Ld report
Allison Shade
SPE 226
October 26, 2013
Professor: Ashley Barkel
Learning Disability Chart
Learning Disabilities are defined as a neurologic condition that creates difficulties in acquiring knowledge in a level of skill of someone of the same age is expected to gain (The free dictionary online 2013)
Types
Causes
Examples
Teaching Strategies
Placements
Dyslexia is based on the language aspect of learning. A person that has this will have trouble with reading in most cases.
A person uses their right hemisphere instead of the left hemisphere to read and spell. This can be caused due to a trauma to the brain, a development of a hormone, or the gene number 6 chromosome,
Reading words wrong, skipping small words, deleting letters in words, poor reading comprehension, gets fatigued after reading for a short amount of time.
When teaching a student with Dyslexia the best strategies is the help of multi- sensory to help the student build their comprehension of reading with the sense of sight and hearing
The student should be placed in a reading group with a teacher that has specialized in Dyslexia. The child should be tested and reevaluated at his or her age standards for the state.
Dyscalculia is based on a mathematical disability. A person will have trouble solving mathematical problems, and gasping the concepts of math.
This disorder is caused by the difference in brain function or structure where mathematic is involved. Its associated with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, Tuner’s syndrome, or low birth weight.
Little number sense, trouble counting or remembering mathematical facts, or show anxiety toward math.
The best teaching strategy is to have one on one teaching time with the student in an environment that has the least restriction inspire the pupil to accelerate in math.
Placement for a student with this disorder would be a special math class with a teacher that was excellent in math to teach the children, or have a tutor.
SPE 226
October 26, 2013
Professor: Ashley Barkel
Learning Disability Chart
Learning Disabilities are defined as a neurologic condition that creates difficulties in acquiring knowledge in a level of skill of someone of the same age is expected to gain (The free dictionary online 2013)
Types
Causes
Examples
Teaching Strategies
Placements
Dyslexia is based on the language aspect of learning. A person that has this will have trouble with reading in most cases.
A person uses their right hemisphere instead of the left hemisphere to read and spell. This can be caused due to a trauma to the brain, a development of a hormone, or the gene number 6 chromosome,
Reading words wrong, skipping small words, deleting letters in words, poor reading comprehension, gets fatigued after reading for a short amount of time.
When teaching a student with Dyslexia the best strategies is the help of multi- sensory to help the student build their comprehension of reading with the sense of sight and hearing
The student should be placed in a reading group with a teacher that has specialized in Dyslexia. The child should be tested and reevaluated at his or her age standards for the state.
Dyscalculia is based on a mathematical disability. A person will have trouble solving mathematical problems, and gasping the concepts of math.
This disorder is caused by the difference in brain function or structure where mathematic is involved. Its associated with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, Tuner’s syndrome, or low birth weight.
Little number sense, trouble counting or remembering mathematical facts, or show anxiety toward math.
The best teaching strategy is to have one on one teaching time with the student in an environment that has the least restriction inspire the pupil to accelerate in math.
Placement for a student with this disorder would be a special math class with a teacher that was excellent in math to teach the children, or have a tutor.