Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 1 Unit 5 – Chapter 9 TEACHING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERS

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 2 Major Indicators of Learning Disabilities  Attention  Perception  Memory  Academics  Social  Physical  Behavior

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 3 Assessment Procedures Used to Determine Learning Disabilities  I.Q. tests  Standardized tests  Criterion referenced  Determining reading levels: Informal reading inventories Readability measures Oral reading sample Cloze procedure

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 4 Methods for Teaching Visual Skills to Students in General Education  Prompts  Features added to learning tasks  Additional instructions  Extra guided practice  Task analysis

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 5 Modifying Content Area Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities  For Reading: Teach phonics Teach high frequency words Include anticipatory set  For Comprehension: Longer anticipatory set Give questions in advance High interest, low vocabulary reading

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 6  For Information texts: SQ3R – Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review  For Spelling: Test, Study, Test, Correct Teach to use dictionary or spell checker

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 7  For Math: Fewer problems Use of lined or graph paper Manipulatives  For Writing: Word processing skills Text writer with speech synthesizer

Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms 7th Edition Rena B. Lewis and Donald Doorlag Pearson Education, Inc. 8 Methods for Adapting Instruction for Students with ADHD  Instructional: Limit distractions around student and in classroom. Help student get organized Use lists or outlines Use advance organizers Break work into small chunks