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How to help your child
Peter Westwood
ACER Press 2008
Purchase A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties
A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties provides parents with a clear explanation of the numerous causes of children's problems in learning. The practical advice on methods for helping children in key areas such as reading, writing, spelling and mathematics can be implemented in home tutoring situations as well as in school. The emphasis throughout the book is on teaching methods that have been proved by research to be effective.
While the main focus is on ordinary children with general learning difficulties the author also provides important basic information on the teaching and management of children with intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities, and autism.
In addition, the author provides many important references to books and online resources that parents can use to explore specific areas of interest in greater depth.
Purchase A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties
Contents
Chapter 1, Confession
Chapter 2, External causes of learning difficulty
Chapter 3, Causes associated with the child
Chapter 4, Intellectual disability and autism
Chapter 5, Impaired vision, impaired hearing, physical disability
Chapter 6, General principles of effective teaching
Chapter 7, Learning to read: the early stages
Chapter 8, Moving on in reading
