The Mathematics Learning Disabilities Handbook is intended for deans, directors, counselors or instructors who are teaching or advising students with learning disabilities. The handbook has the most recent information on how learning disabilities affect mathematics learning, instructional suggestions, appropriate accommodations and legal rulings that pertain to the student, instructor and institution. The chapters are:

Introduction: A Knowledge Base for Understanding Learning Disabilities

Determining the Existence of a Learning Disability: From Referral Through Documentation

Causes of Mathematics Learning Problems

Improving Student Learning with Educational Accommodations

Mathematics Testing Accommodations

Determining Appropriate Course Substitutions

Student Case Studies for Accommodations and Course Substitutions

Legal Ramifications and Academic Freedom: Office of Civil Rights and Civil Court Decisions

The handbook also has a Check Sheet for Documentation of a Learning Disability, Cognitive Cluster Subtests information sheets to understand reasoning for learning problems, Stages of Memory sheet for understanding where learning breaks down, Suggested Educational Accomodations for Specific Processing Disorder information sheet and Suggested Testing Accommodations for Specific Processing Deficits information sheet. This handbook is a must for anyone working with students with any type of disability.

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