I have some questions that I'd very much like to ask Mr. Greene concerning learning disabilities. I would appreciate any help anyone can offer in locating Mr. Greene. Thank you.

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.

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.

The pathos in this work hits hard- Greene has been there and seen just too much scavanging of kids and families caught off course in our educational labrynths. The book attempts to remedy the 'jargon' that can be a trap for the families- that spoof that our experts employ when they're preening their few feathers.

In his yearning to help as many as possible, he is specific but brief. He reviews terminology and procedures and his thrust should meet most seekers' needs. As such, it works well as a reference and would be a sure value for libraries and school professional shelves. It can get you out of the shadows and on the right track. With his furtive and first hand revelations about the tricks and trials of advocating for kids with enough on their plate- his warnings and advice is right on the mark. It doesn't build a case for you, however, for that you'll have to dig more deeply. (It isn't right, but it's reality- you must often prescribe as well as diagnose- and then go to battle.) It would also be highly worthwhile for student teachers or others who are interested in applying to graduate school or taking qualifying exams. And for the teachers who are working inclusion, it would be a great asset for their own preparedness for IEP's, conferences and 'diagnostics' which allows them to defend their perceptions and get kids services who are suffering but misunderstood. Check it out- no doubt about its accuracy. It may be what you're looking for.