More Sources on Learning Disabilities

Bailey, Sandra, Shirley Jacob, and Elizabeth Wadlington.  "Teaching Students with Dyslexia in the Regular Classroom."  Childhood Education 73.1 (1996): 2.  Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.

This just talks about students with dyslexia and how you (as a teacher) can help them in the classroom setting.

Hornstra, Lisette, Eddie Denessen, Joep Bakker, Linda Van Den Bergh, and Marinus Voeten. "Teacher Attitudes Toward Dyslexia: Effects on Teacher Expectations and the Academic Achievement of Students With Dyslexia." Journal of Learning Disabilities. Hammill Institute on Disabilities, 5 May 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. http://ldx.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/04/07/0022219409355479.abstract.

 

This talks about dyslexia, teacher-child interaction, methodological issues.

 

 

Cook, Bryan G., Melody Tankersley, Lysandra Cook, and Timothy J. Landrum. "Evidence-Based Practices in Special Education: Some Practical Considerations." Intervention in School and Clinic. Hammill Institute on Disabilities, Nov. 2008. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. http://isc.sagepub.com/content/44/2/69.abstract.

 

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