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Students with Learning Disabilities Biby Chahine, Accommodation vs.…
Students with Learning Disabilities
Biby Chahine
Signs of a Struggling Student
It is important to note that students will be assessed on their developmental age level.
Signs include;
Significant delays in developmental milestones; cognitive, speech, and physical development.
Inability to stay on task.
Difficulty understanding core grade-level concepts.
Difficulties understanding directions.
Challenges in problem- solving and/or logical thinking.
Withdrawn and lacks motivation during class or learning.
Can’t form social connections with peers and/or tends to isolate themselves from social and classroom settings.
Difficulties following social and classroom rules.
Displays disruptive behavior.
Early intervention is key and can yield the best outcomes for students with learning and intellectual disabilities, as the skills they learn will transfer onto and build with their coming learning experiences.
Differentiated Instruction
“Modification - changes
what
a student is taught or expected to learn.”
For example, meeting the grade level of a child’s knowledge and creating the knowledge foundation, and then working up to the level of his/her peers, or using alternative books and grading systems that still give the same feedback and helps the student meet learning objectives by the end of the school year.
Adaptive Skills: skills needed to live independently, socio-regulate when socializing, play appropriately, and work effectively with others in their home, school, and community.
Skills include emotional regulation, social skills, health and safety awareness, and skills that aid in personal hygiene (morning and night routine, bathing, how to get dressed on their own, etc.)
“Accommodation: changes
how
a student learns the material.”
For example, children may get extra time to complete assignments or tests, be allowed to complete work in a quieter space and/or submit work in a different format that still expresses his/her knowledge on the topic.
Special Education
Services
Providing various styles of content creation, whether through visual piece, creative project or hands-on exploration activity.
Early Intervention programs in the form of day programs for pre-school age children.
Special Education Resource teacher or aid to accompany in classes.
Technology Aids to be used in classroom practices; such as Augmented and Alternative Communication Device (AAC) or use of a laptop/tablet with keyboard equipment.
The
Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
process allows educational professionals to identify appropriate education services for students with disabilities, in the case that the student is eligible for the services, aid and support.
The IEP designed for the particular student will meet his or her specific needs and help complete his or her educational, emotional and/or behavioral goals and objectives.
The advantages of being put on an IEP in an inclusive classroom are access to curricula;
Learning more on academic teachings
Increased opportunities for student interactions.
Increased awareness to students with disabilities and the difficulties they may face in the school environment.
Increased support; as students with disabilities may have student role models
Specialized teachers and aids.
School's Administration
It is important to monitor a child’s progress, can be done so by keeping a portfolio of core assignments required to show mastery in skill or lesson.
A
Support Team
should also be established to streamline the collaboration between the stakeholders in the child’s development.
School personnel will include student’s teacher, special education teacher, grade level counselor.
If available or accessible, resources such as a school psychologist, occupational, speech, and behavior therapist.
= Caregivers group could include any at home allies such as parents, grandparents, caretakers, and possibly older siblings.
Often, the student!
Home-School Connection
It is essential to foster and maintain a home-school connection.
Teachers can provide examples of successful teaching methods that can be replicated at home.
Teachers can offer supplementary ungraded assignments and tasks to work at home and be submitted for feedback.
Important Terms
Learning Disability:
a neurological disorder that leads to difficulties in reading, writing, spelling, reasoning, recalling, and or organizing information.
Common learning disabilities include dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphic, auditory and visual processing disorders, and nonverbal disabilities.
Often attention disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) are comorbid with learning disabilities, as they overlap in some symptoms.
Intellectual Disability
: a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the mental functioning abilities in intellectual functioning (learning, problem-solving, and judgment) and adaptive functioning (life skills needed in communication and independent living).
Accommodation vs. Modification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkSvHF5Dj7U&feature=youtu.be
References
Manager. (2018, February 19). Strategies for Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities. Retrieved from
https://therapytravelers.com/strategies-teaching-students-intellectual-disabilities/
Team, U. (2020, April 17). The Difference Between Accommodations and Modifications. Retrieved from
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/the
difference-between-accommodations-and-modifications
What is a Learning Disability? (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld
What is Intellectual Disability? (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/intellectual
disability/what-is-intellectual-disability
