http://www.ldonline.org/ en-us LD OnLine Administrator hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Special_Ed_May_Face_%242_Billion_in_Cuts Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00:42 GMT "As a new round of budget talks gets underway in Congress, special education advocates are sounding the alarm about big cuts that may be on the horizon. Though detailed proposals have yet to be released, the Council for Exceptional Children — which lobbies on behalf of special educators — is estimating that such cuts would mean more than $2 billion less for programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Special_Ed_May_Face_%242_Billion_in_Cuts http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Benefits_of_Expanded_Learning_Time Thu, 30 May 2013 14:00:18 GMT Discover some benefits of expanded learning!

]]> "Too often, special education is viewed as a place or a static state, when the truth is that special education is a series of interventions, modifications, and accommodations afforded to students who are unable to access a curriculum under routine circumstances." Discover some benefits of expanded learning! http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Benefits_of_Expanded_Learning_Time http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Demystifying_Math_Struggles Thu, 30 May 2013 12:00:32 GMT "Students with slower processing speeds or executive-function problems are often no different from their peers in math proficiency in first and second grade; but as they confront multistep computations in upper elementary school tests, their scores tumble because they lack the skills necessary to produce organized, efficient output. These students aren’t losing their earlier skill base. New tasks demand efficient processing in different domains. These skills are often difficult for dyslexic students." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Demystifying_Math_Struggles http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Audiobooks_May_Improve_Reading_Scores Wed, 29 May 2013 14:02:25 GMT "Brett Cooper, a fifth grade teacher at Lewiston Elementary School in Columbia County, GA, wrote a white paper titled, "Listen up - using audio books to help improve reading." Cooper measured marked student improvement in reading scores as a result of introducing audio books to a classroom reading period each day." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Audiobooks_May_Improve_Reading_Scores http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Dyslexia_Caucus_Announces_New_Co-Chair Wed, 29 May 2013 12:00:03 GMT "The Bipartisan Congressional Dyslexia Caucus is pleased to announce that Representative Julia Brownley will serve as the co-chair to the Bipartisan Congressional Dyslexia Caucus with Representative Bill Cassidy for the 113th Congress." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Dyslexia_Caucus_Announces_New_Co-Chair http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Music_Instruction_for_Kids_with_LD Tue, 28 May 2013 14:00:36 GMT "For many, music is a great source of pleasure and a great way both to express yourself and even to escape. Music and other forms of art can be all of this and more for all children, including kids with learning disabilities (LD) and special needs. But have you faced challenges relate to your child’s LD in the musical arena that make learning to play an instrument, understand musicality, memorize lyrics or read music challenging for your child?" http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Music_Instruction_for_Kids_with_LD http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/AbilityNet_Proposes_Digital_Inclusion_Strategy Tue, 28 May 2013 12:00:11 GMT "In our increasingly digital self-service economy technology now dominates shopping, entertainment, work and communication, as well as citizenship itself, but age and disability are barring people from full participation. Organizations like AbilityNet, Go ON UK and its disability focused partner, Go ON Gold, are making great strides to close the gap between the computer literate and the technologically disenfranchised, but the gulf is wider than that. AbilityNet’s new digital inclusion strategy ‘Mind the Digital Gap’ looks at the obstacles faced by the huge numbers of people who struggle to use digital technologies that are badly designed and just don't meet their needs." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/AbilityNet_Proposes_Digital_Inclusion_Strategy http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/%09_Struggling_Readers_Need_to_Learn_to_Read_with_Fluency Mon, 27 May 2013 14:06:22 GMT "Today we’re going to focus on how struggling readers need to learn to read with fluency. Why do some readers have fluency problems? While it varies from child to child, here are a few ideas to chew on." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/%09_Struggling_Readers_Need_to_Learn_to_Read_with_Fluency http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Organization_Tips_for_Teens_with_LD Mon, 27 May 2013 12:00:19 GMT "While nobody likes to be disorganized, for students with learning disabilities, disorganization can spell certain disaster. Searching for lost assignments or course handouts can take up valuable time, and it's almost impossible to study and meet deadlines when notes from different subjects are all jumbled together." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Organization_Tips_for_Teens_with_LD http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Emotional_Fuel%3A_How_to_Motivate_Students Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:26 GMT "Most people think raw intellectual talent is the primary marker for academic success among children. But new insights are proving that motivation is perhaps even more important to learning than innate intelligence. One widely cited study, recently published in the journal Child Development, supports the view that motivation and cognitive learning strategies outweigh intelligence as the top factors driving long-term achievement, particularly in math." