Screen LibrarySmart kids with learning difficulties：overcoming obstacles and realizing potential
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Prufrock Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Waco, Tex. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 195 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1593631804 (pbk.) 9781593631802 |
| Index Number: | G769 |
| CLC: | G769.712 |
| Call Number: | G769.712/S636 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-192). Who are these kids? -- How do we identify smart kids with learning difficulties? -- What needs to be done for smart kids with learning difficulties and who is responsible? -- What do good programs and services look like? -- What actions ensure that our smart kids will overcome their learning disabilities? Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential is an engaging must-read for any parent, educator, or counselor of smart kids who face learning difficulties. The authors provide useful, practical advice for helping smart kids with learning challenges succeed in school. Topics covered in the book include: Identifying and recognizing gifted/learning disabled students, what the law says about this population, planning and developing accommodations that empower these students, what works and doesn't work in the classroom, tools and checklists to build supporti |