Karen J. Rooney

Broschiertes Buch

Strategies for Learning

Empowering Students for Success, Grades 9-12

Beschreibung

These explicit, reiterative strategies improve motivation, help struggling students "learn how to learn," and provide them with an effective skill set for all content areas.

Autor

Karen J. Rooney is Director of Educational Enterprises, Inc. in Richmond, Virginia. She earned her Ph.D. in Special Education at the University of Virginia (major areas: special education, psychology, research) and holds licenses in English, grades 7-12 in New York State and English, grades 7-12, as well as Learning Disabilities, grades K-12 in Virginia. Karen has taught in both private and public sectors and was the educational specialist in a multi-disciplinary clinic before becoming Director of The Learning Resource Center and founder of The Attention Disorders Clinic. She is a past member of the national board of the International Dyslexia Association and is the 2007 recipient of the Rebecca Brock Richardson award. Karen was selected to present a white paper on the importance of clinical judgment at the Learning Disabilities Summit in 2001, was a representative on the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, served as the Children′s Action Network representative for the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and participated in the Expert Work Group to develop CEC′s position regarding Response-to-Intervention. She currently is Past-President of the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children and serves on the Steering Committee of the National Adolescent Literacy Coalition. On a daily basis, Karen provides direct services to children, adolescents and adults who need to improve their performance. She conducts assessments, provides educational consultation and teaches the program entitled Independent Strategies for Efficient Study. She also provides professional development on topics related to literacy skill development, learning disabilities, attention disorders, strategy training and response-to-intervention.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781412972864
• ISBN-10: 1412972868
• Artikelnr.: 27179114