Ideas+for+including+students+with+LD+in+your+classroom

=**__Ideas for including students with LD in your classroom__**= I have a document that was given to me as recourse from a current special needs teacher. This document was created by someone else using the LDOnline website and the FAPE website. It is a document that can be used for both secondary and primary mainstream schools. It is a list of different ideas and strategies that help to include children with different learning disabilities. It breaks different learning outcomes and instructions into sections. For example This is just some of the sections that have been broken down. This is a great document to have because it gives so many different ways of including children into a mainstream setting. It breaks everything down very simplistically with different disabilities given different ways of adjusting to the work. They are all reasonable adjustments that can be made without much stress or hassle or disadvantaging anyone else in the process. As I cannot show the full document to you as someone else wrote it up using specific references I will give you a preview of what it looks like: 1. Use marker to highlight key parts of the material 2. Provide audio tapes for textbooks and have the student follow the text while listening. 3. Reduce the number of concepts presents at any one time 4. Provide consistent review of lesson before introducing new information 5. Provide clear, concise directions and concrete examples of homework assignments. **ii) Adjusting the assessment** 1. Shorten assignments to focus on mastery of key concepts  2. Adjust expectations based on student’s needs  3. Divide tests into small sections of similar questions or problems  4. Allow the students to complete and independent project as alternative test  5. Allow take home or open book tests  **iii) Adjusting the environment** 1. Provide opportunities for movement 2. Frequently check the organisation of the student’s notebook 3. Use checklist to help student to be more organised 4. Help keep students work area free of unnecessary materials 5. Allow student to select his/her seating. **IV) Dealing with inappropriate behaviour** 1. Provide clear and precises classroom expectations and consequences  2. Consistently enforce rules  3. Use praise generously  4. Communicate frequently with parents  **V) Adjusting the materials** //For problems with Visual Motor Integration and Written Expression// 1. set realistic and mutually agreed upon expectations for neatness 2. Let student type, record or give answers orally instead of writing 3. Avoid pressures of speed and accuracy. 4. Accept key word responses instead of complete sentences //For visual processing problems// 1. Provide clear and well defined work sheets 2. Go over visual task with student and make sure student has clear understanding of all parts of the assignment from the beginning. 3. Have student verbalise instructions before beginning the task. //For language processing problems// 1. Give written directions to supplements verbal directions 2. Keep statements short and to the point. 3. Provide visual aids 4. Utilise hands on activities whenever possible for handwriting problems.
 * 1) Adjusting instruction
 * 2) Adjusting assessment
 * 3) Adjusting the environment
 * __ Ideas for including students with LD in your classroom __**
 * i) Adjusting instruction**

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