Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Awareness and Sensitivity: The Starting Point
  • Whatâ€?s Your Pommel Horse?
  • The Top 10 Reasons to Understand Students with Disabilities
  • The Base of the Learning Pyramid
  • Air Conditioners and Anxiety
  • Underknowledge
  • Different Strokes
  • When Root Words Donâ€?t Help
  • Exponentially Confusing
  • Bridge Freezes
  • Gail Wellinâ€?s Handwriting
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2
  • Student Needs: Clarifying and Understanding
  • Seven Good Reasons
  • Soft Signs of DysgraphiaDegrees of Difference
  • Canâ€?t Versus Wonâ€?t
  • Six Box
  • Dig In!
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3
  • Parents: Informing and Supporting
  • Limits to Conference
  • Communicating Sensitively and Accurately
  • Teachers as Parents
  • Who Said What?
  • Preconference Preparation
  • Doesnâ€?t want to be Different
  • Tutorâ€?s Challenge
  • The Invisible Disabilities
  • Crafting Reports on Students with Needs
  • The Value of Evaluation
  • Very Bright?
  • Describing Hyperactivity
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4
  • The Program: Facilitation, Support, and ConsultationThe Three as of Meeting Learning Needs
  • Awareness
  • Acceptance
  • Advocacy
  • Talking with Students about Learning Plans
  • Who goes There?
  • Learning Specialists are like Acupuncturists
  • Better Than going the Extra Mile
  • Not Just for Students with Disabilities
  • When Less is More
  • Recorded Books
  • Appliance Manuals
  • Split-Pea Soup
  • Accommodation without Documentation
  • Life Vest
  • Support Personsâ€?Who does What?
  • Academic Coach
  • Tutor
  • Learning Specialist
  • Levels of SupportRemediation
  • Support
  • Helping Jugglers in the Classroom
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5
  • Accommodations: Adjustments that Work
  • The Why of Accommodations
  • Art Museums
  • How Long to Accommodate?
  • No Fear Shakespeare
  • Business Class for All
  • Managing Dysgraphia
  • A Big Difference
  • Provide Versus Offer
  • Use It or Lose It!
  • Table or Booth?
  • Hear This!
  • Penned Notes
  • List of Common Accommodations
  • Classroom Setting
  • Instruction
  • Student Response
  • Test Format
  • Test Setting (Timing and Place)
  • OtherSummary
  • Chapter 6
  • Strategies: Practical Tips to Help Students
  • Strategies that Address Difficulties with Attention
  • Hear Yourself Think
  • Sound of Silence
  • Emergency Treatment for Chatty Classes
  • Recording Blanks
  • Mostly Listening with a Chance of Discussion
  • Lights Out!
  • Strategies that Address Difficulties with Memory
  • Fading
  • Adding Sensory Feedback to Flashcards
  • Envelope Sort
  • Mistakes that Help
  • Flying Apostrophe
  • Environmental Cues
  • Cutting for Comprehension
  • Whatâ€?s in a Name?
  • Minimal Pairs