Learning Disabilities/Resources/Instructional Strategies

Implementation of Instructional Strategies

Instructional strategies require a great deal of clarification and one to one support. Specific strategies include:

• Always ask questions in a clarifying manner, and then have the students with learning disabilities describe his or her understanding of the questions.
• Use an overhead projector or computer with an outline of the lesson or unit of the day.
• Provide clear photocopies of your notes and overhead transparencies, if the student benefits from such strategies.
• Provide students with chapter outlines or study guides that cue them to key points in their readings.
• Provide a detailed course syllabus before class begins. Ask questions in a way that helps the student gain confidence.
• Keep oral instructions logical and concise.
• Frequently verbalize what is being written on the chalkboard.
• Establish the clarity of understanding that the student has about class assignments.
• Give assignments both in written and oral form.

For more info, see: http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/learning.html

Also - see: Special Education Nation