Help LD Children Set Goals
Learn how to help children with learning disabilities set and reach goals. Goal Setting for Children with Learning Disabilities — an exclusive new LD OnLine article — tells you how to help them overcome the difficulties caused by their disability. If they learn how to turn their dreams and passions into specific, measurable, achievable, and realistic steps, they will have an important tool to build a successful life. Here are some tips to help them harness their inner hero:
- ask them about their dreams and desires
- encourage them to set self-directed goals related to their dreams. Their dreams will provide the fuel they need to overcome obstacles
- link their schoolwork, particularly the tasks they dislike, to the goals they choose
- help them figure out how to work around their disabilities
- teach and model the perseverance they will need to handle the invisible challenge of their disability
- praise their work process as well as the product
- when they succeed, ask "How did you do it?"
About Reading Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, and Reading Difficulties
This article untangles the confusion among reading disabilities, learning disabilities, and reading difficulties and tells you how to help. Whether or not the child has a disability, it is necessary to:
- correctly diagnose the problem
- provide individualized instruction that improves skills and remediates the difficulties
- accommodate the weaknesses while building on the strengths
Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with LD
Do your students with learning disabilities fail to do their homework? …or do such a poor job that you wonder why you bother to assign it? Read about five research-based strategies you can use in your classroom to help them succeed with homework:
- give clear and appropriate assignments
- make homework accommodations
- teach study skills
- use a homework calendar
- ensure clear home and school communication
Deadlines Coming Up for Students to Apply for Awards
The deadline is January 31st for the Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities Youth Achievement Award, which gives $1,000 to a high school student (or younger) with LD who has a notable achievement. And high school seniors who use Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic can compete for The Marion Huber Learning Through Listening (LTL) Awards — if they get their applications in by March 3, 2008.
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The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned Out Child (DVD)Motivation is the key to learning. But very few parents and teachers have an effective arsenal of techniques at their disposal. With empathy and understanding, backed by decades of experience in the classroom, Rick Lavoie gives parents and teachers the key to unlock any child's enthusiasm and responsiveness. The Motivation Breakthrough will revolutionize the way parents, teachers, and professionals reach out to and motivate all children. |
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For All of Our Readers
- Practicing Social Skills
Some children who have learning disabilities have poor social skills. This makes it difficult for them to collaborate on projects or participate in class discussion. To learn how to help them, read Practicing Social Skills: How to Teach Your Students Social Interactions. This article categorizes social skills, describes research-based teaching tips, and lists currently available multimedia resources.
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For Parents
- My Son's Disability and My Own Inability to See It
Read My Son's Disability and My Own Inability to See It, the story of a school system that did the right thing for one of their students — and the mother's experience. Read her thoughts after she found out her teenager had a learning disability, how he reacted to the news — and their journey to the moment when he showed her the honor roll report card he received in college.
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For Teachers
- Teaching History to Support Diverse Learners
Your curriculum for history is complicated. You train the students to think like historians. They must analyze multiple sources and evaluate media such as diary entries, images, songs, and political cartoons. Teaching History to Support Diverse Learners tells you how to assure your students with learning disabilities share this rigorous and rewarding process.
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