learning disabilities powerpoint

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Learning Disabilities

Deborah Carlberg

Cassie Doyle

Kristi PetzkeDarci Waltrip


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What is a learning

disability?Having trouble:Processing information

Organizing informationApplying information


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Types of Learning

isabilities

DyslexiaA language and readingdisability

Dyscalculia

Problems !ith arithmeticand math concepts

DysgraphiaA !riting disorderresulting in illegibility

Dyspraxia (Sensory

Integration Disorder)Problems !ith motorcoordination

Central uditory ProcessingDisorderi"iculty processing andremembering language#relatedtas$s

!on"#erbal Learning

DisordersTrouble !ith nonverbal cues% e&g&%body language' poorcoordination% clumsy

#isual Perceptual$#isual%otor De&cit(everses letters' cannot copyaccurately'

Language Disorders(phasia$Dysphasia)Trouble understanding spo$enlanguage' poor readingcomprehension


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)auses or Presumed causesof Learning isabilities

*O real causes

+ight be caused by:

HereditaryTeratogenic

+edical

,nvironmental


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-ncident (ates

,stimated ./ 0 of the 1&2&population

3 0 to 4 0 of school agepopulation


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oes my student have Aor AH?

'yperactie

Ipulsie

*idgety Inattentie

Disorganized

+nreasonableeotionalnegatiity

,otionaloutbursts

*rustration oerinor issues

-ed.etting

(ll characteristics ayary .ith age)


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Approaches to diagnoseA and AH

,valuate student5s behavior

)ontinuous performance test

6)PT7iagnosis should be based on

multiple pieces of information

and observations


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Approaches used to

diagnose dysle8ia

Today% only after a student hasreading di"iculties can dysle8ia

be diagnosedysle8ia may have 9biological

roots

Psychological testing candetermine if a child has dysle8ia


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Characteristics o/

Learning Disabilities'o. .ill I kno. i/ y student has a LD0

%ost students exhibit uneen areas o/ ability

Student is physically 1noral2

erage or aboe aerage intelligence

Coonly /ound in gen ed classes3 dyslexia andDD$D'D

%any LDs need to be edically diagnosed


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Does y student haedyslexia0

4eading characteristics

Writing characteristics

!ubers$Se5uencing


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Celebrities with dyslexia

; Tom )ruise

; Walt isney

; Henry 9The


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Celebrities with ADD/ADHD

; Ty Pennington

; ,llen egeneres

; (obin Williams

; Tracy >old


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-*2T(1)T-O*AL -,A2:A22-2TA*), W-TH A1-O A*

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Teachers may @nd the follo!ing helpful:

(epeat and summarize oral lecture notes and givestudents !ritten versions of $ey points&

erbalize !hat is being !ritten on the chal$boardand read aloud material contained in handouts&

2end students a copy of boo$list for upcomingsemesterschool year so that students can 9get a

Bump on the reading assignments&


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A22-2TA*), 1(-*>A22,22+,*T2:

The teacher may !ish to: )hoose an alternate e8am site a!ay from the

general education classroom& ,nsure that thisalternate locale is free from auditory and visual

distracters&

Avoid confusing or complicated language andorconsider a substitute e8amassessment&

Allo! student e8tra time to completee8amsassignments% especially if there are uniCuedemands regarding reading and !riting s$ills&


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A-T-O*AL

-*2T(1)T-O*AL -,A2

Teachers should:2upporting learning !ith visuals

2tressing step#by#step instructions

ive only one assignment at a time&


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T,)H*OLO>D 12,

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OTH,( A22-2T-,

T,)H*OLO>D

Teachers may:

Allo! students to use calculators during +ath% !henthe goal is concept attainment 6and notautomaticityofmath facts7

Allo! students to tape record lectures andor tapenotes for students&

Allo! students !ho cannot spea$ clearly to use aspeech synthesizer

Assessment:

Allo! for alternate forms of assessment by allo!ingstudents to demonstrate learning through such thingsas portfolios% slide presentations% photographic essays%or taped intervie!s&


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-*T,(,2T-*> T--T2

POTPO1((- ecause many people !ith dysle8ia are right#

brained thin$ers% they may be more artistic andcreative% becoming poets% actors% inventors% and

artists&

)hildren !ith dysle8ia use 9almost @ve times asmuch brain area as other children !hile doing asimple language tas$ 62ilverstein et al&% IGG.% p&II7&

9-n the past% doctorsJtried to prevent Kchildren!ith disabilities from being born' theyJalsoJtriedto stop some Kpeople !ith disabilities from havingchildren of their o!n 6


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-*T,(,2T-*> T--T2

,+OT-O*AL -221,2 2tudents !ith learning disabilities may su"er from

emotional problemsdepression% andor lo!

self#esteem& This may cause students to !ithdra!

from social interaction&

These same students may turn to drugs or alcohol for relief

from feelings of lo! self#!orth&

As many as F/0 of students !ith learning disorders%

drop out of High 2chool 6>irod% IGG.% p& F.7&

9Teenagers !ith dysle8ia JKare more li$ely toJthin$ about

and to attempt suicide than other young people their age6Landau% IGGN% pp& N4#M7&


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Additional (esources

; Learning Disabilities ssociation o/ ericaN./3 Library (oadPittsburgh% PA ./IFN6N.I7 FN.#././

; President6s Coittee on ,ployent o/ People .ith Disabilities.FF. < 2treet% *&W&

Washington% ) IGGGN6IGI7 F3#3IGG

; !ational Center /or La. and Learning DisabilitiesP&O& o8 F34)abin =ohn% + IG4.46FG.7 N3M#4FG4

; http:!!!&ldonline&org

; http:!!!&iser&cominde8&shtml

; http:!!!&childdevelopmentinfo&comlearninglearningdisabilities&shtml

; http:!!!&starbeacon&cominde8&asp?+)Q*,RTS*-QNSA-QF3
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