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March is Reading Month for both children and adults with disabilities. In this very confusing time of being in school one day and being in virtual school the next, you may not know whether or not your child had a learning disability. Here are some symptoms of learning disorders according to the Center for Disease Control:
- Difficulty telling right from left
- Reversing letters, words, or numbers, after first or second grade
- Difficulties recognizing patterns or sorting items by size or shape
- Difficulty understanding and following instructions or staying organized
- Difficulty remembering what was just said or what was just read
- Lacking coordination when moving around
- Difficulty doing tasks with the hands, like writing, cutting, or drawing
- Difficulty understanding the concept of time
Click here for more details on each of these symptoms https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/learning-disorder.html
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According to Dr. Doris Johnson, a professor in the Department of Speech and Director of the Learning Disabilities Center at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, ” children with special needs often have special gifts – gifts such as sensitivity, perseverance, tenacity, and resilience.” Dr. Johnson makes the following recommendations, noting that specific disabilities and symptoms differ therefore, not all of the suggestions provided below are applicable, but we begin with general recommendations.
- Focus on the child’s strengths, not the weaknesses
- Set reasonable expectations
- Provide the guidance needed for independence
- Maintain consistent discipline
- Foster intellectual curiosity
- Help children classify and categorize objects
- Encourage early mathematics and number activities
- Provide good language models and stimulation
- Help the child learn to play
- Encourage children to listen to music and to develop a sense of rhythm
- Teach simple time concepts
- Provide structure for children with attention problems Read the entire article here: http://www.ldonline.org/article/Helping_Young_Children__with_Learning_Disabilities_at_Home
Glenda Thorn from LD On Line has 10 strategies to enhance students’ memories:
1. Give directions in multiple formats
2. Teach students to over-learn material
3. Teach students to use visual images and other memory strategies
4. Give teacher-prepared handouts prior to class lectures
5. Teach students to be active readers
6. Write down steps in math problems
7. Provide retrieval practice for students
8. Help students develop cues when storing information
9. Prime the memory prior to teaching/learning
10. Review material before going to sleep
Click here for the entire article http://www.ldonline.org/article/34649/
More Little Helpers
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/effective-reading-interventions-kids-learning-disabilities
https://www.ws.edu/student-services/disability/teaching/learning.shtm
Share your ideas and suggestions at debbie@grammyslittlehelpers.com.
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