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
In the video presentation of How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, Richard Lavoie is able to simulate several of the difficulties that a student with a learning disability has to face at school. Some of the difficulties experienced by the students are intrinsic to the disability itself, but many other difficulties are directly related with the emotions that the student experiences when attending a class, and as a result of his or her interactions with teachers and classmates. Both the United States law and the education system, have the opportunity to make a huge difference in the learning experience of every student with disability. Students with disabilities need to be guided to a path to education that is both feasible and accessible for them; with achievable goals, and by being provided what they need in order to succeed, and to be able to overcome any obstacles.
Students with disabilities are not the only students who can benefit from creative tasks, projects, and assessments. A positive and caring approach to dealing with all student regardless of culture, disability or any other thing that make then different from the norm is key to the success of all concerned.
One school problem he faced was living in a low-income family. Throughout his freshman year, Arthur was not able to pay his tuition for school. He owed the school $1500. Despite facing these challenges, he never gave up, showing incredible determination and hope. William, talented and focused, also deals with high expectations, physical injuries, and personal sacrifices.
When a child doesn’t seem to be learning, some teachers and parents in his/her life might criticize the child and think of them as stupid, or maybe just too lazy to want to learn. What they don’t realize is that the child might have a learning disability. But how are these children being helped? There are many programs, special schools and facilities, home teaching methods and many other ways in which children with Learning Disabilities are being helped.
Unlike other disorders an individual may have, there is no quick way and easy way to confirm or deny a learning disability. There is no x-ray, blood tests, easy and quick surveys to help educators determine whether a learning disability exists. Many of the problems with identifying and assisting children with learning disabilities are to have knowledge of the various learning disabilities and how they affect students. The lack of information available to parents and teachers causes the students to continue to struggle in school and diagnosis for any disabilities to be postponed even further in their schooling.
Students with learning disabilities can learn; each student has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. Educators must continue to focus on the strengths of each student and building on them, creating a stronger student and person. Identifying the weakness is at the core of getting a student help with their learning disability, but after this initial identification and placement, the focus should shift to the strengths and adjusting the student’s schoolwork to reflect these strengths. For instance, if a student is weak in reading but has wonderful group interaction skills and is good with his or her hands, the students' reading tasks should then be shifted to reflect these st...
The impact of having a learning disability are lifelong. A student with a learning disability may always need extra help to get through certain aspects of life after they graduate high school. If the student is going to college accommodations and specific learning strategies will need to be used to help them through their courses. Their personal lives may also be affected due to a learning disability. “For example, Johnson and Blalock found that, of the 93 adults studied in an LD clinic sample, 36% continued to receive counseling or psychotherapy for low self-esteem, social isolation, anxiety, depression, and frustration.” (1987) The difficulties associated with learning disabilities can affect them daily and their past experiences with it can follow them into adulthood and bring up unhappy memories of struggling with learning disabilities as a child.
Create a thread on the discussion board (Module 1 Simulation Activity) and answer the following questions in your post.
The classroom is a diverse place where learners from all different genres of life meet. Included in these learners are those that display learning disabilities. According to the British Columbia School Superintendent’s Association, ‘learning disabilities refer to a number of conditions that might affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information. These disorders affect learning in individuals who otherwise demonstrate at least average abilities essential for thinking and/or reasoning’. They also posit that ‘learning disabilities result from impairments in one or more processes related to perceiving, thinking, remembering or learning. These include, but are not limited to language processing,
Kids with learning disabilities may not be the best in the class room, but they are smarter than what most people think. A lot of people think that kids with L.D think that they are “dumb” or “lazy,” when really, they just have troubles understanding. One third of kids in Special Ed. have a learning disability. (Nichcy) One million kids between the ages of six and twenty -one, have a L.D. (Nichcy) Five to six percent have a learning disability between six and seven years old. (Daniel P. Hallaham, 2008) Boys outnumber the girls by three to one. (Daniel P. Hallaham, 2008) Since 1976, Learning Disabilities have more than doubled. (Daniel P. Hallaham, 2008)
Learning can be taught to all children including those who have a disability. Every child is special and unique and have a learning style that works best for them. When given the opportunity the child with a disability will be able to grow and develop academically, emotional, socially, as well as physically. Providing an education that best fits the needs of a child with a disability will be rewarding
This paper will explore the impact of a child with learning disability in the family. A family with a child’s learning disability will provide support throughout the child’s development. It will help a child become successful with the learning disability throughout elementary to college. A child with a learning disability sometimes isn’t able to learn effectively like other children. A child with a learning disability has a difficult time trying to stay focused without getting distracted.
Education is a profession which requires a teacher to be able to communicate with a multitude of students on a variety of levels. There is not a class, or student for that matter, that is identical. Therefore, teachers must be able to identify and help educate students from all different types of backgrounds and at different levels. Teaching a singular subject presents difficulties, but teaching students with disabilities should not be one. There are three main teaching areas that need to be focused on when teaching a student with a learning disability. Teachers need to focus on the strategies that will assist students with reading comprehension skills, writing skills, and maintaining appropriate behaviors in a classroom setting.
In society today, there are many children and parents who face the diagnosis of having a developmental disability that would qualify them for special education and needs. This time can come with many questions for the parents when they realize the specialized care and education their child will need. Most often, questions arise about their schooling and how they will be included with other children, as well as what services are available to their child. How their disability impacts their life is a very valid concern because their education will be impacted. When a disability is discovered, it effects trickle down from the child to the parents, to the teachers and finally the medical and educational specialists.
People with disabilities are still people, they are people with hearts and they are actual physical beings; people with disabilities do their best to live every day to their fullest, yet that is still not enough for others. I feel like as a whole, humans are generally uncomfortable with people who have disabilities. Let’s think of it this way, people live their life every day in their normal lives and then they come across a person with a disability and suddenly their life is interrupted, like it is such a barrier in their flow of life to come across someone different from themselves.