4.2 Recognizing Learner Diversity
5. Resources: Diverse Learners
Resources To Learn More About Diverse Students
***THIS SECTION IS OPTIONAL. This is a list of resources that may be beneficial to you or your school team. Feel free to browse! The following resources were gathered from a variety of sources. To access the information, click on the highlighted link.
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Difficulty Reading and Writing This link from Misunderstood Minds, shares information about what difficulties students may have with written production. This link shares information on effective instruction for students with reading difficulties.
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Difficulty Seeing Begin at an early age to support students with visual difficulties. Additionally, this link provides good information from American Federation for the Blind
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English Language Learners This article explains the diversity of English Language Learners
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Sensory Difficulties Students with sensory processing disorders e
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Difficulty Paying Attention Misunderstood Minds presents a summary and activities around attention difficulties here.
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Difficulty Communicating Modeling communication strategies for students with communication challenges is integral to the child learning to communicate. This link provides a good introduction to augmented communication.
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Physical Difficulties Strategies to support students with physical difficulties in the classroom.
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Cognitive Difficulties Students with cognitive difficulties vary in the ways they learn best. This article describes effective teaching strategies for students with cognitive impairments.
- The Myth of Learning Styles; Education Week article
10. The following two resources discuss diverse learners and include some strategies to support students.
http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/diverselearners_pd_handouts.pdf
You are now ready to move on to: 4.3 Universal Design For Learning