The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-Use Strategies and Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities 3rd Edition

This is a thick handbook, packed with useful resources. The overview of learning disabilities includes information and graphics simple enough for me to use it when explaining their disabilities to my students. The research section is comprehensive and offers ten different graphic organizers that teachers could use ready-made. The law section may become outdated in the future unless they print new editions (though, since this edition has a publication date of 2008, it should be fine for a while, plus it's brief so it doesn't make a big difference for the text). The early child ed chapter provides solid information on developmental milestones and age-appropriate activities. While the student study team (SST) chapter is helpful, each district has their own ways of handling this, so it may have limited usefulness depending on your district strategies. The chapters on assessment (for identification purposes) and planning (for eligibility and IEP processes) are clear yet general enough to apply to different states. The classroom management chapter offered good advice for all teachers, including real-life scenarios to conisder and ideas for utilizing classroom assistants/paraprofessionals. The academic management chapter was a good overview, but the book blew me away in the chapter "Interventions for Specific Problems" with plenty of student work examples, tough scenarios, and clear and simple solutions that could be used the next day. The content-specific chapters (reading, writing, math) were detailed with a plethora of practical strategies and tools to use in the classroom. The final two chapters, about working with adolescents/adults with LDs and about working with the family as a whole, provide great guidance in two areas that are often overlooked by teachers.All in all, this is a fantastic resource. The weak spots, the law chapter and SST one, didn't detract from the usefulness of the rest, so it deserves 5 stars. Also, the book isn't text-heavy; it has lots of tables, charts, sample forms, and graphics that present the information in varied ways.I think general education teachers need this for any struggling student, not just those with LDs, and a special educator could use it for students with a variety of exceptionalities. It may be LD-specific, but it certainly isn't limited to LD in its usefulness.

This book is an excellent resource for solving common issues in the classroom. Sometimes teachers may feel overwhelmed with their classroom duties and don't know where to even begin- THIS is where you begin.

I'm completely satisified. I thought that the book was extremely informative and would be helpful for both parents and teachers. I enjoyed Chapter 10, which gave interventions for specific problems that most teachers will encounter in the Special Education classroom. There were also useful strategies for teaching math, reading and writing content.

This is a very helpful book - especially for general ed teachers. There are lots of activities to help you plan and prepare for the LD child in your classroom. A must read for every general and special ed teacher.

This is a great resource for a beginning, special education teacher. I plan to use this book with teachers that I mentor.

As expected

This is an awesome resource for the classroom. Includes sample forms and worksheets.

Gift for someone else. Arrived in excellent condition and was what I was expecting.