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College for Students with Learning Disabilities Mati Sicherer

College for Students with Learning Disabilities By Mati Sicherer

College for Students with Learning Disabilities by Mati Sicherer


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Summary

College for Students with Learning Disabilities is a guide for counselors working with high school students with learning disabilities who are planning on attending college.

College for Students with Learning Disabilities Summary

College for Students with Learning Disabilities: A School Counselors Guide to Fostering Success by Mati Sicherer

College for Students with Learning Disabilities is the high school counselors best resource for preparing college-bound students with learning disabilities and related disorders.

Through a comprehensive lens, the book provides an overview of learning disabilities and related issues as they apply to the role of the high school counselor. The 6- to 8-week program outlined in the book provides a step-by-step guide for high school counselors to create and implement the program in their own schools. Each area of the program is explored in detail, covering topics such as college readiness, study skills, self-advocacy, and picking the right school.

Drawing on the lived experience of students with learning disabilities, current research, case studies and more, College for Students with Learning Disabilities advises counselors in a positive way and aims to change the lives of students with learning disabilities by preparing them for college in an effective, concrete way.

About Mati Sicherer

Mati Sicherer, EdD, is a high school counselor in special education with a focus on learning disabilities. She has worked in education for more than 20 years.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Part 1. The Background Work

1. Why This Book?

2. What are Learning Disabilities?

Part 2. Most Common Learning Disabilities

3. Dyslexia

4. Dyscalculia

5. Dysgraphia

6. Processing Disorders (Visual and Auditory)

7. Nonverbal Learning Disorder

Part 3. Related Disorders

8. ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder)

9. Dyspraxia

10. Executive Function Disorder

11. Memory Issues

Part 4. Our Role as Counselors

12. Our Role

13. What Counselors Need to Know About Working With the Child Study Team

14. What Counselors Need to Know about College Readiness

15. What Counselors Need to Know About IEPs

16. What Counselors Need to Know About Self-Advocacy

17. What Counselors Need to Know About Study Skills

18. What Counselors Need to Know About Choosing Colleges and Universities

Part 5. The Comprehensive Program

19. Building the Program

20. The Program

Part 1: College Readiness

Part 2: Understanding Strengths and Challenges

Part 3: Self-Advocacy

Part 4: Study Skills

Part 5: Picking the Right School

Index

Additional information

NPB9780367141165
9780367141165
0367141167
College for Students with Learning Disabilities: A School Counselors Guide to Fostering Success by Mati Sicherer
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-09-18
240
N/A
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