Sentences with phrase «mild disabilities at»

Dr. Janczak holds K - 12 certification in Special Education and School District Administration and was a former special educator for students with mild disabilities at the primary and middle school levels where she provided explicit and direct literacy instruction to children who struggled with the reading process.

Not exact matches

The More at Four preschool program helped to reduce the numbers of children classified with several types of preventable disabilities, including mild mental handicaps, attention disorders, and learning disabilities.

More commonly known as human herpesvirus 5 or HCMV, cytomegalovirus is the most frequently transmitted intrauterine infection and can result in serious disabilities at birth, though most people will exhibit only mild symptoms or none at all.

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is giving researchers a first look at the early stages of brain development in patients with Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that causes mild to severe intellectual disability and is the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder.

After four years of the specialized teaching the researchers found that students with mild or moderate intellectual disability could independently read at the first - grade level, and some even higher.

«Little research has looked at this severely impaired population — most is aimed at improving relatively mild movement impairments — and, as a consequence, no validated treatment is available to help those with the most severe disabilities,» says Rachael Harrington, a fourth - year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) who will present the study.

(Btw, some argue that students with relatively mild disabilities are achieving well in charters, but I'd love to see more hard data proving that in charters kids at risk for special ed are not being labeled, and / or they're being exited from sped at higher rates after meeting grade level standards.)

Over the past 25 years, I have conducted research on the use of technology for enhancing learning in students with mild disabilities and those who are at - risk of school failure.

They completed approximately 3 hours of fieldwork each week at the university's private laboratory school for children with mild disabilities.

Consulting services for IDEA Planning to enhance effective and successful services to all students — but, especially, students with disabilities at mild through extreme levels of need.

Disabilities ranged from attention deficit disorder to mild cerebral palsy, and their math skills were generally at the 3rd grade level (according to traditional tests of basic skills and intelligence such as the Woodcock - Johnson test).

Dr. Dane Marco Di Cesare has experience teaching a variety of courses at the university level, related to technology (e.g. Digital Practices in Inclusive Classrooms, Special Education & Technology), literacy (e.g. Language & Literacy, Adapting Reading Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities) and behavior managements / assessment (e.g. Classroom Dynamics).

Students with mild intellectual disabilities have a learning potential that is at least 2 standard deviations below average.

In addition to her work with the NYS RtI TAC, Dr. Janczak is an associate professor in the Exceptional Education Department at the State University College at Buffalo College where she teaches graduate level coursework involving single subject research methodology and effective instructional strategies for students with mild disabilities.

Because children with mild disabilities are significantly more likely to be mainstreamed during the elementary years than at any other time during their educational experience, elementary school social studies teachers are in a particularly challenging situation.

Each lesson begins with a warm up, continues with exploration at the three levels (severe, moderate and mild disabilities.)

Before joining the Thrive team, Dave was an Education Specialist at High Tech High Media Arts, working with high school students with mild / moderate learning disabilities.

These schools provide education for students from 5 to 18 years who have a general learning disability at a mild or moderate level.

It is recommended that staff at community - based agencies undertake routine screening of individuals with mild intellectual disabilities, using a screening checklist.

Among them are: special schools for students who have a general learning disability at a mild or moderate level; schools for visually impaired and hearing impaired students; a few schools for students with physical disabilities; a small number of special schools for students who are emotionally disturbed.