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Child Information, Learning And Development Centre# 23, 1StFloor,Jalan 15/48A, Off Jalan Sentul,

51000 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.Telephone: 03-40438020 / 40415563 . Fax: 03-40436332

Web Site: -www.child.og.my

SLOW LEARNERS

PROGRAMMANUAL
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Introduction.

Who are the slow-learners?

Slow-learners are those who fail in school because of their low

intellectual abilities. Their IQ ranges from 55 / 60 to 85 / 90. Theyhave a wide range of abilities and a variety of characteristicsdepending on their background.

Characteristics:

In physical appearance they are no different from normalchildren and therefore likely to get admission into schools fornormal children where the curriculum is drawn up to meet the

needs of average children. So they find it extremely difficult tocope with the education imparted in these schools, unlessspecial provision is made for them and the curriculum isoriented towards practical and real life activities.

They are capable of being educated in ordinary schools andeven achieving a moderate degree of success, if they areallowed to proceed at a slower pace and the syllabus is adapted

to suit their abilities.

They have poor memories. Their attention span is short andthey cannot concentrate on one topic for long.


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Special problems of the slow-learners:Since in physical appearance they look like normal children,parents and teachers have the same expectations from them asfrom the latter.When they are not able to live up to these expectations, parentsand teachers scold and punish them instead of trying to find outthe reason behind their failure.Their classmates make fun of them.Consequently, they are bewildered and confused, wondering

what wrong they have committed.Since their basic needs of being loved, accepted andrecognized are not met, they develop emotional problems andbehavior difficulties.They generally have a low self-concept due to their limitedexperience of success and due to the low opinion expressed ofthem by parents, teachers and others around them.

These problems arise when:

A child with low intellectual abilities is not identified at an earlyage ( before 7 years ).The goals of and the expectations from his education areunrealistic and not geared to his pace of learning and intellectlevel.When parents refuse to come to terms with the fact that theirchild has low mental ability. The tense emotional situation athome makes the child feel insecure.

Insecurities also creep in if the parents, due to self imposedguilt feelings, are inconsistent in their handling of the child:sometimes over protective, sometimes rejecting her totally. Thechild does not know what to expect.Teachers show a lack of understanding and give the child asarcastic and harsh treatment. This may make the childresentful, aggressive or destructive on the one hand orwithdrawn on the other. In some extreme cases the child maystart playing truant and become antisocial. He/she may fall aprey to drug addiction and other vices since these children lackthe power of critical thinking.


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The responsibility of parents, teachers and societytowards slow-learners:

Teachers and parents can be of great help to these children byidentifying them at an early age. The delayed attainment ofdevelopmental milestones and language usage and vocabularyof these children can easily be noticed if parents and teacherskeenly observe these children's behavior and development.

Teachers should particularly observe such children closely andrefer them to the counselor or psychologist for expert opinion.

Cumulative and anecdotal records of any significant behavior,incident, fact or speech pattern of these children should bemaintained in every school. These are of great help in

understanding the child better.

Teachers and parents should be understanding towards thesechildren and treat them with more affection than harshness.They should not resort to physical punishment.

Teachers have a special role to play in helping parents come toterms with the fact that their child has low intellectual ability.This can help prevent deep-seated emotional problems in slow-learners.

Normal classroom programs should also make provision forchildren with low intellect level:


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Program Overview

Special educational material and teaching aids are certainlyhelpful. It is with this in mind that CHILDhas conceptualized andprepared the SLP Modules. They fill in large vacuum in theavailability of such material for vernacular school children. It is oursincere hope that these modules will benefit the slow learners andenable as many of them and in as short a time as possible to join

the mainstream class of their normal peers.

With extra time, effort and support complemented with the SLPmodules and tempered with love, compassion and reverence, slowlearners will reach the shores with what is required of them, to beof use to themselves and the nation.

The successful completion of the teaching modules for Slowlearners is in four core subjects, English, Mathematics, Scienceand Tamilis a significant milestone in CHILDs vision to ensure allchildren are literate to expectation by the time they cross standardthree in all schools adopted by CHILD. It was just under two yearsago when CHILD took up the challenge to address the SlowLearner problem. Its achievements to date reflect how seriously itviews the Slow Learner issue.

