Graphic Organizer for Learning Disabilities (LD)

Prevalence
4% of schoolage
children have
specific learning
disabilities.

Types
*Dyslexia
*Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia

Instructional Techniques &

Accommodations
*Controlling task difficulty
*Teaching students with LD in small
interactive groups
*Use graphic organizers and other
visual displays
*Use a combination of direct
instruction and cognitive strategy
instruction
*Provide modeling and "think-alouds"
to demonstrate strategies and learning
practices
*Teach students to self-regulate and
self-monitor
*Provide opportunities for extended
practice with feedback

Identification checklist:

Learning Disability
(LD)

1. Student does not achieve

commensurate with his/her age and
ability level
2. Student particpates but doesn't
respond adequately to a scientific,
researched based intervention
3. Student needs special education
services

Characteristics (use info from video

too):
*Unexpected difficulty or low
performance in one or more academic
areas
*Ineffective or inefficient informationprocessing or learning strategies in the
area(s) of difficulty
*Difficulty in learning to read
*Difficulty in learning to write
*Difficulty in learning mathematical
concepts and computation
*Is overactive and impulsive