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I. This is a pamphlet for parents describing what a learning disability is, characteristics of learning disabilities, and how parents can help their children at home and with school. This file downloads in pdf form.
http://www.wapave.org/RES/packets/ LearningDisabilitiesBrochure.pdf II. This is pamphlet from the Illonios State Board of Education. It describes language based-learning disabilities for school-aged children. It identifies learning disabilities that are reading related, writing related, and math related. http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/pdfs/ld-k-8.pdf III. The following link is a website from the National Research Ceter on Learning Disabilities. The information on the website is designed to help parents understand different definitions and interpretation of learning disabilities. http://www.nrcld.org/resource_kit/ parent/Student_with_SLD2007.pdf |
http://www.ncld.org/
This website is the National Center for Lerning Disability. It is a variety of information about different learning disabilities, resources for parents with children with LD, and resources for adults with LD. These are videos from the National Center for Learning Disabilities. They are part of a series of Ask the Expert videos. Dr. Sheldon Horowitz describes specific strengths of students with learning dsabilities and the different types of learning disabilites. |
The top 10 instructional strategies for students with learning disabilities:
Task-Specific Learning Strategies allow students with learning disabilities become more effective learners. This approach teaches the student specific steps that need to be taken to complete a task. Hughes, C.A. (2011, October). Effective instructional design and delivery for teaching task-specific learning strategies to students with learning disabilities. Focus of Exceptional Children (11), 1-16. Three strategies used to assist learning disabled students in mathematics are the use of multimedia, cognitive strategies, and an eclectic approach. Taranjit, K., Kohli, T., and Devi, B. (2010). Impact of various instructional strategies for enhancing mathematical skills of learning disabled children. Journal of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (4), 16-19. |