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Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities --> Instructional Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities
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They keep driving it home about not changing the integrity of the course content, assignments, tasks. My behavioral style would go overboard on accommodations and this is a good reminder that it's not setting the student up for success in the real world by compromising the integrity of their experience.
Happy to learn that there are several apps that are available to assist my students that need accommodations.
Did not know that there were no IEPs in post-secondary setting. Instructors and apps can help allow students to learn more effectively and in a timely manner
Technology has revolutionized the way accommodations can be provided and it is a universal design in learning platform, which means no one is ostracized for using it because everyone uses it. There are so many apps that support student learning from text to speech, on screen reader with highlighter, and many more.
I'm happy to have this info. because it has helped me to understand new way on building a better way for my students learn the ideas from the assignment.
I was amazed to find out that there are many apps available to provide accommodations and modification assistance! This seems like a very good option for students in this day and age since everyone always has their phone in their hand. Identifying apps that are compatible with my lessons and content is something that I would like to implement! I especially like the idea of a text to speech app. A lot of students do not have the attention span that is compatible with reading long passages or copious amounts of notes.
Guided notes is such an easy way to accomodate a struggling student and allow for processing later as they study.
It's better call on students to respond instead of allowing students to raise their hand to respond. This leads to only a few students doing all the responding. There are a variety of options for students with learning disabilities.
I found the information on questioning very helpful.
A good questioning technique is to call on individual students rather than calling on the student who raises his or her hand or shouts out the answer first. If you let students shout out the answers or call on only those who raise their hands it won’t be long before only a few students are answering questions. The other students quickly learn that they can disengage since they will not be called upon. Students with learning disabilities have learned to become invisible in classes because they seldom are able to process and answer questions quickly enough to raise their hand. Knowing that any student can be called upon helps to keep the entire class engaged in the discussion.
Amazing that technology now offers apps that can be helpful to the student experiencing learning difficulties.
Currently there are various tools and apps that allow small educational adaptations to be made, facilitating the learning of people with disabilities. This facilitates the educational environment and helps us as teachers to remain focused on preparing them for the work and professional life they will face later
I'm really hoping to find more apps to aid my students. They seem to respond well to that!
I learned that post-secondary institutions are not required to meet learning accomadations. I also learned that there are apps for students with learning disabilities.
Understanding their learning disability helps individuals navigate work challenges, while advocating for accommodations can improve their professional success. Awareness of strengths and limitations enables effective interaction with colleagues and contribution to the workplace. Raising awareness about accommodations can address the low percentage of young adults receiving support.
I have learned a lot about the numerous kinds of disabilities and how they affect processing information. I do find it hard to address all of the different problems with many students in a full class of typical students. I do not want to draw attention to them, but find it hard to keep repeating and postponing due dates to allow for additional time. If I allow them to turn it in late, other students want to turn their work in late, too.
I want my students to always know that no matter what the disability, they have options and I want to be more encouraging to them in class. So they have nothing to fear.