Brought to you by Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) through the generosity of Saint Joseph's University. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004) specifies eight areas that constitute a learning disability: oral expression, listening comprehension, basic reading skills, reading fluency skills, reading comprehension, mathematics calculation, mathematics problem solving, and written expression. However, IDEA does not specifically state the

Brought to you by Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) through the generosity of Saint Joseph's University. Research over the last 20 years about what and how children learn has consistently recognized the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL). SEL is defined as “…the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show e

Brought to you by Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) through the generosity of Saint Joseph's University. The ability to think mathematically is critical in this technologically advancing society. Integrating children’s literature into mathematics instruction is one of the methods to make this vision a reality. The integration of literature into mathematics is a powerful vehicle that can be a useful approach to empower mathematics. Mathematics should be a living, exciting