Britt Neff, Julie Neff-Lippman, Carol Stockdale
Ages: 5-Adult
Benefits: The best way to understand a disability is to hear someone's personal stow of living with it. This is Britt's incredible stow of her life with a visual-spatial disorder. Through her journey you'll gain insight into this perplexing disability. You'll also get helpful information and tips for helping your students.
Features: Part I of the book is The Story of a Girl Who Constructed Her World. This follows Britt's struggles in the elementary school years through high school and into college as told by Britt, her mother, and her teacher. Along the way you'll pick up suggestions and strategies of what to do and what not to do for your students with this disability.
Part II of the book provides strategies for helping students with visual-spatial problems including:
l space l grammar and language mechanics
l telling time l mapping
l handwriting and drawing l distance, weight and size
l mathematics l written composition
190 pages
