Teaching & Instruction
Teaching and effective instruction for students with learning disabilities requires specialized knowledge in the areas of spoken language, reading, writing, and math. This section contains readings that reflect knowledge of best practices and evidence based instruction within each area.
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Audrey Di Maria - Mentor Teacher
Back-to-School Tips for Special Education Teachers
Our top 10 back-to-school tips for special education teachers emphasize communication, organization, and a focus on student success.
Back-to-School: Tips for Special Education Teachers
Our top 10 back-to-school tips for special education teachers emphasize communication, organization, and a focus on student success.
Basic Principles of APD Management: All the World's a Stage: Environmental Modification at School
Management of APD should incorporate three primary principles: (1) environmental modifications, (2) remediation (direct therapy) techniques, and (3) compensatory strategies. All three of these components are necessary for APD intervention to be effective. Learn more about what can be done in the classroom to help students with auditory processing disorder.
Becky Young Arlin, M.S - Mentor Teacher
Becky Young Arlin, M.S. is the middle and high school learning specialist for The Churchill School and Center, a K-12 school and resource center for children with learning disabilities. Mrs. Young Arlin, a Washington D.C. native, came to New York to attend SUNY Binghampton, where she majored in Music and English. She received her Masters of Science in Special Education at Bank Street College of Education in New York.
Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness for Students with Learning Disabilities
Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D. - Mentor Teacher
Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D. is the founder and President of the Stern Center for Language and Learning in Williston and White River Junction, Vermont. She is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Blogs, Wikis and Text Messaging: What are the Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities
Blogs, wikis, and text messaging can help students with learning disabilities. Find out how to use them.
Bobbi Barrows - Mentor Teacher
Bobbi Barrows began as an AmeriCorps volunteer. Americorps volunteers work to help teach children to read, build houses, and respond to natural disasters. Bobbie was one of only ten national winners from across America to receive the All AmeriCorps Award at a national ceremony from President Clinton on January 15, 2001.
Boosting Inclusion in After School Activities with AT and Supplemental Services
IDEA 2004 mandates that supplemental services and assistive technology (AT) be provided when necessary to students who receive special education services. This article provides suggestions for how supplemental services can contribute beyond the realm of academics by helping to make activities outside the regular school day more inclusive for students with special needs.
Carol-Ann Kinane - Mentor Teacher
Carol-Ann Kinane graduated from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1989 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Education. She became dual certified through a Marist/Vassar College program for elementary and special education.
Celebrating Strengths and Talents of Children with Dyslexia: An Educational Model
Though children with dyslexia experience difficulties in processing the written language, they are often bright, creative, and talented individuals. Strengths may include mechanical aptitude, artistic ability, musical gifts, and athletic prowess. The dyslexic student may also evidence advanced social skills as well as talents in computer/technology, science, and math.
Child Observation: Teacher Report
Children with LD as Emergent Readers: Bridging the Gap to Conventional Reading
For children at risk for reading failure, teachers can facilitate the exploration of emergent literacy elements, including phonological awareness, print awareness, narrative development, and early writing skills. This article provides specific activities and instructional techniques to help children develop emergent literacy elements.
Concrete suggestions for teachers who want to communicate well with all of their students, especially English language learners and students with learning disabilities.
Components of Effective Mathematics Instruction
Less is known about the components of effective mathematics instruction than about the components of effective reading instruction, because research in math is less extensive than in reading.
Components of Effective Reading Instruction
There is no single “best” program for teaching reading. However, scientific investigators agree about the need for instruction to address certain key abilities involved in learning to read.
