Table of Contents

About the Author     vii
Introduction     ix
How to Use This Guide     ix
Additional Resources for Facilitators     ix
Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Second Edition   David A. Sousa     1
Introduction     1
Summary     1
Discussion Questions     2
The Brain and Learning     2
Summary     2
Discussion Questions     4
Activity     4
Review of Brain Areas and Functions     4
When Learning Difficulties Arise     4
Summary     4
Supplemental Information     6
Discussion Questions     7
Activities     7
Guidelines for Working With Students Who Have Special Needs     7
Strategies for Involvement and Retention     7
Understanding the Strategies Integration Model (SIM)     8
Techniques for Building Self-Esteem     9
Attention Disorders     9
Summary     9
Supplemental Information     10
Discussion Questions     11
Activities     11
Avoiding Instructional Strategies That Lead to School-Created ADHD-LikeBehavior     11
Strategies for working With Students With ADHD/ADD     11
Getting, Focusing, and Maintaining Attention     12
Speech Disabilities     13
Summary     13
Supplemental Information     14
Discussion Questions     14
Activity     15
Developing Oral Language Skills     15
Reading Disabilities     15
Summary     15
Supplemental Information     16
Discussion Questions     17
Activities     17
Strategies for Teaching Students With Reading Problems     17
Reading Bingo     18
Writing Disabilities     19
Summary     19
Supplemental Information     21
Discussion Questions     21
Activity     21
Identifying Students With Writing Difficulties     21
Mathematical Disabilities     22
Summary     22
Supplemental Information     24
Discussion Questions     24
Activity     25
General Guidelines for Teaching Mathematics     25
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders     25
Summary      25
Supplemental Information     27
Discussion Questions     28
Activity     29
Establishing a Positive Emotional Climate in the Classroom     29
Autism Spectrum Disorders     30
Summary     30
Supplemental Information     32
Discussion Questions     32
Activities     32
Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders     32
True-False Questions About Autism Spectrum Disorder     33
Putting It All Together     34
Summary     34
Discussion Questions     35
Workshop Evaluation Form     36