Empower Students With Learning Disabilities Strategies That Provide Structure

Working as an instructional assistant, Downing implements the modalities and strategies that met with the most success in reaching students who had one or more learning disabilities. These strategies gave students the opportunity to be learners in an environment not restricted but enhanced by the co...

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Published inIntervention in school and clinic Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 310 - 313
Main Authors Downing, Joyce Anderson, Cornett, Kathleen R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2006
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Educational Environment
Grade 11
Individualized programmes
Learning disabilities
Learning disabled students
Narratives
Student Behavior
Students with disabilities
Teaching methods
Team teaching
Thinking Skills
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Summary:Working as an instructional assistant, Downing implements the modalities and strategies that met with the most success in reaching students who had one or more learning disabilities. These strategies gave students the opportunity to be learners in an environment not restricted but enhanced by the cooperation of teachers who participated in creating a curriculum to embrace students with learning disabilities. He presents a compilation of narratives from students whom he worked with during his 21-year career. These students flourished when an academic staff linked as a powerful team of professionals.
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ISSN:1053-4512
1538-4810
DOI:10.1177/10534512060410051001