Self-advocacy Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities: Making it Happen in College and Beyond
- ISBN-10
- 1934032069
- ISBN-13
- 9781934032060
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 215
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing
- Author
- Henry B. Reiff
Description
Filled with strategies, and resources, this book uses the author's groundbreaking research about successful adults with learning disabilities, to promote self-advocacy. This work is brimming with useful and practical information. It is easily understood and embraced by students with learning disabilities, their parents, guidance counselors, and stakeholders in the fields of both higher and special education.
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