disability
A careful and thorough review of concerns, with input from multiple sources (including parents, educators, physicians, psychologists, speech-language providers and, of course, the person themselves) is the only way to rule in or rule out a learning disability.
If I think that a student in my class has a learning disability, I will speak to them privately and ask them if they need help understanding the class work, I am here for them.
I believe I have a student with a slight learning disability in my present class. But they have not disclosed any information to me. All I can do is support them and answer any and all questions they may have about the material.
So far, I haven't had the opportunity to have a student with any type of disability, but if I do, I hope to be able to follow the instructional advise given to me in this brief course in order to properly give them the best instruction that I can offer them as a teacher.
Hussam,
yes, if we can consult these various sources it's excellent, although with our adult learners they must disclose any disability before we ask.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I feel that any person that has some interaction with these type of people can be a positive influence on them. But it has to be in the right manner.
