Natural Complements: Collaborative Approaches for Educators to Support Students With Learning Disabilities and Literacy Difficulties

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-117
Author(s):  
Francine Falk-Ross ◽  
Lizabeth Watman ◽  
Karen Kokesh ◽  
Mary Iverson ◽  
Eileen Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Support Students

scholarly journals Learning Disabilities Screening and Evaluation Guide for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Hayes ◽  
Eileen Dombrowski ◽  
Allison H. Shefcyk ◽  
Jennae Bult
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
System Development ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Learning disabilities are among the most common disabilities experienced in childhood and adulthood. Although identifying learning disabilities in a school setting is a complex process, it is particularly challenging in low- and middle-income countries that lack the appropriate resources, tools, and supports. This guide provides an introduction to learning disabilities and describes the processes and practices that are necessary for the identification process. It also describes a phased approach that countries can use to assess their current screening and evaluation services, as well as determine the steps needed to develop, strengthen, and build systems that support students with learning disabilities. This guide also provides intervention recommendations that teachers and school administrators can implement at each phase of system development. Although this guide primarily addresses learning disabilities, the practices, processes, and systems described may be also used to improve the identification of other disabilities commonly encountered in schools.

Expert Secondary Content-Area Teachers’ Pedagogical Schemas for Teaching Literacy to Students With Learning Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-240
Author(s):  
Alexandra A. Lauterbach ◽  
Mary T. Brownell ◽  
Elizabeth A. Bettini
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Content Area ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Content Area Teachers ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Students With Ld ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Research Based Practices

Secondary content-area teachers seldom use research-based practices for students with learning disabilities (LD), and prior research indicates they often conceptualize instruction in ways that align poorly with research about effective instruction for students with LD. However, prior research has focused on typical secondary content-area teachers, and we know little about how expert secondary content-area teachers think about instruction for students with LD. We used hermeneutic phenomenological methods to explore expert content-area teachers’ pedagogical schemas for teaching literacy to secondary students with LD. We found teachers’ pedagogical schemas were shaped by their goals for students and the role they believed learning difficulties played in achieving those goals. This led them to integrate literacy and disciplinary instruction to support students’ learning. The findings extend and support existing research on teachers’ expertise, and have implications for future efforts to develop secondary content-area teachers’ expertise in teaching students with LD.

A Literature Review of Academic Interventions for College Students With Learning Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Zeng ◽  
Song Ju ◽  
Casey Hord
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Academic Interventions ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Students With Ld ◽  
Support Students

The number of students with learning disabilities (LD) enrolling in postsecondary education has increased rapidly over the past decade. It is imperative to investigate what interventions have been used to assist students with LD in achieving academic success. To examine the interventions currently used to support students with LD in postsecondary education, the authors reviewed the relevant literature from 2000 to 2016. Four primary types of interventions were identified from 12 articles: assistive technology, direct assistance, strategy instruction, and comprehensive support program. The findings indicate that the student-centered approach is an important characteristic of current academic interventions for students with LD in postsecondary education. The authors also provide implications for researchers and practitioners for improving postsecondary interventions on students with LD.

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Students With Learning Disabilities Who Are Emergent Bilingual

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Suheyla Sarisahin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Reading Comprehension Strategies ◽  
Emergent Bilingual ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Students With Ld ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

Teachers of students with learning disabilities (LD) who also are emergent bilingual (EB) are tasked with meeting students’ individual learning needs and developing academic language. Teachers require specialized knowledge in second-language acquisition and the specific learning strategies to support students’ learning disabilities. Reading comprehension skills are the foundational skills that students with LD who are EB most often need to improve. When working with students, research-based reading strategies to support their reading comprehension skills are critical, but must also support students’ developing English proficiency. This article identifies research-based reading comprehension strategies supportive of developing English proficiency that may be implemented for students with LD who are EB in the elementary grade levels. A self-evaluation tool is provided to guide teachers in helping their students to improve their reading comprehension skills while supporting their language development.

Adaptation of the Teaching Students With Disabilities Self-Efficacy Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110423
Author(s):  
Rawn Boulden
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Contemporary School

This study aimed to adapt the Teaching Students With Disabilities Self-Efficacy Scale for contemporary school counseling practice. The adaptation, titled the Students With Learning Disabilities School Counselor Self-Efficacy Scale, is a resource that assesses school counselors’ belief in their ability to counsel and support students identified as having learning disabilities. The findings suggest that the scale has sound validity and reliability metrics, with a few considerations. This article also discusses implications.

Review of Mathematics Interventions for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Marita ◽  
Casey Hord
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mathematics Interventions ◽  
School Interventions ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Support Students

Recent educational policy has raised the standards that all students, including students with disabilities, must meet in mathematics. To examine the strategies currently used to support students with learning disabilities, the authors reviewed literature from 2006 to 2014 on mathematics interventions for students with learning disabilities. The 12 articles reviewed contain various instructional focuses, including systematic instructions, problem-based instruction, and visual representation. This review includes discussion of the interventions used, including the success of interventions used for both students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Implications for practice and future research are also discussed, including the need for continued research on middle and high school interventions to address a variety of mathematical skills and concepts.

scholarly journals Supporting students with learning disabilities to explore linear relationships using online learning objects

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Ruth Beatty ◽  
Catherine D. Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Instructional Sequence ◽  
Dynamic Mode ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning ◽  
Support Students

The study of linear relationships is foundational for mathematics teaching and learning. However, students’ abilities to connect different representations of linear relationships have proven to be challenging. In response, a computer-based instructional sequence was designed to support students’ understanding of the connections among representations. In this paper we report on the affordances of this dynamic mode of representation specifically for students with learning disabilities. We outline four results identified by teachers as they implemented the online lessons.Apoyo a estudiantes con problemas de aprendizaje para explorar relaciones lineales mediante el uso de objetos de aprendizaje en líneaEl estudio de las relaciones lineales es fundamental en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas. Sin embargo, las habilidades de los estudiantes para conectar distintas representaciones de las relaciones lineales han demostrado ser un reto. Ante esto, hemos diseñado una secuencia de enseñanza basada en ordenadores para fomentar en los estudiantes la comprensión de las conexiones entre estas representaciones.Presentamos las potencialidades de este tipo de representación dinámica para estudiantes con dificultades de aprendizaje, destacando cuatro resultados identificados por maestros al implementar las lecciones en línea.Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/21535

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