Learning Disabilities Paper

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Many students have disabilities. Some disabilities are clearly visible while others are not. Diagnoses of certain disabilities are easy to determine and diagnosed. However, all too often students struggle in school because some disability are not as easy to determine. As teachers it is important that to have a clear understanding various disabilities and have knowledge of how it effects learning. This paper provides an overview of Learning Disabilities (LD), describe the strength and weakness of one particular student with a learning disability, and provides a reflection on lesson implication for the student with the learning disability. Learning Disabilities LD online defines a learning disability as a neurological disorder. In which a …show more content…

He is African American and is 8 years old. From observations it is noted that Jonathan struggles to stay focused and often fidgets. He was asked what his favorite subject was and he indicated that his favorite subject is math. When asked why math is his favorite subject he said, “Because it is easy.” He also was asked what his least favorite subject was. He indicated that he did not like reading because it was very hard for him and he didn’t understand what he read all the time. Although Jonathan clearly struggles in all subjects, math seems to be is strongest area. During math observations he was able to focus more and seemed eager to complete the activities. His teacher provided him with manipulatives to complete his math problems and he was able to use them correctly and efficiently. When writing his numbers he would write some numbers backwards, such as 3, 7, and 5. Additionally, he had very poor writing skills. He wrote most numbers on the line instead of on top of the line. However, he stayed focus and on-task for most of the …show more content…

However, writing on the stick notes did pose a problem. Jonathan struggles to write and his writing is often very hard to read. Therefore, what Jonathan wrote on the sticky note was not always legible. Therefore, it was hard for the future teacher to read it to help guide him without asking “can you read this to me?” Therefore when implementing this lesson in the future there should be modifications made to using the sticky notes and writing a summary. Instead, students may draw doodles to show key details. Also, students can provide oral summaries. Lastly, although the chosen lesson targeted Jonathan’s interest of cars which helped him with vocabulary words, not all students may have this schema or may not be able to retrieve it; therefore vocabulary words should have been explicitly

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