Specific Learning Disabilities Yvette Ramirez-Cabrera Concordia University-Portland Specific Learning Disabilities How Many Are Affected by a Learning Disability? Specific learning disabilities are affecting 10 percent of the population in classrooms today. About 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom have dyslexia‚ dyscalculia‚ or autism. Some of these children have more than one disability. Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder also suffer from dyslexia and dyscalculia
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1. Be able to contribute to planning learning activities. 1.1 Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning‚ delivery and review of learning activities. A learning support practitioner or teaching assistant could contribute to the planning of an activity simply by an informal discussion with the teacher about what weekly and daily activities will be taking place. This form of planning is known as short term and would be the most likely that a teaching assistant
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Support Teaching and Learning 2.1‚ 2.2‚ 2.3‚ 2.4‚ 2.5‚ 2.6‚ 2.7‚ 2.8‚ 2.9‚ 2.10‚ 2.11‚ 2.12‚ 2.13‚ 2.14‚ 2.15‚ 2.16‚ 2.17‚ 2.18‚ 2.19‚ 2.20‚ 2.21‚ 2.22 Planning‚ implementing and evaluating activities are a good way to help structured learning‚ to see pupils progress and for improvements where necessary and if targets are achieved to go beyond and help pupils think for themselves encouraging independence. These 3 things regarding the activity help to choose the right and appropriate resources
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Literature Review March 6‚ 2003 The first of the ten articles to be discussed examined a training program that consisted of an individualized‚ classroom-based social skills intervention. In the study‚ there were 45 children with learning disabilities 9-12 years old. These children were in self-contained special education classrooms. Thirteen children received intervention for 6 weeks and 7 children received intervention for 12 weeks. The remaining 25 children were in the control group‚
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9/9/2011 Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities • General term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. • Trouble learning and using certain skills: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ reading‚ writing‚ Mathematics‚ listening‚ speaking‚ reasoning‚ and physical coordination Learning Disabilities Facts • Learning disabilities (LD) vary from person to person • Caused by differences in how a person’s brain works and how it processes information • 1 out of every 5 people in the United States has a learning disability
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Unit 210 Support Learning Activities Outcome 1 Support the teacher in planning learning activities 1.1 Teaching assistants should be a lot more actively involved in delivering learning activities. This may be by setting up the room with the correct resources before the lesson takes place and laying out the tables and chairs etc. One to one support may be needed for some pupils; this should have been discussed before the lesson. It may be that the T.A is put to work
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Care Access and Disparities within the Appalachian Region Sherri Drake PIMA Medical Institute Health Care Access and Disparities within the Appalachian Region (NIH‚ 2002-2006) Health disparities are defined as “differences in the incidence‚ prevalence‚ mortality‚ and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States”. Health care access is the ability of a person to receive health care services as a function of access to medical
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Education & Learning Disability in India Gone are the days‚ when a child is good at a certain skill‚ will be groomed for a particular job which required that skill. But now the scenario is totally different. Every other child is groomed to acquire a particular set of skills so that they join a particular job‚ without even identifying his/her natural skills. This creates a great pressure in students and eventually has become the” norm of Education”. This also contributes fairly‚ raising the incidence
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Definitions- -IDEA or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a four-part legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that is tailored to their individual needs. -An IEP or Individualized Educational Plan/Program is a document that is developed for each school-aged child who is eligible for special education and related services‚ and describes the educational; program that has been designed to fit an individual child’s unique needs
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Julianna is a 14-year- old student at Comsewogue High School. Her current special education classification is a Learning Disability‚ specifically in the area of Mathematics Problem Solving and Reading Comprehension. Julianna has a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and takes medication to help alleviate symptoms. Julianna is enrolled in an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) program for Math‚ Science‚ English‚ and Social Studies. All of her electives are provided in a general education setting. As per her IEP
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