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Trouble With School A Family Story about Learning Disabilities

One family's discovery of a child's learning disability

The process of identifying and understanding a child's learning disability can be a stressful and confusing time for both the child and family members. In Trouble With School, Allison and her mother take turns telling their side of the story of discovering and dealing with Allison's learning disability. Other families can benefit from this poignant tale of how one family handled this often anxiety-filled situation. Kathryn Boesel Dunn & Allison Boesel Dunn 32 pages, 7" X 10"

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Trouble With School
A Family Story about  Learning Disabilities

Typical Access Profile

Auditory

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Hearing
Hyper-Acute

Vision

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Vision

Gross Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Gross Motor

Fine Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Fine Motor

Developmental Age Range

0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 12
13 and Over

Language

Typical
Some Spoken
Receptive Only
Sign
Assistive/Augmentitive
Not Using Language
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