College for Students with Learning Disabilities

A School Counselor’s Guide to Fostering Success

Paperback Engels 2019 9780367141172
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College for Students with Learning Disabilities is the high school counselor’s best resource for preparing college-bound students with learning disabilities and related disorders.

Through a comprehensive lens, the book provides an overview of learning disabilities and related issues as they apply to the role of the high school counselor. The 6- to 8-week program outlined in the book provides a step-by-step guide for high school counselors to create and implement the program in their own schools. Each area of the program is explored in detail, covering topics such as college readiness, study skills, self-advocacy, and picking the right school.

Drawing on the lived experience of students with learning disabilities, current research, case studies and more, College for Students with Learning Disabilities advises counselors in a positive way and aims to change the lives of students with learning disabilities by preparing them for college in an effective, concrete way.

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ISBN13:9780367141172
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:240
Uitgever:Taylor & Francis Ltd

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List of Tables

Part 1. The Background Work

1. Why This Book?

2. What are Learning Disabilities?

Part 2. Most Common Learning Disabilities

3. Dyslexia

4. Dyscalculia

5. Dysgraphia

6. Processing Disorders (Visual and Auditory)

7. Nonverbal Learning Disorder

Part 3. Related Disorders

8. ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder)

9. Dyspraxia

10. Executive Function Disorder

11. Memory Issues

Part 4. Our Role as Counselors

12. Our Role

13. What Counselors Need to Know About Working With the Child Study Team

14. What Counselors Need to Know about College Readiness

15. What Counselors Need to Know About IEPs

16. What Counselors Need to Know About Self-Advocacy

17. What Counselors Need to Know About Study Skills

18. What Counselors Need to Know About Choosing Colleges and Universities

Part 5. The Comprehensive Program

19. Building the Program

20. The Program

Part 1: College Readiness

Part 2: Understanding Strengths and Challenges

Part 3: Self-Advocacy

Part 4: Study Skills

Part 5: Picking the Right School

Index

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