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The 6 Success Factors for Children with Learning Disabilities: Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids with LD Succeed in School and in Life

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Frostig Center, Richard Lavoie

  • The 6 Success Factors for Children with Learning Disabilities

232 pages
2009
ISBN: 9780470383773

Based on a 20-year study conducted by researchers at the Frostig Center, this book identifies the six attributes that lead to success for children with learning disabilities:

  • self-awareness
  • proactivity
  • perseverance
  • goal-setting
  • social support systems
  • emotional coping strategies

The book presents structured activities that foster these traits in students. Each of the 60 fun, ready-to-use activities contains a lesson plan and reproducible student worksheet, complete with modifications, accommodations, and helpful teaching tips.

This easy-to-use resource helps children with LD develop skills to be successful in school and beyond.

Table of Contents

Front Matter

  • About This Book ix
  • Foreword by Richard D. Lavoie xi
  • About the Frostig Center xv
  • The Contributors xvii
  • Acknowledgments xix
  • Introduction xxi

Chapter 1: Self-Awareness 1

  • Introduction to Self-Awareness 2
  • Rating Yourself 5
  • Check for Understanding Self-Awareness 7
  • Describing Self 10
  • Describing Likes and Dislikes 13
  • Compare and Contrast Success Attributes 15
  • I See Me, You See Me 17
  • Check Out Sparktop.org 19
  • Identify Favorite Activities 21
  • Freaky Friday 23
  • I Feel Good About Me 26

Chapter 2: Proactivity 29

  • Introduction to Proactivity 30
  • Finding Help 33
  • Unlock Closed Doors 35
  • Ask the Experts 37
  • Take Action 40
  • Make the Solution Work for You 44
  • How Most People Find Jobs 46
  • Am I Ready to Be On My Own? 48
  • What Do I Know? What Must I Learn? 51
  • One Step at a Time 55

Chapter 3: Perseverance 59

  • Introduction to Perseverance 60
  • Help by Example 62
  • Don’t Quit 65
  • Help with Hanging in There 68
  • Playing Games and Persevering 71
  • Preseverance Award 75
  • WorkaOut! Hold On to That Job! 77
  • Occupations, Job Searching 80
  • After-School Goals 82
  • Long-Range Plans 85

Chapter 4: Goal Setting 87

  • Introduction to Goal Setting 88
  • Plan a Party 90
  • Shop ’til You Drop 92
  • School Tour 94
  • Book Report 96
  • Criminal Investigation 99
  • Where I Am and Where I Want to Be 101
  • Road Map to Success 104
  • Step-by-Step to Achievement 106
  • What Do I Know About Me? 109

Chapter 5: Social Support Systems 113

  • Introduction to the Use of Effective Social Support Systems 114
  • Friendship Rating Scale 116
  • Who You Gonna Call? 119
  • Strength in Numbers 122
  • ”And Seldom is Heard . . .”: Discouraging Words or Deeds 125
  • Imagine Me, Imagine You 128
  • What’s New? 131
  • Getting to Know You 134
  • Human Helpers: Accommodations for School, Work, and Life 137
  • Delightful Disclosure 140
  • Delightful Disclosure Award 141

Chapter 6: Emotional Coping Strategies 143

  • Introduction to Emotional Coping Strategies 144
  • Group Roles 146
  • A Mile in Your Shoes 150
  • First Steps 152
  • What Helps? 156
  • How Does it Feel? 160
  • Do Something! 163
  • Name Your Bandages 165
  • Help Me Cope 167
  • Welcome, Stranger 169

Appendix A: Resources for Fostering the Success Attributes 171

Appendix B: Assessments 187

References 199

Index 201