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Jade Biddle F.A.T. City by https://padlet.com/jbiddle22/n8bmiu69vtemsrl7 F.A.T. City - How difficult can this be? en-us 2021-02-22 03:24:18 UTC 2021-04-14 15:50:51 UTC hello@padlet.com jbiddle22 https://padlet.com/jbiddle22/n8bmiu69vtemsrl7/wish/1224639620 Fairness isn't everyone getting the same thing, it’s everyone getting what they personally need in order to have equal opportunity. The F.A.T. City video highlights the daily struggles of a student with learning disabilities. Though it came out almost 30 years ago, and these conversations have been in motion for a long time, students are still facing anxiety, tension, and frustration in the classroom. This program helped me look at the world through the eyes of a child with a learning disability. I commend the workshop participants who come from different backgrounds; Some are parents, some educators, and some are psychologists and social workers. Lavoie does his best to capture the experience of being learning disabled. He makes excellent points with depictions of everyday occurrences in the classroom. One of my favorites is how he shows the group absurd it is that we tell children struggling to complete a task that the task is “easy” and we expect this to improve the outcome. Telling someone that something they’re struggling with is easy to you is almost demeaning. Processing time is different for LD children, and a class considered to be normally paced can still feel fast paced for these students. Understanding processing time is important to work successfully with any child.
Then, at the end of the program, he discusses strategies for working more effectively with children who struggle, and illustrates the intense need for support and fairness.

]]> 2021-02-22 03:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jbiddle22/n8bmiu69vtemsrl7/wish/1224639620 A Poem from the Perspective of a Child with a Learning Disability jbiddle22 https://padlet.com/jbiddle22/n8bmiu69vtemsrl7/wish/1224643082 I need extra help.

Some things take time to comprehend.

No need to dumb it down,

but clear instructions are my friend.

I won’t volunteer,

because what if I’m wrong?

If I am you’ll embarrass me,

and this fear is prolonged.

I do not like surprises.

I need to know how class will go.

Routines and rituals are important

so my memory will grow.

I may know the answer,

but still not perform well.

If you give me praise now,

my self esteem might just swell!

I'm not antisocial.

I want very badly to belong.

I just sometimes feel

that school teaches me wrong.

Give me the gift of time

so I may start to shine.

Any lessons I learn are ours,
not only mine.

I’m not the only one like me.

Many people know my plight.

There are many ways of being smart!

Not only one is right.

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