein, Katie Eklund

• Publisher: Brookes Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781598578362
• eBook ISBN: 9781598578379
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Behavioural Management

Why do students in Grades K–12 struggle with social and academic skills, and how can teachers help them develop the competence and confidence they need to succeed? Get practical answers in the new edition of this bestselling book, a staple of teacher training since 2001. It's structured like the popular previous editions: a detailed questionnaire pinpoints each student's individual strengths and needs, and an updated version of the highly effective Building Blocks model helps educators target 12 school success factors with proven strategies and guidelines they can use right away. Reliable, up-to-date research makes this a perfect preservice textbook, and the classroom-ready strategies are a lifeline for in-service teachers as they work toward better outcomes for struggling students.

HELP STUDENTS MASTER 12 BUILDING BLOCKS OF LEARNING:

• Self-Regulation
• Behavior
• Emotions
• Resilience
• Phonological
• Orthographic
• Memory
• Motor
• Automaticity/Efficiency
• Verbal
• Nonverbal
• Executive Functions

WHAT'S NEW: New in–depth information on today's most critical topics, including school climate, multi tiered systems of support (MTSS), positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS), social emotional learning, and student—teacher interactions. You'll also get fresh contributions from experts on learning disabilities and behavior challenges, plus lists of helpful apps and other online resources.

Index

Note: The letters f and t indicate that the entry refers to a page’s figure or table, respectively.

ABC Reading Magic Series, 453, 454

Ability–achievement discrepancy model, 211–214, 216–217

as a diagnostic tool, 214, 217

problems with, 212

response to intervention (RTI) versus, 216

strengths of, 214

over successive grade levels, 213–214

validity of, 212–213

Academic performance

academic language proficiency, 355, 357–358, 360

Building Blocks of Learning model and, 49, 50t–51t, 52f

effect of stimulants on, 103

improving, 443–444

linguistic and neuropsychological functions underlying, 215–216, 218

math skills for, 49, 51t, 52f

metacognition and, 377

rapid automatized naming (RAN) as predictor of, 249–250

reading fluency and, 49, 50t, 52f

rote memorization and, 15, 35, 35t, 36t, 464, 473

spelling development and, 49, 50t, 52f

see also Background knowledge; Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

Access to Math, 444

Accommodations, 253–254, 387–389

ability–achievement discrepancy in determining, 214

assignments, 254

classroom coaches, 388

classwork adjustments, 396

copying, 253

difficulty level, 388

fairness of, 191–193

feedback and, 389

homework adjustments, 396, 397

individualized education program (IEP), 199, 321–322, 389

Instructional Accommodations Survey, 396–399

math instruction adjustments, 397

opportunities for improvement, 388–389

physical classroom arrangements, 65, 389

seating adjustments, 398

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 (PL 1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• About the Downloadable Materials
• About the Authors
• About the Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• A Note to Teachers
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• I. Introduction
• II. Foundational Blocks
• III. Processing Blocks
• IV. Conceptual Blocks
• V. Conclusion
• References
• Additional Resources
• Web Sites and Professional Organizations
• Index