Learning Disability Case Study

Rachel is a sixth grader with specific learning disabilities, lately she has not been completing her homework, receiving low grades on tests, and is not passing any of her classes. She has no drive or determination to do well in her classes. Students with learning disabilities like Rachel has usually have average or better intelligence, though have trouble in processing information that affect their learning. According to (Walcot-Gayda, Ph. D., 11/02/ 2001). Learning disabilities refer “to a number of disorders which may affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information. A learning disability can be identified by consistent low grades and under achievement like Rachel exhibits in school.

They don’t change what your child is learning. They change how your child is learning. It’s a way to make sure your child’s learning and attention issues don’t get in the way of showing what he knows. (By The Understood Team, 05/ 27/ 2014). Accommodations should match with the individual deficits of the student. For example, accommodations may include changes to how much time a child has to complete a task, or being allowed to take breaks like providing extra time on tests for a child or a change in the environment where a child works. For example, a child can take a test in a separate room with fewer distractions, or in smaller group. Accommodations are given to even the playing field, and give the child a chance to be successful in general education.

In addition, a student needs assistive technology as a vital component that is part of accommodation. Assistive technology makes learning for the student easer and helps with learning. Assistive technologies can range from computer programs that read the literature to the child like Kurzweil, to simple tools like spell correction. The student can have his or her unique needs met and they will have more independence with their learning