Off Track: When Poor Readers Become ""Learning Disabled""

by Louise Spear-swerling, Robert Sternberg

Overview

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 childre

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367317089
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Louise Spear-Swerling is associate professor of special education at Southern Connecticut State University. Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University.

Table of Contents

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