learning disabilities

Provides an overview of learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and autism; discusses related controversies; and offers personal perspective on how they can affect someone's life.

Contains eighteen essays that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to learning disabilities, discussing topics such as dyslexia, autism, medications, social adjustment, increases in diagnoses, and special education.

Katie is very surprised when her father--one of the smartest people she knows--was unable to help her study for her third grade spelling test because he admitted to not knowing how to spell Mississippi.

When Chic, a boy bird with learning disabilities, befriends Ben, a human boy, he learns that relationships must make room for differences.

Presents methods for helping "conundrum kids"--gifted students with puzzling difficulties in certain academic areas--at school and at home.

Learning disabled Max and his friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

When Todd is both happy and anxious about trying to fit in with the regular fifth grade class but feels confused about how to relate to his former friends in the Special Needs class, a school assignment on the exploited pygmy, Ota Benga, helps give him confidence and clarity.

Covers the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabled children as well as their rights.

Discusses how children with "learning differences" can get along better in school, set goals, and plan for the future.