1. Helping Diverse Learners Engage
Presented By: Kaitlin Marchesi, RSP
What is good for diverse learners is good for all learners

2. FAT City
23:20
25:15

3. Signs of a possible learning difference
How can I help Language Learners engage
Recognizing signs of trauma
Q&A troubleshooting

4. Signs of a possible learning difference
Continues to spell incorrectly, frequently spells the same word differently in a single piece of writing
Avoids reading and writing tasks
Trouble summarizing
Trouble with open-ended questions on tests
Weak memory skills
Difficulty adjusting to new settings
Works slowly
Poor grasp of abstract concepts
Either pays too little attention to details or focuses on them too much
Misreads information

5. Symptoms are there- Now what?
Notify Lynda or the general education teacher
Scaffold
Step 1: Brainstorming
Step 2: Outline
Step 3: Rough Draft
Step 4: Evaluation (editing and revision)
Step 5: Final Draft

6. Scaffolded Writing Tools

7. Other Resources Packet: Essay Template Paragraph chunking chart
Transitional Words and Phrases

8. How can I help Language Learners Engage
Review prompt
Comprehension
Summarize topic or story (main themes)
Find a common ground- connections (self-text-world)
Define words- in students primary language if possible.
Break down into smaller steps.

9. Recognizing signs of trauma

10. Recognizing signs of trauma
Research has shown that exposure to violence leads to:
decreased IQ and reading ability (Delaney-Black et al., 2003)
lower grade-point average (Hurt et al., 2001)
higher absenteeism (Beers and DeBellis, 2002)
decreased rates of high school graduation (Grogger, 1997)
significant deficits in attention, abstract reasoning, long-term memory for verbal
information, decreased IQ, and decreased reading ability (Beers and DeBellis, 2002)

11. CPTSD
Complicated PTSD - Ongoing (4:00)

12. Websites for more information
writing-instruction-for-english-language-learners df