working with students with learning disabilities part ii
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Working with Students with Learning Disabilities Part II. Long-Term Memory Disorder. Functional Limitations Inconsistent when learning new information/facts (might remember one day and not the next) Difficulty remembering rote facts - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Working with Students with Learning
DisabilitiesPart II
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Long-Term Memory Disorder
Functional Limitations• Inconsistent when learning new information/facts
(might remember one day and not the next)
• Difficulty remembering rote facts
• Difficulty/Inability to process and recall information through associations (events, related ideas and concepts, and names)
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Long-Term Memory Disorder
Strategies• Utilize assistive memory strategies that tie into the
student’s memory style
• Eliminate as many auditory and visual distractions as possible
• Have student vocalize as he/she writes, works math problems, etc.
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Long-Term Retrieval Disorder
Functional Limitations
• Difficulty/Inability to recall information on tests
• Difficulty/Inability to retrieve words from memory
• Difficulty/Inability to pair, retain and retrieve visual and/or auditory information
• Difficulty/Inability to recite poems, speeches, plays, etc. from memory
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Long-Term Retrieval Disorder
Strategies• Teach student mnemonic strategies
• Help student develop his/her own mnemonic devices
• Have student record all appointments, important information, etc. him/herself – no matter how long it takes!
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Processing Speed Disorder
Functional Limitations• Slow and/or uneven automatic processing speed
• Difficulty/Inability to complete assignments within imposed timed constraints
• Difficulty/Inability to take timed tests
• Difficulty/Inability to make comparisons rapidly between and among bits of information
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Processing Speed Disorder Activity
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Processing Speed Disorder
Strategies• Begin working on assignments long before the are
due
• Provide structured segues between tasks
• Provide instruction in word-processing if student is not computer literate
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Reasoning Disorder
Functional Limitations• Trouble thinking in an orderly, logical manner
• Difficulty/Inability to prioritize and sequence tasks
• Difficulty/Inability to apply a learned skill to a new task
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Reasoning Disorder
Strategies• Steps, structure must be explicitly taught
• Help student develop his/her own step-by-step processes
• Keep instruction on a concrete level
• Help student prioritize and sequence work, schedule, etc.
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Short-Term Memory Disorder
Functional Limitations• Difficulty/Inability to remember steps in sequential
order
• Difficulty/Inability to retain information and/or concepts long enough to understand them
• Difficulty/Inability to follow directions
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Short-Term Memory Disorder
Functional Limitations•Difficulty/Inability to remember math problems and retain numerical information
• Difficulty/Inability to take notes during a lecture
• Difficulty/Inability to answer oral questions
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Strategies
• Pay attention to student’s “memory” style
• Have student repeat back to you what he/she “heard”
• Eliminate all possible auditory & visual distractions
• Have student vocalize as he/she writes, works math problems, etc.
Short-Term Memory Disorder
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Short-Term Retrieval Disorder
Functional Limitations•Difficulty/Inability to repeat back auditory information immediately after hearing the information
•Difficulty/Inability to retrieve information during a lecture so that notes can be taken
• Difficulty/Inability to re-create visual information immediately after presentation of the information
• Difficulty/Inability to retrieve information read at the beginning of a reading assignment
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Short-Term Retrieval Disorder
Strategies
• Teach student mnemonic strategies
• Help student develop his/her own mnemonic devices
• Have student record all appointments, important information, etc. him/herself – no matter how long it take
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Spatial Organization Disorder
Functional Limitations• Problems perceiving the dimensions of space
• Difficulty/Inability to align number or letters on a page
• Difficulty/Inability to see things in the right order
• Trouble distinguishing left from right, north from south, up from down, ahead from behind, etc
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Spatial Organization Disorder
Strategies• Have student use graph paper or lined notebook
paper turned sideways to provide regimented spaces for working problems
• Have student do all written work on the computer
• Have student use an electronic spell checker, a text-to-speech spell checker may work best
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Spelling Dyspraxia
Functional Limitations•Difficulty/Inability to spell words correctly on a consistent basis
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Spelling Dyspraxia
Strategies• Have students with an auditory processing
disorder try a “text-to-speech” spell checker – it probably won’t work – but it’s worth a try – have all other students use any electronic spell checker that works for them
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Visual Processing Disorder
Functional Limitations• Difficulty/Inability to take in information through
the sense of sight
• Difficulty/Inability to process visual information
• Difficulty/Inability to fill-in computerized exam forms
• Trouble/Inability to see a specific image within a competing background, such as picking a sentence out of a page of text
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Visual Processing Disorder
Functional Limitations
• Trouble/Inability to see the difference between two objects
•Difficulty/Inability to copy information off the board or from PowerPoint slides or overheads
•Difficulty/Inability to “see” mistakes
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Visual Processing Disorder
Functional Limitations
• Difficulty/Inability to comprehend maps, charts, graphs, etc.
