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disability is a neurological disorder. Dyslexia is the most common cause of language incapacity. Persons with dyslexia have difficulties with accurate and/ or fluent word recognition‚ poor spelling‚ mirror printing‚ reverse letters‚ phonics and decoding abilities. Due to this they would not be able to comprehend what is being taught. According to the Dyslexia Association five to ten percent (5-10%) of all school – age children in Trinidad and Tobago have dyslexia. Another cause of illiteracy is short
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Unit two consists of articles related to Learning disabilities (LD). The articles range from academic support to declines in LD staffing‚ and specific types of LD such as Dyslexia‚ to building organizational skills to helping LD students become successful. In the article‚ “Learning Disabilities” Freiberg (2015)‚ it explains that the LD eligibility category makes up the largest number of students enrolled in inclusive and regular classrooms from grades k-12. The article goes on to explain other
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this category: Helen Keller and Gareth Cook. In Keller’s essay “A Word for Everything”‚ she describes her beginnings in learning language and the challenges she faced while learning (145-148). Meanwhile‚ in Gareth Cook’s “Living with Dyslexia”‚ we can learn that dyslexia may have many drawbacks‚ but when you put enough effort into it‚ you could achieve greater goals than expected (158-159). It is crucial for people to know that no matter
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credit. They gave me a perfect balance of life‚ and helped to shape the person I am today.” Mackenzie was never considered a “genius” or very smart really. Mackenzie grew up with dyslexia; everything was more challenging for her. Math‚ science‚ and especially reading were tough. She had a rough time dealing with her dyslexia‚ and she always felt unintelligent and inferior to everybody. Although Mackenzie always had the best education growing up‚ she didn’t always take full advantage of it. “Being
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Development Psychology helps us understand how people deal with situations. Those situations can be dealt with differently according to the age the person is. My friend Eshaan’s challenge with dyslexia shows this. The way in which Eshaan dealt with dyslexia shows the psychological concepts of negative reinforcement‚ assimilation and trust vs. mistrust. I was born and spent my childhood in Nepal until I came to the United States at the age of 16. Those days were my golden days‚ the time I went to
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Additional Support Needs and the Medical and Social Model of Disability The Additional Support for Learning Act was introduced in Scotland in November 2004. This Act introduced the concept of additional support needs and placed the responsibility for identifying‚ planning and making provisions for children with complex or multiple additional support needs onto educational authorities. This essay is going to discuss additional support needs and the ways in which they can impact on pupils learning
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PTLLS Level 4 Inclusion and the Inclusive Learning Environment The process of inclusion in any setting refers to the situation in which all are involved. This means taking into account the needs of every person and making sure the expectations of the learners are met. An inclusive learning environment requires the teacher to recognise and accommodate all the needs of each learner. Differentiation is using a variety of different approaches and resources to meet the needs of everyone. All
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Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions 1.1 - Explain why it is important to recognise that each person on the autistic spectrum has their own individual abilities needs strengths gifts and interests. If we know individual’s abilities‚ need‚ strengths‚ gifts and interests then we can focus on them‚ we can create environment‚ situations‚ we can pick activities to support and develop individual’s. 1.2 - Analyse the main diagnostic features of autistic spectrum conditions
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social interaction. This could affect their ability to development or interact in social settings or in the classroom. Dyslexia; is a difficulty in learning to read. Children suffering from this may become frustrated and problems could arise at home or in school‚ behavioural problems could also be seen‚ as well as the child becoming unenthusiastic or disliking school. If dyslexia is undetected then this will affect their development at school and could spoil any chance of achievement. Physical disabilities
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