learning disabled children

American poet and writer Jimmy Santiago Baca relates stories about conflict and life-altering choices in his life, discussing his childhood in an orphanage, post-prison life, works with struggling adolescents, and more.

Explains what learning disabilities are and how they are assessed, as well as providing advice for coping with them in school, while having a social life, and in a career.

"Perfect Parent" magazine publisher Rachel Berman, the overprotective single mother of a rebellious teenage girl and twelve-year-old boy, finds her life turned upside down when she begins dating widowed lawyer Len Bean, the father of Olivia, a ten-year-old girl with an odd learning disability.

Presents a theoretical understanding of learning styles, focusing on at-risk learners and explaining why traditional teaching methods fail to meet their educational needs.

Offers teachers and parents advice on how they can help children with learning disabilities succeed in the classroom and examines the best practices and policies for helping the students participate and excel in the general education classroom.

Presents step-by-step instructions for using a computer to create more than forty customized educational materials designed to help children and adults with cognitive, sensory, or physical disabilities improve their visual perception, math, language, communication, writing, and self-help skills.

Discusses some of the reasons children may need help in school and how to get the help they need.