| Description |
xxi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-321). |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Adolescents with ADHD and/or LD -- Definitions of ADHD -- Diagnosis of ADHD -- Learning Styles of Students with ADHD and/or LD -- Teacher Roles in the Diagnosis and Support of ADHD and/or LD -- Learning Disabilities -- Language Disabilities -- Central Auditory Processing Disorder -- Nonverbal Learning Disabilities -- Overlapping Disabilities -- Multiple Challenges: Adolescence and ADHD and/or LD -- Chapter 2. Understanding Legal Requirements -- Major Laws Dealing with Students' Disabilities -- Underlying Premises of IDEA and Section 504 -- Ten Major Provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) -- Differences Between IDEA and Section 504 -- Definitions of Learning Disabilities under IDEA and Section 504 -- Appeals Procedures -- Constraints Affecting IEP and Section 504 Decisions -- Barriers to Implementing IDEA and Section 504 -- Teacher Responsibilities Implied by Law -- Addressing Teacher Questions and Concerns -- Chapter 3. Learning Environment -- Welcome Letter -- Current Research -- Predictable Classroom Problems of Students with ADHD and/or LD -- Components of a Positive Learning Environment -- Monitoring and Assessment of Student Learning -- Team Teaching -- Chapter 4. Reading and Writing in the Content Areas -- Reading: Current Status -- Writing: Current Status -- Reading to Write, Writing to Read -- Whose Responsibility Is It? -- Effective Readers and Writers -- Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Area Class -- Active Reading and Writing -- Reading and Writing Accommodations -- Schoolwide Commitment -- Chapter 5. Teaching Homework-Completion Skills -- Homework, an Unhappy State of Affairs -- Homework Problems and Their Causes -- Why Is Homework Assigned? -- Homework Responsibilities of the Teacher, Parent, and Student -- Preventing Homework Problems -- Providing Support for Homework Completion -- Providing Homework Accommodations -- Solving Homework Problems -- Chapter 6. Teaching Adolescents to Use Self-Management -- Importance of Self-Management Skills -- Self Talk -- Visualization -- Managing Anger -- Managing Attention -- Managing Test Anxiety -- Self-Monitoring -- Setting Goals -- Self-Motivation -- Steps for Integrating the Teaching of Self-Management Strategies in Content Area Classes -- Chapter 7. Developing IEPs and Section 504 Plans -- Team Approach to the Development of IEPs and Section 504 Plans -- Elements of the IEP and Section 504 Plan -- Responsibilities of the Classroom Teacher -- Responsibilities of the Teacher Consultant and Resource Room Teacher -- Responsibilities of the School Social Worker and School Psychologist -- Goals and Objectives -- Accommodations or Supplemental Aids and Services in the Regular Education Classroom -- Preparing for the IEP or Section 504 Meeting -- Well-Run Meeting -- Chapter 8. Behavioral Interventions -- Past Emphasis: Punishment -- New Direction: Prevention -- Behavioral Support Plans -- Reinforcement -- Planned Ignoring and Extinction -- Response Cost -- Shaping Behavior and Chaining -- Contracting -- Integrating Behavioral Support Plans for Several Students -- Stopping Escalation of Negative Behavior -- Violating Disciplinary Rules or Code of Conduct -- Chapter 9. Understanding the Role of Medication -- Teacher's Role -- Beliefs and Attitudes about Medication -- Countering Myths -- Medication Choices -- Warning Signs of Side Effects -- Student Noncompliance -- Importance of Monitoring -- Christopher, One Student's Story -- Chapter 10. Gifted Students with ADHD and/or LD -- Gifted Students with ADHD and/or LD -- Some Definitions of Giftedness -- Indications of Giftedness and ADHD and/or LD: A Paradoxical Picture -- Current Status -- Secondary Emotional Problems -- Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers -- Psychoeducational Evaluation -- Section 504 Plans and Classroom Accommodations -- Flexible Programming -- Instructional Planning for the Classroom Teacher -- Thinking and Self-Management Strategies -- Student Involvement -- Chapter 11. Diversity and Parent Involvement -- Legal Underpinning of Parent Involvement -- Definition of Parent Involvement -- Diversity in the Schools -- Influence of ADHD and/or LD on the Family -- Parent-Teacher Disagreements about the Education of Students with ADHD and/or LD -- New Approach to Parent Involvement -- Effective Communication -- Chapter 12. Preparing for the Future: Transitions to Postsecondary Settings -- Why Students Don't Complete High School or Pursue Further Education -- "A Taste of College," Summer 1995 -- Characteristics of Successful Adults with ADHD and/or LD -- IDEA Transition Planning Requirements -- Postsecondary Support for Students with ADHD and/or LD -- Postsecondary Options -- Sense of Completion -- A. Problems and Strategies -- B. Organizations -- C. Resources -- D. World Wide Web Sites. |
| Summary |
"This problem-solving guide gives teachers and other professionals the information and materials they need to improve ADD/LD teens' academic and social skills and develop appropriate educational programs for them. A practical checklist format makes it easy to locate essential information, and hot topics such as self-management, motivation, homework completion, medication, and assistive technology are covered in detail. The book includes interesting student case histories throughout, over 100 reproducible graphic organizers, and specific recommendations for involving parents. A special appendix at the end of the book identifies 20 common classroom problems, from excessive movement, overactivity and hyperactivity to poor test-taking skills, and lists strategies to help students with ADHD or LD." --Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Hyperactive children -- Education (Secondary) -- United States.
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Learning disabled -- Education (Secondary) -- United States.
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Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Syndrom (DE-588)4525885-5
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Lehrmittel (DE-588)4074111-4
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Schüler.
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Sekundarstufe (DE-588)4077347-4
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United States.
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Learning disabled -- Education (Secondary)
(OCoLC)fst00994922
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Markel, Geraldine Ponte, 1939-
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| Added Title |
Helping adolescents with ADHD and learning disabilities |
| ISBN |
0130167789 |
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9780130167781 |
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