Roadblocks to Learning: Understanding the Obstacles That Can Sabotage Your Child's Academic Success

by Lawrence J. Greene

This book lays out the symptoms, terms, and strategies parents will encounter if their child has a learning block and explains how to convey their child's needs and condition to teachers. Categorized and cross-referenced for easy access, Roadblocks to Learning covers over 70 different obstacles to learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446679011
• ISBN13: 9780446679015
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great reference book to understanding your child's interests, needs & reasons, if any, for strug

I bought this great book more as a reference book to complement as well as supplement many of the author's wonderful study skill books, e.g. Winning the Study Game, Study Max & Study Wise currently in my possession. In a nut shell, it explains more than seventy types of learning difficulties & disruptive behaviours to learning. For the parent who yearns to be a learning facilitator at home, I strongly recommend it. It's a comprehensive guide to understanding your child's interests & needs as well as reasons for strugling in school, if any. The whole book is packed with vital information & invaluable insights, which are very systematically organised for quick reference. It's also very well written. All the definitions of terminology & professional jargon used in the book are very clear, concise & succinct. With 30 years of teaching in the field of learning & learning difficulties, & a stable of 18 books, the author is certainly knowledgeable. As a success coach to kids/teens/adults, I often use the author's works as my supporting aids.

You know he knows!

The pathos in this work hits hard- Greene has been there and seen just too much scavanging of kids and families caught off course in our educational labrynths. The book attempts to remedy the 'jargon' that can be a trap for the families- that spoof that our experts employ when they're preening their few feathers.In his yearning to help as many as possible, he is specific but brief. He reviews terminology and procedures and his thrust should meet most seekers' needs. As such, it works well as a reference and would be a sure value for libraries and school professional shelves. It can get you out of the shadows and on the right track. With his furtive and first hand revelations about the tricks and trials of advocating for kids with enough on their plate- his warnings and advice is right on the mark. It doesn't build a case for you, however, for that you'll have to dig more deeply. (It isn't right, but it's reality- you must often prescribe as well as diagnose- and then go to battle.) It would also be highly worthwhile for student teachers or others who are interested in applying to graduate school or taking qualifying exams. And for the teachers who are working inclusion, it would be a great asset for their own preparedness for IEP's, conferences and 'diagnostics' which allows them to defend their perceptions and get kids services who are suffering but misunderstood. Check it out- no doubt about its accuracy. It may be what you're looking for.