Based on the author's clinical experience as director of a program in the pediatrics department of a large teaching hospital that assesses and treats a broad range of learning problems, this book offers techniques that parents can use to help their shut-down learner succeed in school and in life.

The shut-down learner introduced. -- The shut-down learner described. -- What to do with the shut-down learner. -- The shut-down learner's perspective -- Shut-down learner success stories. -- Appendix: Winds of change: innovation around the country.