This book is joy and hope-giving –not just for classroom teachers, educators, and parents but for all of us committed with the conviction that learning disabilities and behavior challenges can be overcome, and these children can succeed and become productive and contributing members of society, given the necessary support. The author shares her experiences, both as a parent of a child with learning disabilities and teacher, detailing proven effective strategies as evidenced by students’ outcomes and testimonies of children, parents, and teachers in Jamaica.
-Gwen Dewey, D. Min, Ed. D, past president of Bakke Graduate University
Yes, They Can! With over 45 years of experience in special education, Dr. Clara M. Ricketts now provides a great handbook that will teach those who must interface with children with learning and behavior disorders how to bring out the best in them
Dr. Clara M. Ricketts is the founder and CEO of the Sure Foundation Educational Centre for children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and a master’s degree in Education from the University of the West Indies, a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies from the Jamaica Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in Transformational Leadership from the Bakke Graduate University.