FREE CONFERENCE CALL WITH DR. RICHARD SELZNICK,
AUTHOR OF THE SHUT-DOWN LEARNER
When: Tonight, Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 9 pm EST
Phone number: Call (661) 673-8600
Use Access Code: 899615# (remember the #)
Length: Approximately 1 hour
Professor Selznick is a licensed psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist, university professor of pediatrics, Director of the Cooper Learning Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cooper University Hospital, and author of The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child. In this call, he will discuss shut-down learners and answer your questions about how to motivate discouraged children. Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
If your child is eligible for special education, perhaps. One key to getting help is to show the school that his social and emotional problems are impeding his learning or that of his peers. Another is to show that they’re blocking him from achieving a primary goal of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA): “To ensure that all children with disabilities have [an] education that [meets] … their unique needs and prepare[s] them for further education, employment, and independent living” (34 CFR § 300.1). A third is to show that involvement in a social and emotional learning (SEL) program is critical for him to achieve his academic goals. Read more...
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