| Description |
xii, 402 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-390) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Brain crisis: problems and possibilities. Too many dyssed kids -- What's the problem? Diagnostic dilemmas -- What should we call this? Understanding learning disorders -- pt. 2. Your unique child. Brain differences and learning differences -- Rewiring children's brains: how the brain builds itself and how we can help -- How your child's brain works: "brain juice," emotion, motivation, attention, and medicating children's minds -- Genes, learning, and the environment: biology isn't always destiny -- Who's intelligent?: learning styles and one-of-a-kind brains -- pt. 3. childhood in the twenty-first century: pathway to problems or gateway to success? Stress: the great dys-abler -- Brain-cleaning 101: banish brain disruptors -- Brain-cleaning 102: tackling lifestyle factors -- Successful environments for successful children -- Appendixes: A. Terms of dysfunction: learning problems, seen and unseen -- B.A few thoughts about when to worry -- C.A primer on getting professional help for your child -- D. Reference list. |
| Summary |
Analyzes the rise in learning disabilities among school-age children while counseling parents and educators on how to solve specific problems, arguing that environmental factors are responsible for most learning disabilities. |
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Learning disabled children -- Education.
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Attention-deficit-disordered children -- Education.
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Dyslexic children -- Education.
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Learning -- Social aspects.
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Learning -- Physiological aspects.
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Parents of children with disabilities.
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| ISBN |
9781416556428 (pbk.) |
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1416556427 (pbk.) |
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