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An Introduction to Learning Disabilities in the Classroom | LD@school | YouTubeToText
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Learning disabilities are neurodevelopmental conditions that affect how individuals process information, but with understanding, tailored support, and a collaborative team approach, students with learning disabilities can achieve their full potential and thrive.
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meet Dan he describes himself as a
pretty well-rounded student some of the
strengths but I have our being athletic
I really got a hands-on stuff and
another strength is I'm organized and
responsible and I'm confident and I'm
beginning to become more independent for
myself and for my learning and dan has
quite a bit of learning ahead he's just
been accepted to University and helps to
go to Teachers College but learning
hasn't been easy for Dan he has learning disabilities
disabilities
problems with expressive and receptive
language which deals with auditory
learning so
let's see for instance in class if the teachers
teachers
saying something like verbally and I'm
trying to write down notes it just goes
through one year and goes out the other
so it's it's hard Dan's mom had concerns
when he was just a toddler because
Daniel wasn't speaking he didn't go
through that para Teen face
so at about two and a half we went to
speech therapists and he was he was then
diagnosed then with a speech delay but
it was an elementary teacher who
suggested a formal evaluation she
recognized some of those delays I always
knew because he had the speech they
always knew you know it was going to
impact his learning to what degree I
didn't know and to be honest with you I
was always very hopeful thinking you
know what maybe it's not going to
manifest itself into a learning
disability maybe it's just a speech
delay so again you're hopeful a bit of denial
denial
when she approached me and said no he's
still having learning difficulties we
want to bring him forward I had to trust
her I knew that as much as you know you
leave your child in their care
physically you have to leave them in
their cares while emotionally mentally
and all of that so I trusted her she was
actually very very good so what are
learning disabilities learning
disabilities affect the way individuals
take in information
- it remember it understand it and use
it in some way it's probably the easiest
way to explain it their
neurodevelopmental and that it's just
the way the brain has formed the way
it's developed and and as such that's
the way they learn for life there's
different levels of severity a student
with learning disability has average to
above-average potential to learn so
their intellectual ability is is
well-developed it's solid but along with
that there are one or more areas of
processing that impact on their ability
to show that potential whether it be in
the classroom in terms of their oral
language they're reading their writing
their math organization skills social
skills those that's how it would be
impacting for them when you diagnose a
learning disability are taking a lot of
information into consideration you're
making sure that it's not an English
language learning issue that it's not a
vision or a hearing issue that it's not
because they haven't had access to
instruction or they haven't had them of
the right type of instruction for them
and it's not that there's been a missed
opportunity for learning here are some
first steps to nurture the potential
first of all
understanding what a learning disability is
is
understanding the importance of the IEP
we absolutely know that that's an area
we have to work on and
ensuring that that they understand the
importance of accommodations that are in
the IEP that understanding the student
that with whom they're working that that
student you know really has tremendous
strengths that students with learning
disabilities have average to
above-average intelligence and that IEP
and those accommodations are crucial to
their success so who plays a role in
supporting the learner has to be a team
approach we all have to be committed to
the fact that students can learn just
some students learn differently may take
longer they may need technology they may
need whatever but they can learn we just
need to find the key and unlock it the
team has to include the parents as well
and we all need to to work together to
find out what's the best way to reach
the student so the parent and the
student will consult about their
individual education plan we review that
then we share it with the classroom
teachers the special education staff and
I have fabulous department here special
education staff they will work with the
teachers to say okay this is the the
area of weakness for the student here's
the supports that we can provide so it's
a team approach and then the classroom
teacher as well as the cert so the
special education resource teacher as
well as the cert will remain in contact
with the student with the parent and
it's a team approach and then and then
the students generally do a lot better
just talking with parents whether on the
phone or in person is vital so that you
can even kind of you know dig deeper
with the students so I find that very
important I think the consistency is is
really important for a student and once
they they see that in different classes
it really helps them feel safe and
supported and that they know people are
you know advocating for them as well
when you understand how you learn that
you have strengths some areas that you
have more difficulty with but that
