• Research-based, classroom-tested strategies
• Helps students of all ability levels improve writing skills
• 100+ student writing samples with guidelines for analysis

Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities

This comprehensive, authoritative resource helps equip teachers to effectively analyze and teach writing to students with learning disabilities and/or language impairments. Mather, Wendling, and Roberts offer a wealth of helpful approaches and exercises including:

• Tips for analyzing difficulties in all major components of written language
• Information on the connection of oral language to written language
• An analysis of handwriting difficulties, styles, and instructional strategies
• Instructional strategies for all aspects of written language
• Helpful reviews of basic skills such as spelling, punctuation, and capitalization with numerous instructional strategies
• Methods for enhancing student performance in written expression
• Practical assessment approaches for monitoring student progress
• Suggestions for motivating reluctant writers

While the authors put the focus on working with children with learning disabilities, the strategies included have been proven to work with all students with writing difficulties, whether or not they have been designated as having a learning disability.

PRAISE FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF WRITING ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

> --SAM GOLDSTEIN, PH.D., editor in chief, Journal of Attention Disorders, and co-editor in chief, Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development

> --WENDY RANDALL WALL, educational consultant/owner, Learning and Behavior Specialists, LLC

> --ESTHER MINSKOFF, PH.D., professor emerita, Special Education, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA