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Category: Learning Disabilities

  • ADHD Students: Got good grades? Here’s how to keep them.

    Summer slide?  It’s not in the playground.  Don’t fall victim.  Something comes up and steals academic progress, as much as 2 months. Summer slide describes the loss of academic skills over the summer break.  As a result, education does not continue.  This loss  is especially severe for students with ADHD because they are not engaged…

  • People with ADHD with Dyslexia too? Yes!

    50 – 60% of people with ADHD also have a learning disability (LD).  8 – 17% have Dyslexia.  These challenges further aggrevate the learning for students with ADHD. Encourage that it is not a sign of laziness. Affects the way they processes written and spoken language. Reinforces that understanding complex ideas is unaffected. Increase low…

  • Assistive technology: How can it help teens and young adults with ADHD?

    AT is used to maintain, increase, or otherwise improve functional abilities. They are discussed during IEP meetings, defining specific applications for specific needs. My favorites integrate software that can be accessed through mobile technology (tablets, smartphones). Older kids look cool, standing out from their peers in a positive way. Here are some of my favorite…

  • “Just sound it out.” “Say what?” Reading 101 for teens and young adults with ADHD

    Decoding is the letter-sound relation used to pronounce written words. It’s also what some might call reading. By improving skills, readers develop the ability to recognize words quickly and identify words they haven’t seen before. There is an ongoing contention regarding decoding interventions. Some focus on translating print into speech by rapidly matching letters. Others…

  • What are the benefits of small class size?

    Students who receive reading instruction within smaller class sizes are more successful than those in traditional classrooms.  Interventions with positive learning result by providing longer and more frequent instructional times. Traveling on the Way-Wayback Machine to my student teaching…Boy did I get lucky.  I’m at one of the best colleges for education     (+The…