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College for Students with Learning Disabilities A School Counselor’s Guide to Fostering Success

By Mati Sicherer Copyright 2020
    250 Pages
    by Routledge

    250 Pages
    by Routledge

    250 Pages
    by Routledge
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    College for Students with Learning Disabilities is the high school counselor’s best resource for preparing college-bound students with learning disabilities and related disorders.

    Through a comprehensive lens, the book provides an overview of learning disabilities and related issues as they apply to the role of the high school counselor. The 6- to 8-week program outlined in the book provides a step-by-step guide for high school counselors to create and implement the program in their own schools. Each area of the program is explored in detail, covering topics such as college readiness, study skills, self-advocacy, and picking the right school.

    Drawing on the lived experience of students with learning disabilities, current research, case studies and more, College for Students with Learning Disabilities advises counselors in a positive way and aims to change the lives of students with learning disabilities by preparing them for college in an effective, concrete way.

    List of Tables

    Part 1. The Background Work 

    1. Why This Book? 

    2. What are Learning Disabilities? 

    Part 2. Most Common Learning Disabilities  

    3. Dyslexia  

    4. Dyscalculia 

    5. Dysgraphia 

    6. Processing Disorders (Visual and Auditory) 

    7.  Nonverbal Learning Disorder 

    Part 3. Related Disorders 

    8. ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder)

    9. Dyspraxia 

    10. Executive Function Disorder 

    11.  Memory Issues 

    Part 4. Our Role as Counselors 

    12. Our Role 

    13. What Counselors Need to Know About Working With the Child Study Team 

    14. What Counselors Need to Know about College Readiness 

    15. What Counselors Need to Know About IEPs 

    16. What Counselors Need to Know About Self-Advocacy 

    17. What Counselors Need to Know About Study Skills 

    18. What Counselors Need to Know About Choosing Colleges and Universities 

    Part 5. The Comprehensive Program 

    19. Building the Program  

    20. The Program

       Part 1: College Readiness

       Part 2: Understanding Strengths and Challenges

       Part 3: Self-Advocacy

       Part 4: Study Skills

       Part 5: Picking the Right School

    Index

    Biography

    Mati Sicherer, EdD, is a high school counselor in special education with a focus on learning disabilities. She has worked in education for more than 20 years.

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