This volume addresses the most current perspectives and issues related to learning disabilities and is written by leaders in the field of learning disabilities. The layout of the book and ordering of chapters allows readers to follow learning disabilities in a very logical and thoughtful process from legal issues, identification, and assessment, to effective practices and response to intervention finally ending with practical issues of inclusion, working with families, and teacher preparation. Chapters in the book include: (1) Inclusion and Learning Disabilities: Will the Past be Prologue? (Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Mary Guckert, Catherine Creighton Thompson, and Margaret P. Weiss); (2) Reading Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities (Lisa V. McCulley, Sarah Katz, and Sharon Vaughn); (3) Best Practices and Current Trends in Written Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities (Linda H. Mason); (4) Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice: Implications from a Comprehensive Review of the Literature for Teaching Secondary Students with LD (Paula Maccini, Jason A. Miller, and Allyson P. Toronto); (5) Social Skills Training and Students with Learning Disabilities (Mark P. Mostert); (6) Response to Intervention Techniques and Students with Learning Disabilities (Temple S. Lovelace, Lenwood Gibson, and JoVonne Tabb); (7) Transition from School to Adult Life for Students with Learning Disabilities (Nicole M. Uphold); (8) Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities (Carrie Anna Courtad and Emily C. Bouck); (9) Families and Students with Learning Disabilities (Christopher D. Yawn, Joanne M. Hill, Festus E. Obiakor, Don T. D. Gala, and Jessica Neu); and (10) Teacher Preparation for Student Diversity and Disabilities: Changing Roles in Response to Intervention Models (Wendy Cavendish and Anabel Espinosa). (Individual chapters contain references.) [Series editors: Festus E. Obiakor and Jeffrey P. Bakken.]