Learning About Learning Disabilities

Bernice Wong is Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. Prior to retirement, her passion had been writing intervention research with students with and without learning disabilities. In retirement, her love for writing has transformed from academic writing to short stories about interesting events in her life. Dr. Deborah L. Butler is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. She was awarded a PhD in Educational Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 1993. Since joining UBC in 1994, Dr. Butler has written over 30 refereed articles and book chapters for major journals or highly influential books, presented 60 refereed papers at international or national conferences, produced literally 100’s of research reports with teachers, district-level administrators, and/or governments, and been invited to serve as a keynote or featured speaker across North America and internationally. Her research focuses on understanding and fostering strategic, goal-directed engagement, teacher professional development, research methods, inclusive and special education, and teaching and learning processes.

Praise for the Previous Edition:"Wong has succeeded in providing detailed descriptions and comments within a book which covers a broad range of topics. Without exception the chapters are clearly written and accessible, and many provide the reader with challenging ideas and practical suggestions." --British Journal of Special Education

• 1. Classification and identification of Learning DisabilitiesJack M. fletcher2. Learning Disabilities and MemoryH. Lee Swason and Danielle Stomel3. Brain and Behavioral Response to Intervention for Specific Reading, Writing and math Disabilities: What Works for Whom?Virginia W. Berninger and Michael Dunn4. Social Relationships: The 4th RJudith Wiener and Victoria Timmermanis5. Self-Regulation Among Students with LD and ADHDRobert R. Reid, Karen R. Harris, Steven Graham and Marcia Rock6. Reading Interventions for Students in Early Primary GradesSylvia Linan-thompson and Jeremy Miciak7. Highlights in Reading Comprehension Intervention Research for Students with learning DisabilitiesLinda H. Mason and Jessica L. Hagaman8. Instructional Interventions for Students with Mathematics Learning DisabilitiesMargo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Clara Hauth, and Dannette Allen-Bronaugh9. Writing InstructionCharles A. MacArthur, Zoi Philippakos, Steve Graham, and Karen Harris10. Assessment and Interventions for English Language Learners with Learning DisabilitiesEsther Geva and Katherine Herbert11. Improving Outcomes for Adolescents with Learning DisabilitiesPatricia Sampson Graner and Donald D. Deshler12. Effective Instruction for History and the Social Studies: What Works for Students with Learning DisabilitiesSusan De La Paz13. Navigating the Postsecondary LandscapeJohn G. Freeman, Allyson Harrison and Ena Holtermann with Ingrid Jackson and Todd Cunningham14. Special Education Curriculum in an Era of High StandardsJohn Woodward15. Included, but Underserved: Rediscovering Special Education for Students with Learning DisabilitiesJean B. Crockett, Elizabeth A. Filippi and Cheryl L. Morgan