Learning Disability Brochure by Learning Disability Group https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100 Adrianna Mckenzie, Victoria Polgreen, Pearl Jones, Emma Kuczkowski, Maria Marinacco en-us 2016-09-30 18:41:32 UTC 2016-10-08 06:06:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Prevalence Rates Of Learning Disabilities jonespp01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/127770714 Currently there are 2.9 million school aged children in the United States are classified as having a specific type of learning disability. Learning disabilities also do not fall evenly across ethnic and racial groups. Aftican American and other minority students have a higher risk of being placed in special education and they have received the most segregated special education placements. Boys also outnumber girls three to one in a learning disability category. However others have suggested that the higher prevalence of learning disabilities among males maybe due to " referral bias ".]]> 2016-10-03 02:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/127770714 Warning Signs Of A Learning Disability jonespp01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/128038842 The earlier a learning disability is detected, the better chance a child will have at succeeding in a school environment. Becoming aware of the warning signs can be vital to a child in need of the proper modifications and accommodations. Some of the early signs are : late talking , compared to other children. Pronouncation  problems. Slow vocabulary growth , usually unable to find the right word. Difficulty rhyming words. Extremely restless and easily distracted. Confuses basic words. Slow to learn the connection between letters and sounds. Each learning disability has its own signs. Also not every person with a disability has all of its signs.]]> 2016-10-04 01:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/128038842 Learning Disabilities jonespp01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/128049368 The IDEA Act provides that learning disability "means" a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written , which the disorder can manifest itsself in the ability to listen , speak , read , write , and spell, or do mathematical calculations. In simpler terms a learning disability results from a difference in the way that the persons brain is " wired "]]> 2016-10-04 03:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/128049368 Warning Signs  marinama01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/128942975 There are different signs of a learning disability when it comes to different age groups. In Pre-k, the child speaks later than other children, has a slow vocabulary and has trouble interacting with peers. For grade K-4, the child can be confused on basic words (Eat, run, want), trouble learning about time, numbers and letters. Grades 5-8, could have trouble with word problems, difficulty making friends and can avoid reading out loud. Lastly, for children in high school, the child can work slowly, difficulty adjusting to new settings and could have trouble summarizing.]]> 2016-10-06 18:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/128942975 In other words it is  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129178191 A learning disability is a difficulty grasping certain skills, such as reading and writing on what is considered normal intelligence level. These disabilities often affect what is seen and heard by the student and how the brain links informations together and processes the others. ]]> 2016-10-07 16:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129178191 Citations  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129181831 Kavale, Kenneth A., PH.D, Lucinda S. Spaulding, M.ED, and Andrea P. Beam, Ed.D. "A Time to Define: Making the Specific Learning Disability Definition Prescribe Specific Learning Disability." Sage Journals. N.p., Feb. 2009. Web.
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]]> 2016-10-07 16:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129181831 What else is there to know ?  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129182813 New techniques are formed in classrooms by exceptional educators as well as by professionals all the time. Helping children be able to make connections in there brain that they can recall and repeat. ]]> 2016-10-07 16:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129182813 5 Tips from professionals  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129219867 According to the Learning Disability Association of America educators can teach student with learning disabilities "how to learn". In the five tips from the professionals you will see many techniques already widely used in classrooms and some techniques not yet included in classroom settings but are all are professional approved. ]]> 2016-10-07 18:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129219867 Tip 1 mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129220853  An intervention practice that has produced large outcomes is Direct Instruction. Direct instruction is another term for the explicit teaching of a skill-set using demonstrations with the material to students. Essentially it is active learning. ]]> 2016-10-07 18:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129220853 Tip 2  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129240345 Break the lesson into smaller steps. Some children will be able to grasp the lesson in one big chuck, but children with learning disabilities are better learning in small pieces that will all fit together in the end, it helps to no overload them with everything all at once. ]]> 2016-10-07 19:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129240345 Tip 3  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129240713 Ask questions, asking students if they get the material is not enough you must ask them how they can apply it elsewhere or give them a task and ask them to use the strategy to figure out the answer. Asking questions is the only way to get a direct answer 
 ]]> 2016-10-07 19:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129240713 Tip 4  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129241214 Use pictures ! using pictures, diagrams, and graphics help the brain make connections with words in reading and help the student to remember the word because it correlates with something else they know. ]]> 2016-10-07 19:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129241214 Tip 5  mckenza01 https://padlet.com/mckenza01/LearningDisability_exe100/wish/129241603 Mnemonics, don't know what that is ? Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally or Parenthesis Exponents Multiply Divide Add and Subtract. Mnemonics are another way the brain can make connections to memorize a formula or order of events such as PEMDAS in mathematics.

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