Learning disabilities

Left Behind (NCLB) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) were created to insure all children are given a fair chance in receiving adequate and equal educations, there are still some factors that may exclude many students from receiving the proper education.…

Statistics (ABS) around 7% or 288, 300 Australian children aged between 0 and 14 years old have some level of disability (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIWH, 2012). The most common form of disability being intellectual; with a reported 161,000 children, an estimated 3.9%, recorded in the 2009 ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing, and Carers (AIHW, 2012). The intellectual disability that is the focus of this case study is Global Developmental Delay in a girl named Bonnie who is five…

The use of a strap with adapted spoon to promote the nutrition and independence of a young person with a learning disability. Introduction This is a person-centred innovation project aimed to promote the nutrition and independence of a young person with a learning disability. This aspect of personalised care could be significantly improved for the individual. This essay will critically review the literature supporting the driving force for this innovation. It will discuss the aim of the…

When teaching students with learning disabilities, awareness of the strategies required will not be enough to provide an intensive and systematic practice in how the strategies should be applied to the learning activities of the children (Causton-Theoharis, 2009). To achieve this, there should be adequate support from teachers, peers, and parents. However, in an inclusive classroom, the most important person to implement this strategy is the teacher. When teachers are very few, or not properly…

Transition of Special Needs Students in Comparison to Typical Students Mental disability covers a broad spectrum of individuals and cases that make up over a quarter of our country. Though commonly seen in day to day life, it can become an area of conflict within schools and areas outside of school. Our scope of mental disability specifically involves more extreme cases, such as Downs Syndrome. These students are put at a disadvantage when attempting to follow the school's curriculum. Schools…

What Do You See? Perceptions of Disability In the movie, What Do You See? Perceptions of Disability, I saw pictures of disabled children and adults. I saw various types of disabilities, such as blindness, physical disability, and learning disability. First I saw a picture of a group of adults confined to a wheelchair playing basketball. Then, I saw a picture of a woman with a dwarfism condition working on a computer and a picture of a deaf man and women communicating using sign language.…

The authors classified the following as high prevalent disability: intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, emotional or behavioral disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders and autism spectrum disorders. According to Raymond (2012) Intellectual disabilities “refers to significantly sub average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period.” Furthermore, the IQ requirement the qualifies…

technology (AT) is any kind of technology that can be used to enhance the functional independence of a person with a disability. Assistive technology helps to level the playing field for individuals with disabilities by providing them a way to fully engage in life’s activities. Assistive technology devices are tools to help overcome challenges and enable people living with disabilities to enhance their quality of life and lead more independent lives. Michigan Alliance for Families has…

The blessing of being human is that we are individuals. It would be nice if there was a cookie cutter way of learning, but the reality is that not everyone is the same. Teaching isn't an A to B path, the road is winding with many forks and hidden curves. Prior to 1975 , U.S. schools educated only one in five children with disabilities, and many states had laws excluding certain students, including children who were deaf, blind, emotionally disturbed, or mentally retarded(Understood). In fact…

RTI and Students with Learning Disabilities When identifying students with learning disabilities, response to intervention (RTI) was proposed as an alternative method to other models which determined the discrepancy between student achievement and ability (such as IQ tests). RTI has aided in early detection of many students with learning disabilities; and as a result, many students have been able to get the assistance needed to aid them in being successful. Within recent years, RTI has become…