This article Teaching Special Kids, gives special education teachers wonderful resouces. More educators are teaching children with learning disabilities. With more states and districts mainstreaming special education students and those with learning disabilities, classroom teachers as well as special education teachers need to know the laws and policies that apply to students with disabilities and strategies to maximize their learning.
“Learning disabilities” is a term used to describe the seeming unexplained difficulty a person of at least average intelligence has in acquiring basic academic skills. These skills are essential for success at school and work, and for coping with life in general. A learning disability is not a single disorder. It is a term that refers to a group of disorders and can become apparent in different ways with different people, at different stages of development and in different settings. Learning disabilities can affect a person’s ability in the areas of listening, speaking, reading writing, and mathematics and is often first suspected when there is a clear and unexplained gap between an individual’s level of expected and actual levels of achievement. Learning disabilities also can encompass problems in the area of social-emotional skills and behavior, and some individuals with learning disabilities struggle with peer relationships and social interactions in addition to academic challenges.
Teachers must be prepared for the challenge of teaching diverse learners in all settings. This site can answer many questions that teachers face daily. It provides on-line resources, behavior management, lesson/activities, informational resources, technology resources, and additional special education sites. If you are a special education teacher please check out this article.
