AVAILABLE MONOGRAPHS (continued)

Monograph #10
What About Homework? A Balanced Approach at our Lower School
Reviews Community School's approach to homework and the differing applications and behavioral strategies which work with the learning disabled student.

Monograph #11
A Comprehensive Program for the Learning Disabled Child by Isabel Shoukas, Principal, Community School
Describes the comprehensive program of instruction at Community School including the successful delivery of basic skills, emotional instruction and age-appropiate content to Community School students despite their disability.

Monograph #12
Treating the Bright Child with Learning Disabilities by Rita Rowan, Executive Director
Discusses the importance of encouragement and self-esteem for the learning disabled child and the important role that holding children accountable plays in the therapeutic school environment.

Monograph #13
Learning Disabilities and the Closing of the Frontier: The Huck Finn Syndrome by Rita Rowan, Executive Director
Reviews the ways we diagnosis children with learning disabilities in order to provide the best theraputic program possible.

Monograph #14
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): What's the Real Problem Here? by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., Professor, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina
Suggests that ADHD is far more than just a problem with attention or concentration or just difficulties with being too active, but rather that ADHD is actually a developmental disorder of human self-control.

Remedial Reading Instruction, Pitfalls and Possibilities prepared by Rita Rowan, Executive Director
A special booklet for the in-service program at Community School Lower School, providing insights about reading instruction gained by The Community School instructors over the past thirty-five years.

Monograph # 15
Measuring Success: Using Assessmenst and Accountability to Raise Student Reding Levels and Achievement by G.Reid Lyon, Ph.D.
Summarizes the important benefit of comprehensive early reading intervention, the research that supports the finding, and practical benefits that can be applied to the classroom.

Monograph #16
A Counseling Paradigm: Thinking Outside the Box by Helene Korn, Brian Lubroth, and Tom Lucas (Community School - Lower School)
Discusses the Community School Lower School's population specific approach to the provision of guidance services. Provides a comprehensive review of the behavioral and counseling interventions practiced at the Lower School.

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