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This accessible resource offers the tools for taking a proactive role in identifying, understanding and overcoming the obstacles facing teens with a wide variety of learning disabilities, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dyscalculia, and dyslexia. Assistive technology that aid students' learning such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems, screen reading software, books on tape, and electronic notebooks are covered. The most recent research on brain structure and function, and the role they play in learning disabilities is presented, as well as a step-by-step guide to test reports, so that teens can understand how their disabilities are diagnosed.
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It Happened to Me Series Editor: Arlene Hirschfelder Books in the “It Happened to Me” series are designed for inquisitive teens digging for answers about certain illnesses, social issues, or lifestyle interests.Whether you are deep into your teen years or just entering them, these books are gold mines of up-to-date information, riveting teen views, and great visuals to help you figure out stuff. Besides special boxes highlighting singular facts, each book is enhanced with the latest reading list, web sites, and an index. Perfect for browsing, this series features loads of expert information by acclaimed writers to help parents, guardians, and librarians understand teen illness, tough situations, and lifestyle choices. 1. Learning Disabilities: The Ultimate Teen Guide,by Penny Hutchins Paquette and Cheryl Gerson Tuttle, 2003. 2. Epilepsy: The Ultimate Teen Guide, by Kathlp Gay and Sean McGarrahan, 2002. 3. Stress Relie$ The Ultimate Teen Guide, by Mark Powell, 2002. 4. Making Sexual Decisions: The Ultimate Teen Guide,by L. Kris Gowen, 2003. 5. Asthma: The Ultimate Teen Guide,by Penny Hutchins Paquette, 2003. Penny Hutchins Paquette Cheryl Gerson Tuttle It Happened to Me, No. 1 The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Maryland, and Oxford zoo3 SCARECROW PRESS,INC. Published in the United States of America by Scarecrow Press, Inc. A Member of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way, Lanham,Maryland 20706 www.scarecrowpress.com PO Box 317 Oxford OX2 9RU, UK Copyright 0 2003 by Penny Hutchins Paquette and Cheryl Gerson Tuttle All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguingin Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Available Paquette, Penny Hutchins. Learning disabilities :the ultimate teen guide / Penny Hutchins Paquette, Cheryl Gerson Tuttle. p. cm. -(It happened to me ;no. 1) Includes bibliographicalreferences and index. paper) ISBN 0-8108-4261-0 (ak. 1. Learning disabled teenagers-Education-United States-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Learning disabilities-Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title: The ultimate teen guide. 11. Tuttle, Cheryl Gerson. 111. Title. Iv.Series. LC4704.74 .P37 2003 371.9-dc21 2002017588 ern The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence Paper for Printed Library Materials,ANSI/NISO 239.48- 1992. Manufactured in the United States of America. of For all students with learning disabilities -PP For Henry -CT This Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Learning Disabilities: An Overview CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 Your Brain CHAPTER 3 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder CHAPTER 4 Dyscalculia: Problems with Numbers C H m R5 Dysgraphia: Problems With Writing CHAPTER 6 Dyslexia: Problems with Reading C H m R7 Foreign Languages CHAPTER 8 Nonverbal Learning Di