He (the psychologist) didn't help me at all...It was like he augmented the problem and shoved it in my face, without giving me the key to a lock I never knew how to open myself, a lock I thought had no key for to begin with. (p. 63) This young woman's pain and helplessness in facing the huge chasm between her high-level cognitive skills and her low-level ability to implement them mark the plight of the growing population of learning-disabled students. Moreover, their teachers and parents face their own didactic and emotional despair in the quest to provide effective support. Based on the...