Accommodating Learning Disabilities

Accommodating Learning Disabilities

1. Background

   • 10% of learners have some sort of learning disability
     • Means 2 or 3 students per classroom
   • Accommodate LD is an ongoing process

2. General concepts

   • Learning disabilities can be understood as: “Unexpected underachievement.”
   • Identifying learning disabilities is a complex endeavor,
   • Multiple analysis should be carried out with a team of specialists

3. Teachers options

   • THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM
     • Use guided note-taking
     • Make students aware of the daily schedule
     • Attend to student fatigue
     • Provide systematic instruction
     • Provide explicit instruction
     • Institute activity-based learning
   • UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (UDL)
     • Provide multiple means of engagement
     • Provide multiple means of representation
     • Provide multiple means of action and expression
     • Provide multiple means of assessment
   • SCAFFOLDING
   • PEER-ASSISTED LEARNING STRATEGIES (PALS)
     • Partner reading
     • Paragraph shrinking
     • Prediction relay