Visit a systematic approach for children with learning disabilities.

Teaching Math, the sixth DVD of the series Learning disAbilities/Learning Abilities, introduces Joyce Steeves, Ed.D., a master teacher and teacher trainer from Johns Hopkins University. Watch a demonstration of the connection between math learning problems, dyslexia and attention disorders — and also how they differ. Dr. Steeves has devised a lesson plan for math teaching which she sets out in detail for a class of teachers and then shows the plan in action with two groups of children, a demonstration of theoretical and practical math teaching that turns out to be fun. Sessions with Robin Rogers-Browne, Educational Therapist, doing the kind of teaching that helped a student who found numbers impossibly challenging.

Learning disAbilities, Learning Abilities is a six episode video series, with topics including reading, dyslexia, phonemic awareness, multisensory instruction, dyscalculia or math disabilities and ADD/ADHD. Participants include Reid Lyon, Louisa Moats, Marilyn Adams, Martha Denkla, Barbara Wilson, Joyce Steeves and Nancy Mather.

Available in DVD format.

Running time: 51 minutes