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This Month's Topic (December 2006)
Organization and Study Skills
How can they read and write if they can’t find the paper and the pencil? Learn about teaching organization and study skills.

Future Topics

• Mnemonic Strategies: What Are They? How Can I Use Them? And How Effective Are They?
• Using Blended Instruction to Develop a Work-based Learning Model for Students with Learning Disabilities
• Naturalistic Language Teaching Procedures for Children at Risk for Language Delays
• New Hope in the New Year for Students with LD
• Tips for Teachers
• Overcoming Underachieving: A New Model to Understand Children's School Problems
• Using Magazines for Multicultural Lesson Planning
• More Time to Teach
• The Language of Instruction
• Behavior Management for Children with Learning Disabilities, Part I
• Behavior Management for Children with Learning Disabilities, Part II
• Sailing More Smoothly Toward Fall: Helping Parents and Teachers Build Successful Summers for Kids with LD
• Strengthening the "Co-" in Collaboration: Building Success for Students and Teachers through Collaboration, Part I
• Strengthening the "Co-" in Collaboration: Building Success for Students and Teachers through Collaboration, Part II
• Strengthening the "Co-" in Collaboration: Building Success for Students and Teachers through Collaboration, Part III
• Strengthening the "Co-" in Collaboration: Building Success for Students and Teachers through Collaboration, Part IV
• Acquiring Study Strategies: Suggestions for Teachers

• The Visual and Performing Arts: Multisensory Instruction and Assessment - Specific Classroom Activities
• Is it Magic? The Use of the Arts to Teach Students with Learning Disabilities

• Literacy and Linguistic Minorities with and without Learning Disabilities
• Untangling the Knots of Linguistic Diversity, Part I
• Untangling the Knots of Linguistic Diversity, Part II
• How Inclusive is Inclusion in Your School? A Focus on Language Minority Students
• Speaking English is not Enough, Part I
• Speaking English is not Enough, Part I

• Best Practices for the Inclusionary Classroom: Leading Researchers Talk Directly with Teachers
  Find instructional models that not only meet the complex needs of students with learning disabilities, but also contribute to the academic growth of all students.
• Bound and Determined to Help Children with Learning Disabilities Succeed
  Dr. Cooper, an educator and counselor, shares his experiences with learning disabilities and offers helpful and practical insights about what adults can do to nurture a more positive outlook in children with LD. An excellent resource for parents, educators and other professionals.
• Research to Practice: Effective Interventions in Learning Disabilities
  This book describes the best, up-to-date and well-validated interventions for struggling learners. Each chapter is devoted to a specific intervention which is thoroughly described for teachers and practicioners.

• Contemporary Approaches to the Assessment of Children with Learning Disabilities
  (Currently this DVD is only available in Greek)
  This DVD focuses on the assessment of learning disabilities. In the first part of the DVD, the traditional assessment procedures are discussed and the problems inherent in their use are pinpointed. In the second part, contemporary approaches of assessment are described ("educational problem solving", "responsiveness to intervention") and the method of "Curriculum- Based Measurement" (one of the most dynamic methods of educational data gathering) is presented in detail. Also in this part, application examples of the contemporary assessment approaches are delineated, based on the analysis of the difficulties in reading, writing and mathematics presented by children with learning lisabilities. At the end of the DVD useful references are given.
• Einstein & Me: Talking About Learning Disabilities
  This program is designed for parents, kids, and teachers. In a candid conversation, students reveal what it's like to have a learning disability. Upbeat, informative and optimistic; this video is great for in-service training and parent meetings.
• Meeting with Success: Ten Tips for a Successful IEP
  It's easy to find dozens of documents explaining the IEP process, but an IEP meeting can turn into an adversarial nightmare even if everybody involved understands the "rules and regulations." In this upbeat and optimistic video, you'll observe "real" parents, teachers, administrators, and other specialists as they demonstrate ten tips for meeting with success in this important educational process, developing the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Package includes a booklet written by Dr. Schultz that provides supplementary information about the IEP process.
• Stop and Go Ahead with Success: An Integrated Approach to Helping Children Develop Social Skills
  Friendships are critical for our sense of well being. This video offers practical solutions for teachers and parents on how to address the social problems children with learning disabilities face in elementary school. When parents, teachers and other adults work together to coach children on these skills, children become more confident and enter social situations anticipating success.