This enormity of the project was daunting and it would not havebeen successful in such short time if not for the untiring andconsummate efforts of Dr. P.Kunaletchumy in providing the

leadership, Mdm. Minachee and the quality control team andteachers for their selfless and the able support.


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Project Brief

The slow learners will be separated from the mainstream and

given close, personal and concentrated teaching. Modular books

and other materials will be used by dedicated teachers to motivate,

inspire and infuse into the students the confidence they so lack. As

they improve, they will be returned to the mainstream

Objectives of Project

To encourage, inspire and facilitate slow learners to gain

interest in reading and writing through fun learning using

modules specially prepared for the purpose.

To enable the slow learners to be able to read and write and

join the mainstream within 3 to 6 months in the program.

Children from less privileged backgrounds realize their

inherent potential

Targeted groupStandard 1, Standard 2 and Standard 3.


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Project Implementation

Identifying Slow Learners

The main problem with Slow Learners is that they need longer timeto complete tasks. As a result their academic performance is poor.One way to identify the students is based on their academicperformance.

Recruiting teachers.

New teachers are specially appointed by the participating schools.The ideal teachers for slow learners are preferably retired teacherswith a lot of experiences which definitely bring desired effects.

Resignation of teachers

In the event for unavoidable reason, the appointed teacher

resigns, the teacher has to submit a letter of resignation to CHILDoffice and the school has to follow the same procedure to recruit anew teacher. (Sample attached)

Module collection

SLP modules (Mathematics, Science, English and Tamil) arecollected at CHILD Head office in Sentul.

Conducting Classes

The classes must be conducted during the school hours.


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Slow Learners Program activities

Teacher training workshop

The workshop is conducted to help teachers understand better onhow to teach, motivate and handle Slow Learners.

Modules Distribution.

Specially prepared modules are distributed to all the participatingSchools Slow Learners of Std 1, 2 and 3.

SLP Program Supervision.

The selected schools are visited by CHILD project coordinatoronce a month to monitor the program, and to assess SlowLearners progress.

Organizing activities to achieve the goals.

The participating schools teachers are advised to maintain thefollowing:

Students attendance record Teachers attendance record Inventory record

Daily Activity record Modules Completion Report Students progress report Students Profile.


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PROCEDURES FOR SLP PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

To carry out a demographic students profile using astandard available questionnaire

To identify target students, send students academicperformance result of a recently conducted diagnostic test toCHILD office

To appoint new Teachers for the SLP program and send theappointment letter and teachers bio-data to CHILD office.

To collect SLP modules (Mathematics, English, Tamil andScience) from CHILD and commence the classes

To submit timetables upon commencement of classes.

ROLE OF SLP TEACHERS

Maintain student profile data (Demographic questionnaires).

Maintain students and teacher attendance register

Maintain an inventory record

Maintain a daily activity record

Modules completion and students progress report should bemaintainedto be submitted to CHILD every month.

Students Progress report to be submitted to CHILD

MONITORING BY CHILD

SLP Project Coordinator, appointed by CHILD, monitors theprogram from time to time by visiting the schools, checking theInventory, Attendance, Students progress and monthly summaryreports


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Appendix 1

Format for Modules Completion and Students progressreport for the following subjects:

MathematicsEnglishScienceTamil

Format for StudentsProgress Report.

Format for Student Demographic Questionnaire

Format for classroom assessment by SLP teachers.

Format for teachers appointment letter

Format for teachersresignation letter

Samples of - Student attendance register- Inventory record- Daily teachers activity record


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Each child is uniqueEach child can make a difference

Each child is capableEducation does not start and stop at school it is a journey

We can help them take the first step towards the fulfillment of their dreams

Management Team:

Chairman: Dato Dr R Thillainathan

Programme Director: Dr N Iyngkaran

Deputy Programme Director: Dr KunaletchumyTreasurer: Mr S.Kandiah

Auditor: Siva & Associates

Manager: Mdm P. Sarada Devi

As educators, we never stand sotall as when we stoop to help ourchildren

-AuthorUnknown


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CHILD INFORMATION LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

SLOW LEARNERS PROGRAMME (SLP)

