Working together linking skills and curriculum for adolescents with a language learning disability /

• Main Author: Brent, Mandy.
• Other Authors: Millgate Smith, Chris, 1958-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Learning disabled youth > Education (Secondary); Language disorders in adolescence.; Learning disabled youth.; EDUCATION > Communicative Disorders. > Special Education; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Working Together: Linking skills and curriculum for adolescents with a Language Learning Disability is a must-read book for busy classroom teachers who sometimes see the needs of students with language and learning difficulties as just too hard to cater for. A working collaboration between secondary...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Authors' acknowledgements; Source acknowledgements; Section 1 Skill development for curriculum access; Chapter 1 Setting out the basics; Chapter 2 Reducing anxiety and increasing motivation; Chapter 3 Enhancing decoding and reading fluency; Chapter 4 Enhancing comprehension and word power for LLD students; Chapter 5 Connecting oral and written language skills; Chapter 6 Nurturing self-awareness, empathy and resilience; Chapter 7 Memory: helping LLD students remember what you teach them; Section 2 Skills and strategies embedded in the curriculum.