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is an innovative and resourceful audiocassette series which demystifies
learning and specifically helps parents, educators, and clinicians help
children with learning differences. With the expertise and experience of Dr.
Mel Levine and other renowned professionals, these audiocassettes:
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help parents and teachers to understand the all-too-often
misunderstood signals of students struggling to keep up in school;
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offer solution-based advice and practical strategies to help
students experience tangible success;
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demystify the learning process so that parents and teachers
can help students to understand their learning difficulties while recognizing
their strengths and true potential.
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Reaching Minds consists of 24 cassettes that address
specific aspects of learning and learning differences and how parents,
teachers, and health care professionals can better understand and help students
who are struggling to keep up in school. Each cassette offers an in-depth
discussion with Dr. Levine and another professional in education, child
development, or a related field. Each cassette is approximately 45 minutes in
duration and conveys realistic and researched strategies for the guidance of
students with learning differences.
“I listen to the tapes in the car on my way in to work. The
insight Dr. Levine provides helps me better understand students in my
classroom.” – Schools Attuned Program participant
“I recommend loaning the tapes to parents after a conference or if they have
questions about their children’s learning differences.” – Guidance Counselor
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Reaching Minds set of 12 cassettes with case $107.00
Individual cassettes $9.15
Reaching Minds audiocassettes are distributed by Educators Publishing Service,
Inc.
(800) 225-5750 - Order Online at www.epsbooks.com
 Order Now
The development of this program was funded in significant
part by The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
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Attention Deficits: Understanding Children With No Locus for
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Dr. Mel Levine, Dr. Stephen Hooper, and Dr. Carl Swartz
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Readiness for College |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Loring Brinkerhoff discuss the
challenges for students with learning differences of selecting, getting into,
going to, and surviving college. |
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Emanations from the Examination of Examination |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Monty Neill talk about testing in
public schools and the unfairness of some traditional evaluation methods.
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Leading Young Creators and Creating Young Leaders |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Howard Gardner explain leadership,
creativity, and multiple intelligences. |
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Learning Ability: The Critical Functions and the Agonizing
Dysfunctions |
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Dr. Mel Levine introduces the topic of differences in
learning and neurodevelopmental variation. |
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Learning Disabilities: Images of Learning from the Inside
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. George Hynd discuss neuroimaging and
what we’re learning about the brain and mind and the implications for learning.
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Like Parents – Like Child: The Genetic Side of Differences
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Bruce Pennington discuss the extent
to which learning problems have a family influence. |
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Strategies for Learning Strategically |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Lynn Meltzer discuss helping students
use and develop strategies. |
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The Private and Public Lives of Struggling Children |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Betty Osman explore the lives of
students who are disappointing themselves, and perhaps their parents and
teachers, because they are not meeting expectations.
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What We are Learning about Brains that Aren't Learning |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Reid Lyon describe how students learn
and variations in brain function that impede learning.
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The Wrath of Math |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Bethany Roditi describe the
neurodevelopmental aspects of learning math. |
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The Fright and the Plight When They're Not Reading Right |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Ms. Pricilla Vail discuss students'
struggles with reading.
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At the Speed of Sound: Repairing the Basic Flaw Underlying
Reading Failure |
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Dr. Mel Levine, Dr. Mike Marzenick, and Dr. Paula Tallal
discuss the sound system and the difficulties that students have when reading. |
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When Language Languishes: A Common Source of Childhood
Failure |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Katherine Butler discuss language as
a critical tool for learning and also an outcome of learning. |
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Language Development |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Paula Menyuk describe language
development difficulties as they affect education. |
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The Challenge of Bilingualism: Compatible or Competitive
Verbal Circuits |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Alba Ortiz describe the challenges of
school for students who are not native English speakers. |
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The Meducation of Children: Using Drugs to Enhance Learning
and Behavior |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Martin Baren discuss the extent to
which we can judiciously use medication to help students learn and adapt better
to expectations.
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Self-Esteem: How it is Lost and Found During Childhood |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Bob Brooks describe self-esteem and
ways to help students with learning differences. |
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"Sorry, This Seat is Saved": Social Failure and Rejection in
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Stephen Asher discuss issues related
to students' successes and struggles with social cognition. |
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Helping Teenagers with Learning Problems Uncover, Discover,
and Recover Their Strengths |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Mr. Rick Lavoie talk about the unique
challenges adolescents face navigating through school. |
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The Reality of Temperamentality |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. William B. Carey explain the ways
students’ behavioral styles can impact their learning. |
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Technological Break Throughs: Penetrating the Barriers to
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Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Marshall Raskind talk about types of
assistive technology and how they can be used to facilitate learning. |
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When the Eyes Have it: Visualization’s Donations to
Learning, Creating and Succeeding |
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Dr. Mel Levine and Mr. Tom West explain the ways visualizing
information can help students learn. |
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