Turnabout Children: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Learning DisabilitiesGifted writer and therapist Mary MacCracken offers a heartwarming chronicle of her private practice with learning-disabled children. A professor of learning disabilities calls it, "A classic"... and must reading for anyone who has a child with dyslexia or other disorders. The book won the l986 AmericanHealth Book Award. |
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... auditory processing to be an area of strength . I had a suspicion that Joey's auditory skills were better than the tests had shown and that the low scores in this area were more than likely due to lack of attending . His spoken language ...
... auditory processing to be an area of strength . I had a suspicion that Joey's auditory skills were better than the tests had shown and that the low scores in this area were more than likely due to lack of attending . His spoken language ...
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... auditory atten- tive ability , motor ability , and so forth - in other words , to discover through which modalities a child learns best . I started with the test for Auditory Attention Span for Unrelated Words . Here the child is asked ...
... auditory atten- tive ability , motor ability , and so forth - in other words , to discover through which modalities a child learns best . I started with the test for Auditory Attention Span for Unrelated Words . Here the child is asked ...
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... auditory processing - the Digit Span of the WISC - R , dictation , and Auditory Memory for Unre- lated Syllables on the Detroit . It was as if Ben's head went on overload when too much material was presented at one time through his auditory ...
... auditory processing - the Digit Span of the WISC - R , dictation , and Auditory Memory for Unre- lated Syllables on the Detroit . It was as if Ben's head went on overload when too much material was presented at one time through his auditory ...
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Alice Alice's answer Anyway asked audiologist auditory baby Ben's Bergenfield better Billy called chair Charlie Charlie's child chips desk doll door dyscalculia dysgraphia dyslexia dyslexic Eric Eric's eyes feel front going grade Grandpa guess hair Hammond hand hard head homework intelligence Jack Renner Jamaica Kincaid Jason Jim Hammond Joey Joey's kids knew Kroner learning disabilities looked loved MacCracken Madden Martin math mean minutes mother neural development neurologist never nodded Okay Oldenburg paper parents Phil picture problems psychologist Ralph Aylesworth remember Russell Baker scores session shrugged smiled sound spelling Stone subtest sure talk Tara teacher tell there's things thought told took Tortoni trouble tufted titmouse turned visual Volpe waited walked watch week what's WISC-R words write Yeah