Is your child distressed by a learning disability? Is he or she struggling at school, and experiencing failure despite his or her best efforts? Teachers, parents, and anyone involved in the life of a learning-disabled child will find this handbook offers hope to those without professional support, and additional support for those with it. Written in clear, simple language, here is real support for helping children learn how to learn. Find out about what you can do to help and gain practical advice in living with a learning-disabled child. Simple, effective activities will improve the child's reading and spelling skills.

It is vital for South Africans to understand the legacies of our recent and influential past as we begin the difficult task of building our new democracy. The authors focus on some of the major policital themes and issues of the apartheid area and enhance the text with thought-provoking photographs. Learner-centred activities include: comparing, debating, writing, developing empathy, raising questions of historical evidence, research and summarising.