How the special needs brain learns, David A. Sousa

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How the special needs brain learns, David A. Sousa

Statement of responsibility

David A. Sousa

Instantiates

• How the special needs brain learns

Publication

• Thousand Oaks, California, Corwin, 2016

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-272) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• The Brain and Learning
• Neurological Causes
• Dysgraphia
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Characteristics of Good Writing
• Helping Students With Dysgraphia
• Strategies to Consider
• 7.
• Mathematical Disabilities
• Learning to Calculate
• Numerical Reasoning and Language
• Some Exterior Parts of the Brain
• Gender Differences in Mathematics
• Difficulties in Mathematics
• Dyscalculia
• The Future of Research in Mathematics Disorders
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Determining the Source of the Problem
• Diagnostic Tools for Assessing Learning Difficulties in Mathematics
• Other Considerations
• Strategies to Consider
• 8.
• Lobes of the Brain
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Emotions, Behavior, and Learning
• Pathways of Emotional Signals
• Different Brain Areas for Different Emotions
• First Survival and Emotions, Then the Textbook
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Depressive Disorders
• Other Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Impact of Childhood Abuse
• Motor Cortex and Somatosensory Cortex
• The Future of Research in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Bullying
• School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)
• Strategies to Consider
• 9.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Multiple Conditions on One Spectrum
• What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
• The Future of Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Cerebellum
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Strategies to Consider
• 10.
• Putting It All Together
• Helping Students With Learning Difficulties
• Identifying Students With Learning Difficulties
• Accommodating Students With Learning Difficulties
• Motivating Students With Learning Difficulties
• Communicating With Parents
• Future Trends in Special Education
• Some Interior Parts of the Brain
• Brainstem
• Limbic System
• Cerebrum
• Brain Cells
• Machine generated contents note:
• Learning and Retention
• A Look at Memory Systems
• Implications for Students With Learning Disabilities
• Rehearsal
• Learning Motor Skills
• How Different Are the Brains of Today's Students?
• The Search for Novelty
• Have Schools Changed to Deal With This Different Brain?
• Difficulties With Sleep
• Sleep Deprivation
• Who Are Special Needs Students?
• Effects on Memory
• Sleep Disorders
• 2.
• When Learning Difficulties Arise
• Research Examines Learning Difficulties
• Possible Causes of Learning Difficulties
• Gender Differences
• What Forms of Instruction Are Most Effective?
• Misconceptions About Learning Difficulties
• Gifted Children With Learning Difficulties
• Can Brain Research Help?
• Response to Intervention
• Key Elements of Response to Intervention
• Helping Students Become Strategic Learners
• What Is Learning?
• Learning Difficulties of Students
• What Are Learning Strategies?
• How Important Is Self-Esteem?
• Strategies to Consider
• 3.
• Attention Disorders
• Understanding the Effects of Poverty
• Research Findings
• What Is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
• What Causes ADHD?
• Is ADHD Inherited?
• Other Possible Causes
• Is ADHD on the Increase?
• Is It Possible to Have ADHD-like Behavior and Not Have ADHD?
• The Future of ADHD Research and Treatment
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Strategies to Consider
• What Is in This Book?
• 4.
• Speech Difficulties
• Learning Spoken Language
• Is Language Prewired in the Brain?
• Speech and Language Patterns by Age
• Putting the Language Components Together
• Problems in Learning Spoken Language
• Speech and Language Problems With Children and Adolescents
• Language Deficits and Learning a Second Language
• The Future of Speech-Language Disorders Research
• A Note About Effect Size
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Strategies to Consider
• 5.
• Reading Disabilities
• Learning to Read
• Is Reading a Natural Ability?
• Spoken Language and Reading
• Three Phases of Learning to Read
• Decoding and Comprehension
• Difficulties in Learning to Read
• A Word of Caution
• Social and Cultural Causes of Reading Problems
• Physical Causes of Reading Problems
• Is Dyslexia Present in Readers of Other Languages?
• Detecting Reading Problems
• Spoken Language Difficulties
• Early Indicators of Reading Problems
• What Educators Need to Consider
• Remember the Strengths of Struggling Readers
• What Teachers Should Know About Teaching Reading
• What Beginning Readers Need to Learn
• 1.
• Some Effective Reading Intervention Programs
• Assistive Technology for Students With Dyslexia
• Dyslexia May Impart Other Cognitive Strengths
• Strategies to Consider
• 6.
• Writing Disabilities
• Is This Chapter Even Relevant?
• Learning to Write
• Difficulties in Writing
• Environmental Causes

Control code

ocn927619746

Dimensions

28 cm

Edition

Third edition.

Extent

xiii, 277 pages

Isbn

9781506327020

Lccn

2015042655

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

u225759

System control number

• (Sirsi) i9781506327020
• (OCoLC)927619746