STUDENTS PROGRESS REPORTSchool : ________________________________________________________

Head Teacher : ________________________________________________________

Coordinator : ________________________________________________________

Teacher : __________________________________ Class : _____________________

NO STUDENTS NAME PRE ASSESSMENTPROGRESS

EXCELLENT GOOD SATISFACTORY POOR REMARKS

________________________________ ________________________________

Head Teacher SLP Teacher


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ATTENDANCE OF THE MONTH OF __________________

School : ________________________________________________________

Teacher : __________________________________ Date : _______________________

NO STUDENTS NAME CLASS REMARKS

Total No. of AttendanceTotal No. of Absentees

% of Attendance

Registered Students

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WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT

Class Teacher : ________________________________________________ Date : _________________________

Class : _________________________

DAY MATHEMATICS SCIENCE ENGLISH TAMIL

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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DISTRIBUTION OF SLOW LEARNERS MODULES

School : SJK (T) _________________________________________________________

NO SUBJECT STANDARD 1 STANDARD 2 STANDARD 3 TOTAL

1 Tamil

2 English

3 Mathematics4 Science

Total

Date Received : ________________________________

Name : ________________________________________________________

Sign & Stamp : ________________________________


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Coordinators Name : ________________________________________________________

Address : ________________________________________________________

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Dr. Iyngkaran,

Programme Director

CHILD Information, Learning & Development Centre

23, Tingkat 1, Jalan 15/48A,

Off Jalan Sentul, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.

RE : APPOINTMENT OF NEW TEACHER

I would like to appoint the following new teacher:

Name : ______________________________________________________________

IC no. : ____________________________

School : ______________________________________________________________

Effective from : ____________________________

Reason : ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

I hereby enclose her CV together with her relevant certificates for your kind attention. I hope

my request will be considered.

Thank you.

Yours truly,

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State : ____________________________


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Address : ________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dr. Iyngkaran,

Programme Director

CHILD Information, Learning & Development Centre

23, Tingkat 1, Jalan 15/48A,

Off Jalan Sentul, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.

RE : resignation

I wish to inform you that the following teacher has resigned :

Name : ______________________________________________________________

IC no. : ____________________________

School : ______________________________________________________________

Effective from : ____________________________

Reason : ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

I hereby enclose her resignation letter for your attention. .

Thank you.

Yours truly,

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State : ____________________________


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Section A (2)

Achievements : a) Academic : ____________________________________________

b) Sports : ____________________________________________

c) Others : ____________________________________________

Family Background : Total No. of children

Pre-Kindergarten Kindergarten Primary School

Secondary School Diploma/Degree Working

Diagnostic Test

Pre-Intensive Test : _________________ Date : _________________

Post-Intensive Test : _________________ Date : _________________


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Section B

FAMILY

DETAILS FATHER MOTHER

Name

Age

Tel (Office)

(Mobile)

Occupation

Monthly Salary

Other Income

Total Income

Hours of Working

(Office hours / Shift)

Highest Education

No. of hours Spent with children

No. of hours Spent with children

for studies

Habits

Smoking

Alcohol

Drug Abuse

Illness

Asthma

Diabetes MellitusHypertension

Cancer

Other

INVESTIGATOR

House : Own Rental Others (Please specify) ______________

a) Wall : Wooden Brick

b) Type :

Flat

Terrace

Semi Detached

Bungalow

Home Environment : Conductive Non conductive

a) Cars b) TV c) Astro d) VCD

Family : Supportive Non supportive


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Section C

TEACHER BIO-DATA

Name : ________________________________________________________

School : ________________________________________________________

Duration of SLP : ___________________________

Qualification : PMR

SPM

STPM

Diploma / Degree (Teachers Training College)

University

Teaching Experience : ________________________________________________________

Level of Teaching : ________________________________________________________

Approach to teaching: Easy Difficult

Comments : ______________________________________

Methods used to capture attention :

Visual Aids Pictures Music Extra Materials: _____________

SLP Students

Interaction with Normal Students : Good Satisfactory Poor

Attention in class : Good Satisfactory Poor

Extra co-curricular activities : Active Not Active

Students improvements : Slow Moderate Very

Good


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