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Slade, David – Academic Therapy, 1984
Teachers and parents can help learning disabled students make transitions to mainstream settings by preparing them for change in physical conditions, instructing them in organization and time management, teaching them interpersonal skills through role-playing, and assisting them in identifying and responding to a variety of emotions. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Rothschild, Edmund W. – Academic Therapy, 1986
An attorney offers advice to parents regarding estate planning for their learning disabled children. Problems are discussed regarding issues for the minor and planning for the grown child incapable of managing financial affairs. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Estate Planning, Learning Disabilities, Money Management
Landers, Mary F. – Academic Therapy, 1984
Parents are given ten tips for helping their learning disabled child with out-of-school assignments in a useful and productive manner. (JW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Learning Disabilities, Parent Participation
Clary, Linda M. – Academic Therapy, 1986
A checklist is offered to help parents work on homework with their learning disabled adolescents. Guidelines are offered for preparing as well as following up the homework. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Check Lists, Homework, Learning Disabilities
Michael, Robert J. – Academic Therapy, 1987
Questions designed to help college-bound learning-disabled students and their parents evaluate a college's support services and programs cover such areas as pre-admission counseling, parent counseling, access to course syllabi, orientation programs, library services, modified admissions procedures, visits to college classrooms, testing options,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Programs, Decision Making
Searcy, Sheri – Academic Therapy, 1988
This article reviews the impact of learning disabilities on self-esteem, discussing: how self-esteem develops, how it suffers when learning disabilities are present, and how to contribute to a learning-disabled child's self-esteem by helping the child feel more capable, more significant, more powerful, and more worthy. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role
