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    Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever
    Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever
    Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever
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    Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever

    By Maurice McLauchlin

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    This book provides general information about the state of current public education, and specific information about assisting students who have learning challenges. Teaching the curricula auditorially to all students as if every student learns similarily is a common teacher fault. At least 30% of students learn visually/tactually; they are soon left behind they are soon left behind their peers withi damaged self esteem.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateOct 15, 2014
    ISBN9781312602632
    Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever

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      Public Education - Maurice McLauchlin

      Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever

      Public Education: Servant of the Underachiever

      by

      Maurice McLauchlin

      Copyright © 2014, Maurice McLauchlin

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

      ISBN: 978-1-312-60263-2

      Dedication

      In memory of Jeffrey Scott McLauchlin

      whose life ended too soon while serving lost souls

      in the Ministry of Correctional Services.

      As our integrity shows,

      Our mercy is disclosed.

      When we attain a sufficient degree of maturity, we automatically begin to feel an inner prompting to serve others. (author unknown)

      Educational Help Centres, Inc.

      Educational Help Centres Inc.

      Servant of the Underachiever

      "Investing in Students:

      What Money Can’t Buy and Time Can’t Steal"

      Is Your Son/Daughter Understood and Receiving Adequate and Appropriate Assistance in School?

      Assisting Struggling Academic Students and Understanding and Teaching Labeled Students the Way They Learn

      Labels

      Labels

      A.D.D (Attention Deficit Disorder)

      A.D.H.D. (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

      Dyslexic (Language Challenged)

      O.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

      O.D.D. (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)

      A.S.D. (Autistic Syndrome Disorder)

      M.I.D. (Moderately Intellectually Deficient)

      By: Maurice McLauchlin H.B.A. Sp. Ed. B.Ed., Founder and President of Educational Help Centres Inc.

      Acknowledgments

      It is with sincere appreciation that I thank the following contributing professional teachers who have given depth to this work: Dr. May Desaulniers, Mary Ann Kettlewell, Shannon Rooks, Wes Sole, and Richard Borowski.  Their expertise in teaching Learning Challenged students is too valuable to hide from society any longer - a big thank you to them!  I also thank Elaine Holt for her meticulous editing and suggestions and for improving this work to make it more readable.  Also, a big thank you to Allison Beharrell and Kylie Norcross for taking time out of their busy schedules to type this work (many times) between answering the phone in the office and talking to customers.  And lastly, to my daughter, Monica Robinson, and my wife, Isabel, I apologize for spending so much time on this work and ignoring them.

      Preface

      On a daily basis for the past twenty years, parents have sought educational assistance from us for their sons and daughters. About 1200 students per year come to learn with our tutors.  Our experience in working one-to-one with these students has shown us that for too many learning challenged students, the way they are taught in the classroom is foreign to the way they learn.

      In Hope for the Underachiever, no criticism is directed toward classroom teachers, who are faced each day with teaching many learning challenged students, typically without support.  All  L.D. students have mandated accommodations to enable them to learn their way.  Classroom teachers must have all students in mind when presenting a lesson and assigning homework, and to accomplish this they must have knowledge and support to assist with the burden.  Parents must be aware of the implications of their child’s  exceptionality and monitor what is or is not happening in the classroom.

      Therefore, the sole objective of this work is to shed light on the lives of learning challenged underachievers struggling in the publicly funded Education System. The contributors and I hope that both parents and teachers recognize the learning challenges we describe and come away with some ideas and strategies for improving the lives of the learning challenged students they are living and working with.

      Is Public Education Broken for L.D. Students?

      Explanation of Terms Used

      Dyslexia:  term not commonly used in Ontario; similar characteristics of students labelled as A.D.D. (Attention Disability Disorder); general language disorder common among right-brain dominant students.  Dyslexic individuals think primarily in pictures.

      Disorientation:  as used in this work meaning confused as to one’s bearings and is a prime symptom of Dyslexia and A.D.D./A.D.H.D.

      Non-Verbal:  common among those on the Autism Spectrum; understands and remembers mental pictures at a high rate below conscious awareness.

      Verbal: common among left-brained students; learns through sounds of letters and words; verbal thinking grows at the same speed of the input of sounds.

      About the Author

      About the Author - Maurice McLauchlin -  Founder

      of Educational Help Centres Inc.

      In 1994, Maurice, a retired Special Education/English Secondary School

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