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Emotional_Fuel%3A_How_to_Motivate_Students http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Study_Finds_Learning_Disabilities_Often_Bundled Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:58 GMT "A new University of Melbourne study suggests that up to 10 per cent of the population is affected by specific learning disabilities (SLDs). Disabilities include problems with math (dyscalculia), reading (dyslexia) and autism, translating to two or three pupils in every classroom." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Study_Finds_Learning_Disabilities_Often_Bundled http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Public_Spending_Per_Student_Drops Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:45 GMT "U.S. public-education spending per student fell in 2011 for the first time in more than three decades, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data issued Tuesday. Spending for elementary and high schools across the 50 states and Washington, D.C. averaged $10,560 per pupil in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Public_Spending_Per_Student_Drops http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Trend_Toward_Tech_Toys Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:51 GMT "As parents and teachers, we may be wondering if the introduction of technology into the lives of children is changing the way children play, learn, think and express their own creativity. Do the changes signal the demise of traditional toy and game play, or is it possible to encourage and manage both to the benefit of the child?" http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Trend_Toward_Tech_Toys http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Discovering_the_Gift_of_a_Learning_Disability Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:16 GMT "When I was in third grade, a teacher I didn't know walked into my reading class, called my name, and then led me down the hall and into her office. "Do you know why you're here?" she asked, offering me a seat at a table next to her desk..." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Discovering_the_Gift_of_a_Learning_Disability http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Social_and_Emotional_Learning_Fosters_Academics Tue, 21 May 2013 12:51:42 GMT "With all of the high-stakes testing in our schools, and the resulting judgments and consequences for students and teachers, it is no wonder that schools are taking time away from activities like recess, breaks, art, music... to spend more time on academics. Yet I believe, based on what I have seen in schools, that we should move in the opposite direction, and take time out of academics in the early elementary years to focus on making students feel safe, secure, and confident in the classroom, in other words making them ripe for learning." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Social_and_Emotional_Learning_Fosters_Academics http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/High_School_Students_Reading_at_5th_Grade_Levels Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:16 GMT "High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens, according to a recent report. A compilation of the top 40 books teens in grades 9-12 are reading in school shows that the average reading level of that list is 5.3 -- barely above the fifth grade." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/High_School_Students_Reading_at_5th_Grade_Levels http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Fall_TV_Lineup_Focuses_on_Characters_with_Disabilities Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:29 GMT "Television appears to be embracing disability more widely with network executives announcing this week a handful of new shows that prominently feature characters with special needs. Of the 17 new shows NBC plans to debut during the 2013-2014 season, three have main characters with disabilities." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Fall_TV_Lineup_Focuses_on_Characters_with_Disabilities http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Ditching_The_Deficit_Model Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:28 GMT "Children are more than one test, once a year, in one sitting. It seems as if many schools and districts have lapsed into a deep state of amnesia of Maslow's hierarchy of needs -- a possible lingering hangover from NCLB. So here's a radical assertion: When assessing and teaching children, the time has more than come for education to embrace the whole child. This approach calls for schools and educators to curtail the deficit model and replace it with the abundance model." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Ditching_The_Deficit_Model http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Career_Advice_from_Adults_with_Dyslexia Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:43 GMT "This article explains dyslexia and presents a Career Interest Inventory that is quick and easy to administer and will be useful to career counselors. A wide array of career choices is presented in an appendix that contains the names and professions of 60 highly successful successful men and women with dyslexia." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Career_Advice_from_Adults_with_Dyslexia http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/More_States_Requiring_Students_to_Be_Held_Back Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:16 GMT "Thousands of third-graders may have a sense of déjà vu on the first day of school this year: The number of states that require third-graders to be held back if they can’t read increased to 13 in the last year. Retention policies are controversial because the research is mixed for students who are held back, but a report published on August 16th by the Brookings Institution suggests that at least for younger children who struggle with reading, repeating a grade may be beneficial." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/More_States_Requiring_Students_to_Be_Held_Back