• Difficulty with geometry• Difficulty/Inability to align number or letters on a
page• Fatigue when reading; often rubs eyes off and on
while reading
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Visual Processing Disorder
Functional Limitations• Difficulty/Inability to work math problems on scrap
paper and then to transfer the numbers accurately to the exam sheet
• Trouble/Inability to see how far away or near an object is
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Visual Processing Disability Activity
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Visual Processing Disorder
Strategies• Use visual cues, such as highlighting, bolding,
underlining, drawing arrows and other directional signs, and/or using pictures
• Always use lot’s of “white space”
• Select materials with simple visual layouts
• Use color for visual impact
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Visual Processing Disorder
Strategies• Be sure print is large enough to be
processed
• Use checklists, graphs, and other visual aids
• Use simple drawings
• Over teach visual patterns in numbers and words found in math problems
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Visual Processing Disorder
Strategies• Put only a few problems on each page with lots of
space in between problems
• Block out as much of the visual stimuli on a page as possible – so the student can “see” the particular item he/she needs to work on
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Writing Disorder
Functional Limitations•Difficulty/Inability to write sentences, paragraphs, and/or papers
•Difficulty/Inability to sequence sentences and paragraphs
•Difficulty/Inability to take notes in class
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Writing Disorder
Functional Limitations• Difficulty/Inability to get thoughts on paper
• Difficulty/Inability to spell words correctly on a consistent basis
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Writing DisabilityExamples
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Writing Disorder
Strategies• (low-tech) - Have student “talk” paper into a tape
recorder and then transcribe the paper from the tape recorder to paper (may have to teach how to do this)
(high-tech) – Have student utilize “speech-to-text software to construct paper and then edit
• Edit student’s papers without altering the content
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Writing Disorder
Strategies• Teach the “sticky note” method of writing
• Allow the student to use a computer with a spell-checking program
• Have student map, outline, or diagram his/her ideas prior to beginning to write
• Teach “stream of consciousness” writing
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Writing Disorder
Strategies• Accept oral presentations or tape-recorded reports
for written reports when appropriate
• Accept briefest possible written form of an answer
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General Strategies for Working with Students with LD
• Break teaching and lab assignments into steps. Make sure steps are in sequence. Teach skills step-by-step, clarifying and building one step upon another
• Give instructions in as many modalities as possible
• Provide short and concise directions or instructions
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General Strategies
• Give students extra time to practice on equipment and to complete assignments
• Encourage students to stand close during demonstrations and to sit in front of the class during lectures
• Review at the beginning of class (or learning session); summarize at the end of class (or learning session)
• Highlight and repeat important information
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General Strategies
• On multiple choice tests, use only Capital Letters before each possible answer
• NEVER, EVER USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IN A SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH, PAPER, ETC.
• Allow extra time to complete assignments and exams
• Use color, color and more color
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General Strategies
• Permit students to tape-record classes, so that they may listen to the information more than once
• Read aloud information/material that is written on the board or that is given in handouts, transparencies, or on PowerPoint slides
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LD Case Study - A
Sydney is a student who has experienced difficulties in school since she entered pre-school. While these difficulties appeared to be mild in nature prior to the 3rd grade, during the 3rd grade she experienced pronounced difficulties in following written instructions/directions, working applied mathematics problems, understanding graphs and charts, and in understanding what she was reading. It should also be noted that Sydney’s cognitive abilities (IQ) are in the superior range and she has been in a gifted and talented program since grade school.
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LD Case Study - B
Lisa is a student who baffles her teachers on a regular basis. She has an “A” average for both her homework assignments and her class quizzes (in every single class she is taking). However, she fails every single test she takes, especially those tests that are cumulative in nature. In addition Lisa has to spend hour upon hour reviewing course information to be able to utilize the information at the appropriate time.
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LD Case Study - C
Larry is the best writing tutor that the Learning Assistance Center employs. He is also an editor for the student paper and the annual anthology of prose and poetry that is produced by the institution’s students. However, he never arrives to work on time and always seems to get off the elevator at the wrong floor. In addition, when he needs to venture to other floors in the same building as the Learning Assistance Center, one of the other tutors has to escort him so that Larry doesn’t get lost. Finally, while he is in his junior year of college and is taking mostly upper division English courses, he still cannot pass the developmental mathematics class.