Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors

About the Downloadable Material

About the Authors

About the Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Note to Teachers

Section I Introduction

1. The Building Blocks of Learning: A Framework for Understanding Classroom
   Learning and Behavior
   Appendix: Building Blocks Questionnaire
2. Theoretical Foundations
3. The Learning Environment

Section II Foundational Blocks

4. Self-Regulation: Understanding and Managing Students with Poor Attention, Planning, Impulse Control, and Hyperactivity
5. Behavior: Understanding and Managing Behavior Problems with Lauren Meyer
6. Emotions: Understanding and Managing Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Stress with Gretchen Schoenfield and Jennifer May
   Appendix A: Anxiety Disorders
   Appendix B: Depressive Disorders
   Appendix C: Disorders of Trauma and Stress
7. Strategies to Promote Resilience with Robert Brooks

Section III Processing Blocks

8. Learning Disabilities and the Processing Blocks with Deborah A. Schneider
   Appendix A: Phonological Awareness Skills Screener (Pass)
   Appendix B: The Relationship between Speech Sounds and Spelling Development
9. Instruction for the Processing Blocks: Decoding, Encoding, Reading Fluency, Calculating, and Handwriting with Breanna Sherrow
   Appendix: Fry’s 600 Instant Words

Section IV Conceptual Blocks

10. The Conceptual Blocks: Verbal, Nonverbal, and Executive Functions with Ann M. Richards
    Appendix A: Additional Strategies for Test Taking
    Appendix B: Instructional Accommodations Survey
    Appendix C: iPad Apps for Visual Imagery, Note-Taking, Time Management, and Test Taking Instruction (Compiled by Ann M. Richards, Ph.D.)
11. Instruction for the Conceptual Blocks: Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, and Math Problem Solving with Ann M. Richards
    Appendix A: Synonyms for Words that Children Commonly Use in Writing
    Appendix B: IPad Apps for Reading, Spelling, and Writing Instruction by Elaine Cheesman, Ph.D.

Section V Conclusion

12. The Classroom Environment as a Microcosm of the World

Additional Resources

Websites and Professional Organizations

References

Index