The learning tree : overcoming learning disabilities from the ground up
Title:
The learning tree : overcoming learning disabilities from the ground up
Author:
ISBN:
9780738212333
Edition:
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press/Lifelong Books, 2010.
Physical Description:
xix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Contents:
Sally's story -- IQ testing: uses and misuses -- Play and learning: floortime -- Building basic thinking -- Building advanced thinking -- Using all the thinking levels: the Sidwell Friends buddy project -- Getting to the roots: avoiding labels -- Deciphering sounds -- Making sense of what we hear -- Organizing actions: motor planning and sequencing -- Organizing thoughts -- Regulating sensation -- Making sense of what we see -- Integrating all the roots: the Sidwell Friends nutrition project -- Helping Sally: strengthening the trunk and the roots -- The learning tree in action: the Sidwell Friends dinosaur project -- Reading comprehension -- Expressing ideas in writing and speaking -- Mathematical thinking and reasoning -- Organizational skills -- The learning tree in conclusion: the Sidwell Friends Native Americans and colonist project.
Summary:
Discusses how to identify and analyze missing developmental steps that can lead to learning problems, utilizing the metaphor of a tree to examine how children perceive the world; grow socially and academically; and develop the ability to read, write, organize their work, perform mathematics, and more.
