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| Teaching Tips: Learning Disabilities |
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Description:
| Find out about learning disabilities among school children including dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Learn their symptoms and discover how kids with these types of disorders can succeed in school. Includes a self-evaluation test, lesson plans, tips and suggestions for teachers and parents, success stories, and online kids' artwork gallery. There is a link to eThemes Resources on teaching resources for special education. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5 |
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Resource Links:
| Kids Health: Dyslexia
Here is a page for kids that explains dyslexia. Click on the highlighted "Learning Disabilities" words in the text to find out what they are and how kids can best learn. Click on the tabs on the right for more articles.
Kids Health: What is Hyperactivity?
Learn about hyperactivity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Lesson Tutor: Learning Abilities Home Page: ADD/ADHD
This page has links to a number of articles written by teachers who want to share their experience of teaching kids with ADD. Includes classroom tips and suggestions for parents. NOTE: This site includes ads and has a link to a message board.
ADD/ADHD Online Screening Test
Here is a 12-question inventory for parents to help rate their children on the possible presence of ADD and ADHD.
Teachers Have Choices
This site was created by a Special Education teacher who worked for 30 years helping kids with ADD and ADHD. Explore links on this page for suggestions on how to plan classes for kids with ADD. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Awesome Talking Library
Download Awesome Talkster software from this page to voice web sites and help kids learn how to pronounce unfamiliar words.
Learning Disabilities Online: KidZone
This page contains an image gallery with artwork and stories submitted by children with various learning disabilities. This site also provides information about learning disabilities for teachers and parents. Note: This site includes ads and a link to discussion forums.
Learning Disabilities Online: Ten Tips for Developing Organizational Skills
Here are ten tips parents can use to help their children with self-organizing. NOTE: This site includes ads and a link to discussion forums.
Improving Your Kids Learning Ability
Follow links on this page to learn how to help kids with writing, reading, calculating, and more. NOTE: The site includes ads and has a link to bulletin boards and forums.
Suggested Classroom Interventions for Students with ADD
This page has suggestions for teachers who have students with ADD in the classroom and suggested strategies to handle with a specific environment. NOTE: This site includes ads.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Developmental Reading Disorder
Learn about the Developmental Reading Disorder commonly known as dyslexia. Find out about its causes, symptoms, and risk factors.
Learning Disabilities Association of America
This site provides information and reading resources for teachers to learn more about different types of learning disabilities and techniques for teaching students with learning disabilities.
eThemes Resource: Special Education: Teaching Resources
These sites provide special education teaching resources, lesson plans, information for parents, and classroom activities. Topics include learning disabilities, autism, and subject matter areas. There is a link to eThemes Resource on Teaching Tips: Learning Disabilities.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
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