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Statistical reports indicate that 1.2 million students in the USA are high school dropouts and that 2.7 million public school students nationwide have been identified as learning disabled. Fifty percent of all dropouts come from inner city public schools where twenty-five percent are learning... read more
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Educational therapist, Addie Cusimano, shares her findings on how to help students reach their full potential, how to drastically reduce the number of high school drop-out rate in the USA, and solutions for the No Child Left Behind Act goal. She discusses approaches that work best, the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“Learning disabilities can be prevented and cured!”
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'As I stood nervously in front of my third grade class on my first day of teaching, I never imagined that some day I would be delving deeply into the reading problems of children, working closely with learning disabled children, and finding so many answers."
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CONTENTS
PREFACE: Authors Personal Story
CHAPTER 1
Misconceptions of Learning Disabilities
CHAPTER 2
Clarifying Visual Perception
CHAPTER 3
Visual Memory and Beyond
CHAPTER 4
Auditory Perception: Meeting the Needs
CHAPTER 5
Auditory Memory: Overlooked Areas
CHAPTER 6
Eye-Hand Coordination: What it Really Entails
CHAPTER 7
Improving Written Expression
CHAPTER 8
Advancing Thinking and Study Skills
Chapter 9
Learning a Foreign Language
Chapter 10
The Best Mathematics Approach
CHAPTER 11
The Right Reading Approach
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- Dewey: 371
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