1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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