Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The educational therapist's habit of mind -- Decision-making in educational therapy before, during and after a session: What am I seeing? What am I missing? -- The art of the interaction: essential operations in educational therapy -- The literacy skills foundation -- Applying critical thinking in the literacy skills -- Preparing analytic readers in educational therapy -- Teaching expository writing skills in educational therapy -- Performance-based measures: assessment to intervention -- How we do what we do -- An informative case study: essential questions about best practices.

"Best Practices in Educational Therapy provides actionable strategies and solutions for novice and veteran educational therapists. Given the diverse backgrounds of educational therapists and the varieties of specialization and client types, there is no single approach for all therapists and all clients. This book is built on a foundation of individualized intensive intervention, offering generalized principles of application across many contexts. Featuring practices informed by documented experiences of educational therapists as well as research in memory and cognition, attention, speech/language, specific syndromes, and the role of emotion in learning, this well-rounded guide will serve educational therapists at all stages in their career"-- Provided by publisher.