Sentences with phrase «teaching students with learning disabilities»

Teaching students with learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, autism and other cognitive disabilities at both the elementary and middle school levels, delivered through co-teach, self - contained, redirect and alternative learning environment.

Dr. Hochman served as the Head of The Windward School in White Plains, New York, a nationally renowned independent school focused on teaching students with learning disabilities.

This website features resources such as tutorials, videos, blogs, position papers, and lessons plans for teaching students with learning disabilities.

The practice of teaching students with learning disabilities in general education classrooms is commonly referred to as inclusion, part of the least restrictive environment mandate included in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA Reathorization, 2004).

His back ground in teaching students with learning disabilities has equipped him with a «you can» attitude for all children.

It was not appropriate for teaching students with learning disabilities or students of low ability; it was believed they would not easily make the transition from the ITA system to the standard alphabet.

She began her career in 1972, teaching students with learning disabilities.

Chapters address: (1) an overview of the whole language approach; (2) examples of how special education teachers use whole language to teach children with learning disabilities; (3) suggestions on how to create a child - centered classroom; (4) the role of the teacher in a whole language classroom; (5) examples of democratic classrooms; (6) assessment procedures that are compatible with a whole language philosophy and how assessment data can be used to respond to individual needs; (7) examples of different strategies teachers use to teach students with learning disabilities reading and writing; (8) literacy development in students with disabilities and how to foster self - directed learners; (9) how teachers develop learner - centered curriculums and how to move toward an inclusive environment; and (10) one teacher's move to the whole language approach.

At his old high school, he taught students with learning disabilities about how to deal with stigma and how to empower themselves through education.

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He notes that he teaches many more students with learning and physical disabilities than he did at a 4 - year college.

A new theory regarding how the brain first learns basic math could alter approaches to identifying and teaching students with math learning disabilities.

Through partnering with a preschool special ed class, fifth - grade students learned and taught their community about developmental disabilities, enhancing their own empathy in the process.

Working with a student with a learning disability does not affect a teacher's ability to read, nor does teaching a student with mental retardation affect one's ability to think in abstract terms.

She is passionate about learning and education; that is why her background experience includes working with students with a wide range of disabilities, teaching a wide swath of subjects.

After I teach for several years, I still plan on pursuing a doctorate in special education to develop interventions for students with learning disabilities in the science classroom.

Look through a directory of private schools and you will see an incredible array of options: schools for gifted students; schools for students with diagnosed learning disabilities; schools that teach through arts; schools that teach through athletics; schools that teach through nature; Montessori schools; Core Knowledge schools; and the list goes on.

Section 28 does provide for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials or other such items necessary to give a child with disability «equal opportunities in education», but it could be better worded to extend beyond just equal opportunities in curriculum and academics, to a totally interactive learning process, thereby implying the integration of all students, disabled and non-disabled.

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.

Early career primary teachers perceived a need for more professional learning in supporting students with disabilities and teaching students with a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.

What's your opinion on methods for teaching essay writing to high school students with specific learning disabilities whose literacy levels are around the 4th grade level or below?

My major area of interest is in working collaboratively with students, teachers and educational leaders to develop innovative and sustainable teaching practices which strengthen the educational opportunities of at - risk students including those with learning difficulties, disabilities and challenging behaviours.

Work with colleagues to access specialist knowledge, and relevant policy and legislation, to develop teaching programs that support the participation and learning of students with disability.

Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of legislative requirements and teaching strategies that support participation and learning of students with disability.

Doris Helge, executive director of the council, said that rural special educators may be required to work with students with a variety of mild handicaps, such as learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and mild mental retardation, yet many states require a teacher to be separately certified and trained to teach each one of those handicapping conditions.

A previously validated strategy involving the use of story structure to analyze and remember story content was taught to 47 students with learning disabilities using the self - regulated strategy development (SRSD) model.

Journal of Learning Disabilities Mathematics Education and Students with Learning Disabilities: Introduction to the Special Series - January / February 1997, Volume 30, No. 1 Author: Diane Pedrotty Rivera This issue of the Journal focuses on issues relating to teaching maths to students Students with Learning Disabilities: Introduction to the Special Series - January / February 1997, Volume 30, No. 1 Author: Diane Pedrotty Rivera This issue of the Journal focuses on issues relating to teaching maths to students students with LD.

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.

She developed two art programs in schools for students with learning disabilities and taught numerous subjects.

Our faculty are leading impactful investigations, such as how to measure effective teaching for students with disabilities, how to improve school capacity to implement quality health programs and activities, and how pre-service teachers» conceptions of equity affect the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Through this outreach, we heard that there is no single solution to this problem; we need a broad and systemic focus on supporting and improving teaching and learning, especially in our highest - need schools and for our highest - need students, including students with disabilities and English learners.

A student with a learning disability may be assigned school work that teaches the same academic standard as her typical peers, but the teacher may adjust the way the special needs student is taught the standard or completes the assignment to meet the child's unique needs.

establishes criteria and procedures for certifying educators in structured, evidence - based approaches to teaching reading to all student populations, especially those at - risk for reading failure and those who struggle with language based learning disabilities;

The face - to - face sessions also provided teachers with the opportunity to reflect on their teaching practices as they discussed which instructional practices would work best for students and which practices needed modification to accommodate specific learning needs of English language learners or students with learning disabilities.

Each learning activity includes baseline instructional guidance for teachers and provides implementation and adaptation guidance for teaching a variety of learners, including reluctant readers, English language learners, and students with disabilities.

The «special ed» population I taught in 2007 consisted of students with learning disabilities and behavioral challenges.

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 would be nice to offer a program to special education students where the students that really want to learn in a disciplined learning environment rather than being put in a classroom with up t 17 students with disabilities from behaviors to ID MILD and trying to meet the needs o all the students while primarily responding to behaviors of students who are apathetic and do not want to be taught.

Her training has also taught her that this type of environment is complex, multifaceted, and extremely difficult for novice learners, such as students with learning disabilities (Jonassen & Hernandez - Serrana, 2002).

We will end the school to prison pipeline by opposing discipline policies which disproportionately affect students of color and students with disabilities, and by supporting the use of restorative justice practices that help students and staff resolve conflicts peacefully and respectfully while helping to improve the teaching and learning environment.

Prior to that, she taught elementary and secondary students with behavioral disabilities, first as a Special Education teacher, and later as a Learning Specialist.

While some say this practice of designing teacher preparation curriculum around the PACT bears resemblance to K - 12 teachers «teaching to the test,» many educators at Northridge say the PACT is focused on critical areas of good teaching, like planning lessons with strong student assessments, and modifying lessons for English language learners and students with disabilities, and that it therefore only reinforces what candidates should learn anyway.

Diverse student teachings experiences including at least two of the following: rural setting, urban setting, ELL students, schools with high - poverty, students with disabilities, instruction on social and emotional learning practices.

Beate taught elementary as well as secondary students, spending a large portion of her career in Special Education working with students identified with learning disabilities.

In order to begin the year with all vacancies filled, she hired an intern to teach a special education class for students with moderate to severe learning disabilities.

Based on the findings of this report, seven effective instructional practices were identified for teaching mathematics to K - 12 students with learning disabilities.

In this article, the authors describe Math Scene Investigator, an example of a cognitive strategy suitable for teaching word problem solving to primary - level students with mathematics difficulties and learning disabilities.

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For example, co-teaching gives general educators the chance to learn about IEPs, students with disabilities and specific teaching strategies.

Campbell and Mechling (2009) studied the effectiveness of teaching phonics with SMART Board technology with three students with learning disabilities.