Students with Learning Disabilities and Uniqueness
It would be nice to be able to label all students with learning disabilities. Even if we do have a label for the student, it does not mean that the student has all of the characteristics of that disability. Each student has their own unique strengths and weaknesses. As instructors we need to ask them how they learn best. We cannot fall into a false sense of understanding and think we know what they need because they have a specific learning disability. All too many times students with learning disabilities are lumped into one category and expected to all act the same way. If you want to know how to best teach your students, ASK THEM!
I have worked with students with learning disabilities in middle school. I had no training as to how to develop any instructional learning procedures. Each of these students have their own unique way of learning. How they process learning and how they interact with the rest of the students. A light has come on in how to help the students maximize their full learning potential. I also have a few students with learning disabilities and will incorporate some of the things I have learned into my classroom now. Thank You.
Point well taken, Melissa, and outstanding advice.
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
Ed106 Facilitator
