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Roadblocks to Learning: Understanding the Obstacles that Can Sabotage Your Child's Academic Success
Roadblocks to Learning Understanding the Obstacles that Can Sabotage Your Child's Academic Success Author:Lawrence J. Greene Drawing on 30 years of experience on the front lines of specialeducation, Lawrence Greene offers hope and help for parents of children withlearning deficits. Rather than simply rounding up the usual suspects, dyslexiaand ADD, Roadblocks to Learning clearly catalogs 70 differentobstacles--from test anxiety and poor time management to underachieve... more »ment anddisorganization---that can interfere with your child's enjoyment of andaccomplishment at school. Time is of the essence, warns Greene. "When deficits are overlooked ormisdiagnosed, children may conclude that they cannot succeed in school and theywill lower their expectations and aspirations." He cuts through the jargon oftests, diagnosis, and treatment, offering parents smart insights and strategiesto address six categories of learning deficits: academic, applied intelligence,behavior, perceptual processing, psychological defenses, speech, andlanguage.Each chapter includes red-flag behaviors for a learning roadblock such asdifficulty with essay test taking or following instructions, in addition tomethods for tackling the problem. Greene has done a superb job of equippingparents with the ability to pinpoint learning problems and become informedadvocates for their children. --Barbara Mackoff« less