Category Archives: Learning Disabilities

By Mickie Hayes, M.Ed. Going from high school to college can feel like an overwhelming experience. If you are a student with a disability, the experience can seem rather challenging, but in reality, most colleges make the procedure easy to follow. As a new college student, you will need to become a self-advocate with regards to your disability and accommodation needs. 1. You begin your college life with an application to the college. Some colleges have strict admission standards, but the c......
Teacher’s aides are important staff members of schools, helping teachers complete their day-to-day tasks and achieve the school’s objectives.  It would be difficult for teachers to efficiently handle and manage classes without teacher’s aides. As such, teacher’s aides are in demand. The job is also a fulfilling one especially for those who have a passion for helping others and love working with children. The education requirements for teacher’s aide are diffe......
The Connection between Learning Disabilities and the Challenge of Foreign Language Dr. Kamal SeSalem Professor of Special Education Dept. of Teacher Education McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA 70609 An obvious advantage of knowing more than one language is having expanded access to people and resources. Individuals who speak and read more than one language have the ability to communicate with more people, read more literature. Foreign language study is an increasingly essential par......
To many of us reading seems easy and is automatic for people without difficulty. Reading can be as complex task for our brains. We should not be surprised that children struggle with reading. Twenty to twenty-five percent of the United States population has a reading disability called dyslexia. This is one of the major causes for failure of reading in school. Learning challenges can lead you to frustration and self-doubt, especially if it has to do with your child before their diagnosed. T......
Adults in a school community can achieve a great deal to counter bullying. However, the potential to make a real change lies with the students. Students respond more readily to the opinions of their peers. With this in mind, teachers or counselors should come up with a role-play which requires five players – the bully, the victim, the defender, the re-enforcer and the outsider. In the first role play, the players should support the bully. Then the role-play is reversed and they should supp......
Whenever you look at the statistics, you will find that the chances of a child being born with autism are incredibly high.  In fact, the percentage of children with an autism spectrum disorder is high enough that it simply does not make sense that schools are not obligated to offer special classes to help them better learn to function within a classroom.  ABA therapy has long been known as the most successful and beneficial treatment for children with autism, yet many school districts inst......
 Hasan Yahya, Ph.Ds, Professor of Ed’l Administration The best method of teaching in China,  involves eyes, ears, and hands. In other words, seeing, hearing and doing are the best methods of instruction with different memorizing time. It is almost a common agreement among educators that teachers Characteristics of good and excellent teachers cover dealing with  three important  areas:  They are: the Psychological, the soci-Cultural, and  the technological area. Personal Skills in the......
If you are not aware of ABA training, and you work with children with Autism, you may want to explore this fascinating opportunity immediately. If you are already aware of it, but haven’t yet taken the ABA training, it is essential that you do so. This applies to teachers, administrators, classroom aides, and to parents too. This is because the training will introduce anyone to the most effective strategies for helping children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) of any kind. Based......
There are many people who are born with some sort of disability, and in the United States it is estimated that one in every one thousand children is born with ASD. This is also referred to under the blanket term of Autism but actually means the Autism Spectrum Disorders. This is because someone with the condition can show an array of symptoms with some people showing only the mildest signs of the disorders and others showing extreme signs of the issues. While there is no known cure for AS......
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