Children Who Suffer With Learning Disabilities

Outline the legal entitlements of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

Learning Disabilities Online’s mission is to assist children and adults with learning disabilities to reach their full potential by offering advice and up-to-date information. They also offer educators with authoritative information about learning disabilities so they have a place to obtain any help that they may need. This site offers reliable information so a parent or a teacher can research learning disabilities and get information such as the definition of learning disabilities, the signs to look for, how to respond, and how to get help. It is estimated now that 2 million children in the United Sates have ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and they offer

Literacy, whether it is reading, writing, or listening, can mean many different things to people. Each form can impact everyone immensely. In 2016 I had a literacy encounter that made a lasting impact on me. That summer I began babysitting John, a precious five-year-old boy, for the sole purpose of building up my bank account. Since both of John’s parents worked long hours at the hospital, John did not get to spend as much quality time with them as he or they would have liked. I felt badly for John, so I made it my goal that the time I spent with him would be meaningful and memorable.

Student A is a 7th grade student with an intellectual disability. This student receives small group instruction in math, reading, writing, and social skills. He is included in the general education population for science and specials classes. This student has IEP goals and objectives in math, reading, writing, and behavior in his IEP. This error pattern analysis will focus on his math computation abilities.

Many decades have passed since Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was first introduced to the school system. With the increase in students with ASD, it has been essential for special and general education teachers to be prepared with the necessary skills to perform and provide high quality instruction. One major focus for high quality instruction is in the area of reading for these students. The five major components for reading success are phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Children that don’t have disabilities often times play an active role and are able to take personal ownership of their reading and writing curriculum, however; teachers and caregivers often times dominate literacy learning opportunities for students with disabilities. Marvie’s dysarthria proves as a barrier to acquisition of literacy in its nature because literacy is based upon the oral and spoken complexities of language that typically develop in early life (Beukelman & Mirenda, 2013, p. 313). Most importantly, cultural context serves as a great barrier for individuals like Marvie. Culturally there is little expectation that someone with cerebral palsy will develop exemplary literacy skills and there is usually a push to strengthen other skills (Beukelman & Mirenda, 2013, p. 313). Majority of parents would rather their child or loved one be able to verbally communicate, develop relationships, and or become functionally independent rather than focusing on reading and writing (Beukelman & Mirenda, 2013, p. 313 ). The brutal awareness of Marvie’s reality could have potentiality to become toxic to her advancement without realistic

Children with learning disabilities are a population who are inherently at risk. They are at risk of not being able to utilize the presented curriculum, as their non-disabled peers do. They are also at risk of suffering from emotional stress and or low self-efficacy as they negotiate classrooms assignments and expectations. Our Exceptional Children text states that children with learning disabilities, “… often struggle with reasoning, attention, memory, selecting and focusing on relevant stimuli and the perception and processing of visual or auditory stimuli (p162 Heward)”. It also says that “Seventy-Five percent of children with learning disabilities exhibit deficits in social skills… and have a higher incidence of behavioral problems (p.169 Heward).” The effects of one or multiple deficits, of those stated above, have the potential to steer, even a willing child, away from academic and or social success.

Before taking this module, Children and Special Educational Needs (SEN), I was uneducated and uncomfortable with the idea of teaching children with special educational needs. During the class we were given the opportunity to volunteer at a special needs school and I spent the day at The Clare School. This school was full of vibrant colors, technology and lots of smiling faces. I knew from there that this was going to be a new and exciting experience then any volunteering I’ve done in the past. Being introduced to the class, you could see the children’s comfort level decrease by their lack of attention and participation in the activities. This was the first time I have ever interacted with SEN, leaving me as nerves as they were to me. In this essay will I will reflect on my own personal experiences through the module, discuss exactly what Autism or PPD (pervasive developmental disorder) is, characteristics of autism, diagnosing Autism, misconception and barriers, and lastly, classroom strategies for educators to partake in to further the child in their educational journey.

When children with Autism isolate themselves they tend to avoid playing with other children and being active. This makes it difficult for children with Autism to get the recommended hour of exercise a day, and not getting exercise makes children more likely to become overweight and unhealthy. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Obesity rates for children with disabilities are 38 percent higher than among children without disabilities (NCBDDD 2012). This creates a cycle of becoming overweight and then not wanting to exercise even more.

To make sure that people with learning difficulties are able to live in their flats independently and not go through any abuse, there are various strategies to help them such as:

Literacy (n.d), according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “the ability to read and write, knowledge that relates to a specified subject.” The power of literacy lies not only in the ability to read and write, but rather in an individual’s capacity to put those skills to work in shaping the course of his or her own life. Children with severe speech impairments who use AAC, reading and writing may be their only means to communication. Children who require AAC often struggle with literacy due to physical, sensory, perceptual or cognitive limitations. Research has shown that children with disabilities can learn to read with appropriate instruction. Children, who use AAC, like typically developing children, need to be

Researchers think that learning disabilities are caused by differences in how a person's brain works and how it processes information (Allen & Cowdery, 2011). Children with learning disabilities are not "dumb" or "lazy" (Vaughn, 2003). In fact, they usually have average or above average intelligence. Their brains just process information differently (Heward, 2000).

Although estimates vary, research shows that approximately one percent of the world’s population is affected by intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDDs) (Maulik et al., 419). Developmental disabilities refer to a wide range of severe, long term disabilities which affect physical or cognitive functioning; developmental disabilities appear before age twenty two. Intellectual disabilities refer to a specific category of developmental disabilities that “…are categorized by a limited mental capacity and difficulty with adaptive behaviors…” (NIH, 2010). Adaptive behaviors include, “…conceptual skills (e.g., language, money and time concepts), social

Children with intellectual disabilities have a hard time with memory, they learn at a slower rate than others, they have problems focusing, they expect failure no matter how hard they work, and they have trouble maintain knowledge and skills that they have learned. These children have a hard time with communication, taking care of themselves and sometimes have problems with social

A wise man named Koffi Annan once stated, “literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” Throughout history it has been proven that to be successful in life an individual must be able to read and write. Not only has it been proven but it has been displayed in the everyday lives of individuals due to the necessities that have to be acquired to live a life that is worth something. As I have grown as an individual I have been exposed to the justifications of requiring literacy on a daily basis.