Learning Disabilities - Educators

Teaching students with learning disabilities

• Focus on individual achievement, progress, and learning process - particularly in assessments.

• Direct instruction is often effective for students who struggle with learning disabilities

• Be structured.

• Approach learning with multi-sensory options.

• Use diagrams and pictures to reinforce learning.

• Supply regular feedback.

• Scaffolding can be incredibly helpful to support learning.

"Students with learning disabilities benefit from instruction that is explicit and well sequenced. Effective teachers help students [with a learning disability] learn how to use strategies for managing their assignments. For example, a teacher might teach students to use a graphic organizer that outlines the important information from a text. A different type of organizer might be used to help students remember to bring home the right supplies for a homework assignment.

Teachers often need to provide accommodations to help children learn in class. These are changes in how tasks are presented or responses are received that allow the child to do the same work as their fellow students. Students might receive the assignment in larger print or be allowed to take a spelling test by reciting the words instead of writing them. They might be given more time to complete an assignment." (Learning Disabilities: An Overview, 2020)

This article has a comprehensive list of teaching strategies at the bottom for various specific learning disabilities.

References

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 9. (2020, January 27). Learning disabilities: An overview. Reading Rockets. Retrieved June 20, 2022, from https://www.readingrockets.org/article/learning-disabilities-overview

Learning Disabilities Association of America. (n.d.). Successful strategies for teaching students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Association of America. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://ldaamerica.org/info/successful-strategies-for-teaching-students-with-learning-disabilities/