there's a plan for success that there
are things that help you and there are
people who can help you when needed then
they feel empowered to learn and they
when they're given that message of
competence we see a significant
difference in how they're able to take
on their learning I've been asking my
teacher for an outline of what's gonna be
be
mentioned in class also an outline for
tests so I can plan ahead so I'm working
on my time management skills too and
also I've been self advocating for my
teachers to scan my tests on the laptop
which has been very useful and it's been
helping me he lets teachers know this is
what I need and this is why I need it
and so he's taken on my role meet Alyssa
she's in university and has a part-time
job I feel so proud of myself I've come
so far and that's really difficult for a
lot of students with learning
disabilities to feel proud of themselves
I think because they're always comparing
themselves to other students so I owe
found that growing up there's a lot of
negatives that came with my learning
disability the fact that I'm extremely
disorganized the fact that I don't have
a great concept when it comes to numbers
you know if somebody were to say this
house is so much dollars I wait for
their expression and then I go oh man
that's too much or oh wow that's really
cheap because I don't have the greatest
concept for that so different little
things like that I hide out of haven't
had to create really good skills to
cover for that so always having people
make decisions for me since I was in
grade two and being diagnosed out of
habit I became very vocal I'm very firm
with what I needed to say in order to
get my point across because there was a
lot of people making decisions for me or
I became even over organizational if
that's a word just
because I want to make sure that I had
everything in my grass so working hard
abstain after hours and it's sometimes
it's quite discouraging to see that I
get the same mark as another student
after I stayed up half the night
studying but I know that I work so hard
so I've created this really great work
ethic out of my learning disability I've
also become very empathetic to other
people who are struggling through things
while student achievement is a goal so
is well-being for our students with
learning disabilities that the sense of
well-being is extremely important and
we've come to understand this year in
our work with a research and focus
groups students shared with us the the
importance that you know of feeling a
sense of well-being of feeling welcome
in a school and they very much brought
forward the this whole idea of stigma
how they feel about having a learning
disability what they think others think
about them and so we really have to
address that that sense of comfort with
them understanding their learning
disability and reduce the stigma and I
think once we address that that whole
issue of stigma I think a lot of other
things will take care of themselves here
are some tips that could make a
difference commitment gotta have it
because when you have commitment and you
know I'm going to ensure that this this
child is going to learn you will go the
hundred yards to see that it happens and
try and create the conditions that will
will allow them to be successful please
share you know the good things first I
think parents recognize what the kids
can't do well let them know what they
can do we just learned differently weird
like any other student it's just we have
different strategies than others well
pretty much everybody my opinion has
their own learning disability because I
know this in class see people on laptops
which is a good strategy I see people
writing see people listening using their
phones everybody has a different way of
learning I think feels so out of control
when you have a learning disability I
mean people are doing things for you you
can't edit your own work all that stuff
is going on and you feel so out of
control so to pull that child aside and
say listen I'm here for you I want you
to succeed what can I do to help you
learn and create a lesson plan and that
may mean that their due dates are a
little bit longer we make a special
schedule for them or that if they fail
their first test we refine and see what
they what they did wrong and then we
have them take the test again which is
great because that's what learning is
all about is refining and taking those
extra steps so should just show that you
really see what they're going through
and you want to help them succeed that
message of competence and confidence for
our students for their families for
teachers to have those expectations to
make sure that they have access to this
the skills instruction that they need
that would help them be successful that
we understand the compensatory
strategies that we we know that profile
so we look at those strengths and we
know that we can use that help them use
those strengths to compensate for those
areas that are that are weaker for them
to help them be successful we can help
them learn to advocate that's a so
essential that they understand their
unique profile of strengths and needs
and they know what helps them so they
can be more successful a student with an
LD not only can learn they want to learn
and we just need to connect with them
and just be patient but they're amazing and
and
let's just shift our thinking they are
as bright as any other student and
once we know that they can learn and
once they know we know that about them
you'll see amazing things in your
classroom for more information contact
your board's student services or your
local chapter of the learning
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