Sentences with phrase «basis had a learning disability»

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If there were truly issues surrounding consent and child protection, then of course the state has a duty to investigate, but given that Kerry and Mark have been deemed perfectly capable of parenting by another local authority social services department it is difficult to see this as anything but a deliberate restriction of freedoms based solely on Kerry having a mild learning disability.

For most of the 40 - plus years the term «dyslexia» has been in existence — and although the diagnosis has long been considered a «learning disability» — it has been based on comparisons with average readers.

This principle is based on the idea that classrooms that include both disabled and nondisabled students provide a more appropriate and beneficial environment for the disabled student, who has greater opportunity to associate with nondisabled peers, and nondisabled students learn that those with disabilities are no less worthy as individuals.

It was once thought that children who profit from instruction do not have a biologically based learning disability.

I find that the feature on this extension that allows students to highlight text and have it read aloud is incredibly helpful for students with reading - based learning disabilities in accessing the general education curriculum and other materials that may be above the reading level they are able to decode on their own.

I have taught many students who can come up with great ideas when talking out loud but have trouble getting their thoughts down due to writing - based learning disabilities or dysgraphia.

Once again, all of the Year 8s were involved in developing and trialling food stalls and running them, but then we had groups from right across the school: kids funded through disabilities and impairments were making amazing products out of recycled timber; we had hands - on learning, our school - based apprenticeship parks and gardens group, selling plants and running a sausage sizzle; we had art students from Year 8 doing ceramics; we had the girls group that's run by our wellbeing team, the kids who are a bit isolated, they produced succulents in tea cups.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

Learn how school districts, including large urban and small rural schools, have paired on - demand video - based training with on - site coaching to increase the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of paraprofessionals supporting children with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

It is designed for students with word - level deficits not making sufficient progress through their current intervention, have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies and require multisensory language instruction, or who require more intensive structured literacy instruction due to a language - based learning disability, such as dyslexia.

A number of leading national organizations and coalition groups, including the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the 14 organizations forming the 2004 Learning Disabilities (LD) Roundtable coalition, have outlined the core features of an RTI process as follows: • High quality, research - based instruction and behavioral support in general education.

Teachers, paraprofessionals, and others interested in learning and applying the evidence - based practice of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for learners with significant disabilities have been accessing Rethink's exemplary Basic Training Series for years.

Designed based on the Orton Gillingham approach, The Wilson Program is a structured remedial approach that has been proven effective in teaching reading, spelling and writing to students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities.

It describes these practices and, incorporating recommendations from The Final Report of The National Mathematics Advisory Panel as well, specifies research - based recommendations for students with learning disabilities and for students who are experiencing difficulties in learning mathematics but are not identified as having a math learning disability.

The three also penned the Introduction, in which they write that the purpose of the special issue is to «provide content knowledge about specific mathematics skills and concepts, and evidence - based practices for teaching this content to students who have [a mathematics learning disability] or are struggling with mathematics but may not have an identified mathematics disability.»

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

With a background in the research and implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and technology - based innovations for struggling learners and those with disabilities, Sean has authored books, chapters, articles, and offered hundreds of national presentations.

Michigan State University researcher Carol Sue Englert has developed a web - based curriculum for elementary students with mild disabilities that enhances literacy learning, particularly writing.

However, targeted, evidence - based social - emotional learning training of educators working with these historically under - served student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners, and youth involved in the juvenile justice systems has potential to optimize developmental trajectories.

Based on this prevalence for the overall U.S. population of women of reproductive age and the number of U.S. births each year, it is estimated that more than 300,000 newborns each year may have increased risk of learning disabilities associated with in utero exposure to methylmercury.

In light of this, the government promised that the 3,376 people with learning disabilities living in NHS funded in - patient services would be moved to appropriate community based services by June 2014.

spend at least 50 % of their contracted time supporting pupils who have special educational needs and disabilities in learning based activities

Success and Dyslexia has a theoretical base in coping and perceived control theory with particular reference to these fields in relation to specific learning disabilities / dyslexia.

The lower rate of learning disabilities in that study may reflect the use of a restrictive methodology to classify children as learning disabled, 4 with the classification simply based on teachers» indication of whether the child had a learning disability diagnosis.