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ISBN 978-1-59181-078-0   |  | THE SHUT-DOWN LEARNER
Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child Richard Selznick, PhD
The Shut-Down Learner is based on the author’s clinical experience as director of a program in the pediatrics department of a large teaching hospital that assesses and treats a broad range of learning problems. He has consulted with thousands of families, explaining complex data in straightforward terms understandable to the parents. He coined the term “shut-down learner” to describe children who thrive with hands-on tasks requiring visual and spatial abilities, but who become discouraged by their difficulty mastering core academic skills such as reading and writing.
As much as 40% of Americans experience problems with these core skills, and a significant proportion of them are spatial thinkers. This book is packed with techniques that parents can use to help their shut-down learner succeed in school and in life. In a friendly, non-technical style, the author helps them understand their child’s characteristics and offers specific approaches to break the downward spiral.
Dr. Selznick is a psychologist, a university professor, and the Director of the Cooper Learning Center at Cooper University Hospital.
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