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What is the definition of learning disabilities?
Dysfunction in cognitive processing or executive function.
What are the three major areas children with a learning disability find difficult?
Reading, copying, and understanding the alphabet
What do children with an LD struggle with achieving the most?
Securing a job.
What are two things a teacher should implement in their classroom to aid a child with an LD?
Create an inclusive classroom, as well as utilize differentiated teaching/learning.
What are some things parents of a child with LD typically feel?
Lost, confused, scared, unqualified, etc.
What are the three types of learning disabilities?
Reading (dyslexia), arithmetic (dyscalculia), and written expression (dysgraphia).
What is phonological awareness?
Recognizing words can be split into compound sounds, identifying sounds in various positions in a word, and manipulating sounds in words.
How can mindfulness help?
Aids them in becoming more aware of themselves and their surroundings. It will help them with responding better to social challenges.
What are three differentiations a teacher can use?
- Various modes of presenting
- Colour-coded materials
- Relating to student's lives
How can parents monitor the child's progress?
Through observation, as well as note taking. They can watch out for signs of regression, such as lack of a desire to read, or absence of enthusiasm.
Discrepancy between ability and achievement in one or more of these areas: Reading, writing, mathematics, language acquisition, reasoning and listening.
What is the double-deficit hypothesis?
Young children having a deficit in both phonological awareness, and rapid-automatized naming.
What do career development programs help with?
Teaching employment readiness and career awareness.
What is concrete-to-representational-to-abstract(CRA) mean?
Concrete-hands on instruction with manipulative objects, then through pictorial
Representations- representations of the manipulatives used in the concrete stage
Abstract- including operational materials
What is the biggest thing parents have to understand? (Breaking mindset)
That their child is equally as smart as the other children, but learns differently.
Which skills in the socio-emotional domain pose difficulties for those with an LD?
2. Regulating and managing strong emotions.
3. Recognizing personal strengths and needs.
What are the three major findings in children with an LD pertaining to their social and behavioural characteristics?
Typically withdrawn/depressed, low social status and low social self concept.
What is the most beneficial thing to do for a child with an LD in school?
Provide them with workplace experience and teaching them to negotiate workplace accommodations.
What are the six tiers to the six-tiered curriculum?
1. Enhance content instruction of critical content.
2. Put strategy instruction for large group teaching.
3. More intense instruction and time.
4. Develop and provide, as a team, intensive basic skills instruction for those with severe deficits.
5. Place therapeutic interventions for those with deficits in language competencies.
6. Work with co-workers and the student's family to extend instructional time.
What does a parent have to do in order to receive the right help?
Talk to the in-school team, reach out to help lines, set up appointments with psychiatrists or other professionals, etc.
What are some controversies about defining learning disabilities?
Many companies and provinces do not agree on the same definition. For example, the Learning Disabilities of Association and the Ontario Ministry of Education have differentiating definitions. Additionally, the way in which psychiatrists and psychologists define the disability may vary.
Which subject do children overestimate their ability in?
Math.
What is the percent of people unemployed with a disability in Canada?
In 2019: 7.3%
In 2021: 10.1%
What are the seven steps for implementing CRA?
1. Choose the topics to be taught.
2. Review procedures to solve problem.
3. Adjust the steps.
4. Match the steps with a concrete manipulative.
5. Arrange concrete and representational lessons.
6. Teach concrete, representational and abstract lessons.
7. Help students understand what they have learnt through word problems.
How many children in Canada have been reported to have a learning disability? (Good for parents to know).
According to Statistics Canada, more than half (59.8%) have a learning disability.