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Facilitator's Guide to How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Second Edition

Use these powerful training tools to help teachers develop effective instructional strategies for students with learning disabilities!

Based on David A. Sousa's bestseller, this facilitator's guide focuses on working with students with ADHD/ADD; speech, reading, writing, and math disabilities; emotional and behavioral disorders; autism; and Asperger syndrome. This complete chapter-by-chapter training resource is ideal for groups of any size. Highlights for the facilitator include:

  • Activities for small or large groups
  • Discussion and journaling prompts
  • Supplemental reading linked to each chapter
  • A workshop evaluation form

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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781412952873
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2007
  • Page Count: 48
  • Publication date: February 16, 2007

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Description

Description

Use these powerful training tools to help teachers develop effective instructional strategies for students with learning disabilities!

Designed to accompany David A. Sousa's bestseller How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Second Edition, this facilitator's guide provides staff developers and workshop leaders with a complete training resource to help teachers examine and adapt simple and complex learning strategies for students with learning disabilities.

Reflecting the latest developments in neuroscience as featured in the companion book, this chapter-by-chapter guide aligns definitive research with an emphasis on students' lifelong independent learning, increased retention, and cognitive flexibility. With these materials, trainers can help educators identify, accommodate, and motivate students with special needs and provide targeted assistance with:

  • Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI)
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Asperger Syndrome
  • Reading, writing, and math disabilities
  • ADHD/ADD
  • Emotional and behavioral disorders

Highlights for the facilitator include:

  • Chapter summaries
  • Supplemental information for extended learning
  • Discussion questions
  • Activities for individuals or groups
  • Journaling prompts
  • A workshop evaluation form

The perfect training tool for professional development coordinators, school leaders, peer coaches, team leaders, and professors, the Facilitator's Guide to How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Second Edition offers powerful strategies for facilitating professional learning groups of any size.

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Key features

The ideal tool for professional development events of any size, this chapter-by-chapter study guide provides:
  • Chapter discussion questions
  • Activities for small or large groups
  • Journal writing prompts
  • Sample agendas
  • A workshop evaluation form
Author(s)

Author(s)

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David A. Sousa

DR. David A. Sousa is an international consultant in educational neuroscience and author of more than twenty books that suggest ways educators and parents can translate current brain research into strategies for improving learning. A member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, he has conducted workshops in hundreds of school districts on brain research, instructional skills, and science education at the preK–12 and university levels. He has made presentations to more than two hundred thousand educators at national conventions of educational organizations and to regional and local school districts across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

Dr. Sousa has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, a master of arts in teaching degree in science from Harvard University, and a doctorate from Rutgers University. His teaching experience covers all levels. He has taught senior high school science and served as a K–12 director of science, supervisor of instruction, and district superintendent in New Jersey schools. He was an adjunct professor of education at Seton Hall University for ten years and a visiting lecturer at Rutgers University.

Prior to his career in New Jersey, Dr. Sousa taught at the American School of Paris (France) and served for five years as a foreign service officer and science advisor at the US diplomatic missions in Geneva (Switzerland) and Vienna (Austria).

Dr. Sousa has edited science books and published dozens of articles in leading journals on professional development, science education, and educational research. His most popular books for educators include How the Brain Learns, now in its sixth edition; How the Special Needs Brain Learns, second edition; How the Gifted Brain Learns; How the Brain Learns to Read, second edition; How the Brain Influences Behavior; How the ELL Brain Learns; Differentiation and the Brain, second edition (with Carol Tomlinson); and How the Brain Learns Mathematics, second edition, which was selected by the Independent Book Publishers Association as one of the best professional development books. The Leadership Brain suggests ways for educators to lead today’s schools more effectively. Dr. Sousa’s books have been published in French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Korean, Russian, and several other languages. His book Brainwork: The Neuroscience Behind How We Lead Others is written for business and organizational leaders.

Dr. Sousa is past president of the National Staff Development Council (now called Learning Forward). He has received numerous awards from professional associations, school districts, and educational foundations for his commitment to research, staff development, and science education. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate from Bridgewater State University and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Gratz College in Philadelphia.

Dr. Sousa has been interviewed on the NBC Today show, by other television programs, and by National Public Radio about his work with schools using brain research. He makes his home in south Florida.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

About the Author

Introduction

How to Use This Guide

Additional Resources for Facilitators

Chapter-By Chapter Study Guide: How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Second Edition, by David A. Sousa

Introduction

1. The Brain and Learning

2. When Learning Difficulties Arise

3. Attention Disorders

4. Speech Disabilities

5. Reading Disabilities

6. Writing Disabilities

7. Mathematical Disabilities

8. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

9. Autism Spectrum Disorders

10. Putting It All Together

Workshop Evaluation Form

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