Different Brains, Different Learners: How to Reach the Hard to Reach

By Eric Jensen

Book Overview

"Jensen truly understands what educators need to know to provide the opportunities for success that every child needs."
--Gerard Dery, Principal
Nessacus Regional Middle School, Dalton, MA

"This is the book that teachers will keep by their desk for quick reference, ideas, inspiration, and hope."
--Mary Beth Cary, Teacher
Worth County Primary School, Sylvester, GA

Give hard-to-reach students the tools for lifelong success and watch test scores improve

Different learners have different ways of learning, but when students are exposed to chronic stress, trauma, or drugs, or when a student′s brain is impacted by developmental delays, abnormality, or chemical imbalances, academic achievement is threatened. Educators need to be able to understand the symptoms and make appropriate adjustments in the classroom.

Updated throughout and packed with powerful tools and strategies to help learners improve brain function, this full-color guide presents a concise outline for identifying prevalent impairments such as oppositional disorder, learned helplessness, attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, dyscalculia, depression, auditory processing deficits, and more With this reference, teachers can guide students with learning difficulties more effectively and be able to:

Recognize the most common conditions that challenge learnersAccommodate the specific learning needs of students with learning impairmentsMinimize disruptions for other students

The second edition of Different Brains, Different Learners helps teachers become facilitators of successful interventions that can turn at-risk students into confident achievers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412965020
• ISBN13: 9781412965026
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A survey updated to reflect new tools and strategies based on further research into brain function a

The second edition of Eric Jensen's DIFFERENT BRAINS, DIFFERENT LEARNERS packs in a survey updated to reflect new tools and strategies based on further research into brain function and learning. The color guide provides an outline for identifying prevalent impairments and teaches how to handle each. Libraries will find this a top pick.

Different Brains, Different Learners

A great book for teachers as well as parents. It helps to understand what is or may be happening in the brain. I like the recommendations given on ways we can help alleviate stressful events under given conditions.

Essential reading for all teachers

Eric Jensen knows the needs of busy teachers and has the gift in helping them to utilize up-to-date knowledge in brain studies. Here it is applied to identifying 10 types of different learners: 1. impulsive ones with ADD, 2. resigned with learned helplessness, 3. challenged reader with dyslexia, 4. argumentative with oppositional disorder, 5. frustrated with learning delayed, 6. hyperactive, 7. with auditory-processing deficits, 8. out of control, 9. the demotivated with chronic threat and distress, and 10. depressed and troubled. You are given a pre-test and a post-test of 10 unique students to see if you can identify the patterns of symptoms rather than isolated behaviors. There are many color-prints of corresponding brain-images and graphic charts that facilitate learning. Brief summaries of treatment methods, supplementary resources on books, websites and organizations are given on each type. All teachers should acquire such general background knowledge so that the unqiue needs and gifts of students can be respected.