Learning Disabilities
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Some of many terms for learning disabilities
Historical origins of Learning Disabilities
Characterizations of LDs
Tarver and Hallahan’s characteristics of LDs (1/2)
Tarver & Hallahan (2/2)
A supposedly normal child
Gifted child (stereotypical)
Typical retarded child
LD child
Etiologies of Learning Disabilities
Neurological signs
Personality Characteristics of LD children
Best ages to refer
Why second grade?
But when are we actually identifying LD students?
The central problem of learning-disabled people:
The Gestalt Laws
Gestalt Law of Closure
The law of proximity is
Gestalt Law of Similarity
Which word doesn’t fit in this family?
Law of Similarity--2
Gestalt Law of continuity
2, 4, 6, 8, ___ What number should go in the blank?
Law of Continuity
Helping the LD student get organized (1 of 2)
Helping LD student get organized (2 of 2)
Demonstration Time!
What is reading?
The conclusion of the matter:
A humorous illustration
The case for context
No! Didn’t you look carefully?!!
Three factors that make reading difficult
How secondary teachers react to mismatches
Readabilty, #2
Readability #3
Two approaches to instructional remediation
Ability or process models
Skill (product) models
Tips for teaching LDs (1)
Teaching Tips for LDs (2)
Teaching tips for LDs (3)
Tips for teaching dyscalculics (1)
Tips for teaching dyscalculics (2)
Preparing materials for LDs
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