Identify Main Ideas Learned From Handbook By Joan Harwell

Main Ideas Learned From The Above Books And Their Application
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Main Ideas Learned From the Above Books and Their Application
Education is the most important accomplishment in life; education is associated with gainful employment and success. Education is the most valuable tool. However, the degree of learning varies, as some children cannot learn with the same effect like others. Some children may develop some disability affecting their learning process. There are many resourceful materials to help both teachers and learners to overcome these learning challenges. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the main ideas presented by Dr.Melvine Levine and Joan Harwell, including several strategies to assist children with learning disabilities.
In his book entitled "the complete learning disabilities handbook" by Joan Harwell, the book presents strategies and activities that can be used by special educators, classroom teacher and parent working with disabled students. The book contains several ideas and proven suggestion to help LD student of all age groups to reach their full potential (Harwell & Jackson, 2008). Harwell presents an overview of learning disability, describing some of the common characteristics, causes, prevalence, prognosis and resources to help students with LD overcome learning challenges (Harwell & Jackson, 2008).
The authors highlight the latest research findings on learning disabilities that explain how the brain works and how children learn. The book also presents relevant laws concerning school, parent, and student rights and responsibilities (Harwell & Jackson, 2008). They also emphasize on practical strategies for classroom management lessons plans and assessments. The book suggests formal assessment and how to identify students with learning disabilities and how of a plan for classroom activities including elements that are important for lesson design, scheduling and how to motivate such students (Harwell & Jackson, 2008).
The authors present specific intervention for specific problems for building LD student academic skills in all basic content areas; these include writing, and spelling, speaking, teaching mathematically challenged students (Harwell & Jackson, 2008). In the latter parts of the book, the author presents tips for working successfully with parents and the role of the family, which includes material for counselors. The authors explore policy changes that might benefit individuals with learning disabilities (Harwell & Jackson, 2008).
The complete learning disabilities handbook Application
To help students with learning disabilities reach their full potential, an institution can initiate a program that offers special education delivered by a teacher who has a background of knowledge in handling children with learning disability (Harwell & Jackson, 2008). The teachers can adopt the following strategies to encourage students with learning disabilities to overcome their learning challenges. As suggested by the authors, a formal assessment is key before planning for classroom activities; therefore the teacher needs to interpret both formal and informal assessment reports to design, schedule his instructional process to address t...