Education - Gifted Children, Psychology of Education, Child & Infant Psychology & Psychiatry, Learning & Language Disorders
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Overview
They are known as "conundrum kids": the math whiz who can't read, the budding artist who can't spell or solve a simple equation, the wonderfully coordinated athlete with the undecipherable handwriting. As the title of this book implies, they are a puzzle-smart kids, even extremely gifted ones, who do poorly in school. Learning specialist, diagnostician, teacher, and parent herself, Priscilla Vail has created a much-needed, authoritative guide to spotting conundrum kids, evaluating their problems, and using the right do and don't strategies for dealing with them in the school environment and at home. She provides specific remedial programs, such as multisensory training to improve reading and writing as well as techniques for taking standardized tests so that they work for conundrum kids instead of against them. Best of all, this optimistic book supplies effective methods to break the cycle of anger, fear, pressure, self-doubt and frustration, and makes it possible to turn school failure into school success.Editorials
Library Journal
Parents and teachers of gifted students with learning disabilities should be grateful for this definitive work on ``conundrum kids''the superb writer who can't add, the talented speech maker who can't write legibly. Chapters on young children provide practical suggestions and ideas for parents trying to decide when the child should start school and teachers trying to cope. The work also covers students up through college and deals with the topics of visual learning, motor functioning, auditory learning, language and learning, and psychological problems. Strategies for dealing with standardized tests and conquering the world of college are also included. An annotated bibliography completes this hallmark work. Joanne Troutner, Tippecanoe Sch. Corp., Lafayette, Ind.Book Details
Published
August 31, 1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780452262423