Learning Disabilities

6/22/2000


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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

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The law of proximity is

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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

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Helping the LD student get organized (1 of 2)

Helping LD student get organized (2 of 2)

Demonstration Time!

What is reading?

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The conclusion of the matter:

A humorous illustration

The case for context

No! Didn’t you look carefully?!!

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Three factors that make reading difficult

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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

Author: Sid T. Womack

Email: sid.womack@mail.atu.edu

Home Page: http://education.atu.edu/people.swomack

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