Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling in School

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Summary: good first reference book
Review: Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling In School is a valuable reference book for making sense of the many procedures and services parents come across when trying to help their child at school. Technical jargon and procedure can be daunting and options are sometimes many. Lawrence Greene encourages parents to stick at it. He offers strategies to use when dealing with teachers and many kinds of checklist for monitoring your own progress and your child's. He addresses the IEP(Individual Education Plan) with authority and provides a normal-language account of how the law provides for children with disabilities. He gives good contacts for learning more along legal lines. Lawrence Greene goes into some depth about private service providers and seems to have left no stone unturned on this issue. Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling In School is a useful first reference book for parents and others with an interest in children who have learning difficulties.

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Summary: Terrific Reference to Help Your Child in School
Review: I first checked this book out in the library with a handful of others and found it so resourceful that I purchased it to keep as a reference. This book is a terrific resource for parents with children having difficulty in school, it tells you in layman terms how to talk to the teachers, ask for formal reviews, apply for special education support and when all else fails how to use the laws that protect children to receive special services that may be help your child get ahead. I felt like the author really understood it from a parents perspective and was offering a guide to overcome the obstacles that develop when trying to get extra help to maximize your childs academic potential.