Special Education - Learning Disabilities

Curriculum Design and Instruction to Teach

Special Education: Learning Disabilities:


Author: Charles Hayes:



Special Features Include:

Phases for Conducting a Needs Assessment:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
Curriculum Design Plan:
Curriculum Design Goals:
Curriculum Design Objectives:
Instructional Goals:
Instruction Objectives:
Instruction Activities:
Instruction Evaluation Techniques:
Lesson Plans:
Standard Vocabulary:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
A Limited Glimpse:


Topics Include:


I. Definitions:

A. Factors to Consider in Definitions of

Learning Disabilities:

B. The Federal Definition:

C. The National Joint Committee for Learning

Disabilities Definition:

II. Prevalence:

III. Causes:

A. Organic and Biological Factors:

B. Genetic Factors:

C. Environmental Factors:

IV. Assessment:

A. Standardized Achievements Tests:

B. Informal Reading Inventories:

C. Formative Evaluation Methods:

V. Psychological and Behavioral Characteristics:

VI. Issues in Special Education: "Crack Babies"

Test the Special Education System:

A. Inter-Individual Variation:

B. Intra-Individual Variation;

C. Academic Achievement Problems:

E. Perceptual, Perceptual-Motor, and General

Coordination Problems:

F. Disorders of Attention and Hyperactivity:

G. Memory, Cognitive, and Metacognitive Problems:

H. Social-Emotional Problems:

I. Motivational Problems:

J. The Child with Learning Disabilities as an

Inactive Learner with Strategy Deficits:

VII. Educational Considerations:

A. Educational Methods for Academic Problems:

B. Educational Methods for Attention Deficit

Disorders:

C. Service Delivery Models:

VIII. Early Intervention:

IX. Transition:

A. Factors Related to Successful Transition:

B. Secondary Programming:

X. In Their Own Words: Eileen Simpson:

Suggestions for Teaching Students with

Learning Disabilities in General Education

Classrooms, Written by E. Jane Nowacek:

A. What to Look for in School:

B. How to Gather Information:

C. Teaching Techniques to Try:

D. Helpful Resources:

XI. Summary:

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