‘learning problems’ Blog Posts
10 Quick & Easy Accommodations for ADD & LD Within the Classroom
November 20th, 2008 2008-11-20T16:11:28-08:00 2008-11-20T16:11:28-08:00Suggested General Accommodations That Can Be Made Within the School System or at Home When Homeschooling. 1. Keep the walls of the classroom simple (Visually stimulating material can be distracting.) If the walls are simple and the visual material brought out for the lesson, the ADD & LD student is more apt to attend to […]
22 Services Available in the Regular Classroom For Section 504 Eligible Students
November 5th, 2008 2008-11-05T16:09:53-08:00 2008-11-05T16:09:53-08:00Here are a list of 22 recognized services that students with a Section 504 can access within the regular classroom. This list was compiled by Reed Martin,J.D. The list is from the Advocating for Your Child with AD/HD & LD Manual Section 504 entitles students to a wide range of services – provisions of regular […]
Bridge Isolated Reading Skills – Phonics & Fluency Skills To Real Life Reading
September 2nd, 2008 2015-01-24T00:58:24-08:00 2008-09-02T12:31:18-07:00Bridge Isolated Skills To Real Life Reading Bridging the isolated reading skill to real life situations can be accomplished in a rather painless way. Use the Five Minutes to Better Reading Skills program. It is also practicing rapid naming in addition to visual closure, visual tracking, and phonemic awareness. Third, immediately following this exercise [Five […]
Reading Problems, Dyslexia, Difficulties, or Deficits and Rapid Naming, What is the Connection?
May 23rd, 2008 2016-07-20T00:53:16-07:00 2008-05-23T12:05:14-07:00Remember, learning to read isn’t ‘rocket science’ but there is a lot going on when you read. Two of the processes happening at any given moment involved with reading difficulties are related. Two Separate Processes One is the phoneme awareness and the other is the ability to rapidly name objects, numbers, letters, and colors automatically. Wolf (1999) states […]
Learning Problems, Dyslexia, or Learning Disability?
May 12th, 2008 2008-05-12T18:09:28-07:00 2008-05-12T18:09:28-07:00Typically parents and teachers wonder if one of their kids has a learning disability or dyslexia if they have difficulties with letter reversals. But, letter reversals alone do not constitute a learning disability or dyslexia. What is a Learning Difficulty? Learning difficulties occur when a student struggles with spoken or written language, mathematical calculations, coordination, […]
Hello world!
May 1st, 2008 2016-02-09T12:49:39-08:00 2008-05-01T14:59:04-07:00This is my first post. I’m new at this and excited to be here. As an educational therapist and learning disability specialist I get many calls from both parents and teachers regarding learning disabilities, reading problems, dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, and Asperger’s Syndrome. I also get many questions related to writing and penmanship, reading fluency, reading […]