Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills To Students with Learning Disbilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs 3rd Edition

Editorial Review

This book features 169 reproducible activities which provide opportunities for active learning and student practice in the study skills and strategies most important for students with special needs. Teaching students with special needs to use study skills and strategies effectively is an important step in transforming these students into independent learners. In addition to the reproducible activities themselves, each chapter in this book contains suggestions for using the activities, mastery assessment, and an answer key. Also, a FREE trial version of a computerized assessment called 3S-SE (Study Skills and Strategies Assessment-Special Edition) is included with every copy of the book. 3S-SE assesses the skills and strategies taught in this book, and this trial version can be used to identify students' strengths and weaknesses in their use of important study skills and strategies. The trial version is in a CD-ROM format that can be used for both Windows and Macintosh. For special educators at the elementary through high school levels.

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Customer Reviews

Helpful, But More For The Academic

2006-08-07
I was very excited to find a book with this title, "Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs." While I am not a trained or certified teacher I do have 2 children with special needs and I NEED HELP.

I found the foundation information provided to be useful. I was able to apply quite a bit and am still in the process of working through the process. The assessments and evaluations were a bit much and more than can be done by a lay person. We asked our special educator for help and she, very apologetically, stated that the protocol is just too time-consuming.

The main reason to buy the book is for the CD-ROM. The CD is very helpful, is user-friendly, and helps to really make plans for the child with special needs.

Life Saver

2006-02-09
I bought this book to assist in my Learning Strategies Class. I was supposed to teach study skills to high school students with LD, but of course was given no materials to work with. The students enjoyed the activities. I do not think that I could have survived without this.

amazing

2004-09-23
A very well written and informative publication. Dr. Strichart is a master in his field, and has continued to produce guidlines that we utilize in our school system on a daily basis.
Bravo!

Dr. Steinhelm

Two Best Books

2003-06-29
This book is specifically engineered for the
target audience, and therefore one of the
best tools. Try this book and another book called
SURVEY OF 300 A+ STUDENTS (by Kenneth Green)
which gives a range of learning strategies for
this group.

National Enquirer of LD Drop-outs

2002-09-29
I usually avoid published 'workbooks' for their repetitive and generic content. This is a different product altogether and offers several well designed categories and assignments that target important areas. The concepts are useful for more than just student support. Despite the plethora of information currently flooding the airwaves and bookstores, I find that the people who are responsible for creating the curriculum and envisioning meaningful programs for students who need them are basically out in the cold. We must target them! This approach can be referenced by parents on the move, by other IEP team members (unless they too are lost and clueless), teacher training personnel or anyone who is in the mix for the long haul and needs a nice compact non-technical piece of evidence. I did not use the CD- but I'm certain that it would easily justify the cost to tightfisted budget hawks. But the great thing about it is that it can be used for teacher training seminars and/or individual supervision- again, if the responsible party is competent.
Here's what it says-

In order to have faith in abilities and thus, the capacity to achieve- there have to be many EXPERIENCES of the same. (make sure they happen!)
Embittered learners become (by way of nature's survival instincts) emotionally defended and frequently engage in self-sabotage. They vent because they are in pain!
The emotional ramifications of chronic failure, make the experience of the poor student like those of a CONDEMNED PRISONER.
Reading these eloquently designed images of the sort of despair and suffering I know all to well- I felt like I was reading the National Enquirer for memory and drop-outs. But this is no scandal exaggeration- its an abominable scandal.
Buy it- try it- and feel free to give me feedback- I'd welcome it and promise to put it to good use. Don't stop now!

A good activity book for Study Skills Development. 2008-06-24
I used this book as an activity book for my study skills development classes this past year and was very pleased with it. This works well for middle school and high school students who are having trouble developing study skills on their own.

Fantastic tool for ALL students 2007-09-27
These are good study strategies, whether a student has special learning needs or not. And with the ability to photocopy, this is a valuable resource that more than pays for itsself!

CHEEP CHEERFUL and FAST 2007-05-07
AS was described
THanK you
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE more sellers like you :D

Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities, ADHD, or Special Needs 2007-01-10
As a special education teacher I purchased this book because the title addressed the needs of the students I teach in a study skills class. However, the format of the book doesn't offer much in the way of copying many chapters or sections to teach to the students. Some chapters are user friendly, others are of no use the way they are formatted. Great title and table of contents but it is not very user friendly for teaching.
I also haven't been able to figure out the use of the CD that comes with it. Overall, for the price, I am disappointed.

A Waste of Time for General Ed Teachers 2006-12-01
I am a high school teacher at a school with a high percentage of LD, ADD, and ADHD students. I was hoping for new ideas for modications, differentiation, and discrete skills to help my SPED students succeed even more in my general ed class.

This book was useless to me.

The activities in this book, while worthy, are VERY low level. Any students that need these activities are probably not in a mainstream classroom for core subjects, but in a Special Day Class if they are of high school age. SDC teachers may find things here that are useful, but most teachers will not.