Specific Learning Disabilities 

Background Knowledge 

• This disorder has one or more basic psychological process. 
• It involves individuals that struggle in understanding language, spoken or written tasks. 
• School psychologist and other team members that work with this student, come together to identify this disability. 
• Did you know: Approximately 2.9 million children in the U.S receive special education services in their primary disability category. 
• Having a child attend early intervention, helps reduce the impact of the many learning disabilities. 
• People that struggle with a specific learning disability, vary in their degree. 
• Severe & moderate learning disabilities can impact the persons performance throughout their lifespan. 

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Sourcres 

• Creating a Classroom Environment That Promotes Positive Behavior 

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• Specific Learning Disabilities: Eligibility Determination under IDEA 2004 Facilitator’s Notes 

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The Three Tiers 

Tier One: High quality instructional & behavioral supports for all students in general education.

• Teachers use evidence based instruction in their general curriculum. 
• Teachers should use a variety of teaching methods since they have a variety of diverse learners.

Tier Two: Targeted supplemental services for students whose performance and rate of progress are below what is expected for their grade and educational setting. 

• ​These students are able to receive additional strategies and supports. 
• Works well when their is collaborative efforts in general & special education teachers/ 
• Supportive services personal are involved with these students with these disabilities. (School psychologist, speech-language pathologist, reading teachers).
• Tier two focuses on information needed to inform interventions and to understand context of the presenting issue.

Tier Three: Intensive, individualized intervention that has been designed based upon comprehensive evaluation data from multiple sources. 

• This plan is to help the student succeed in the process towards meeting grade level standards. 
• ​The intervention is designed based upon the results of the comprehensive evaluation data from multiple sources. ​ 

A great website to use is: 
IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES 

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Strategies 

• Begin a lesson by reviewing the last lesson.
• Present new information in small steps. 
• Ask many questions and talk about the answers.
• ​Provide models.
• Ask students to explain what they learned.
• ​Provide scaffolds when teaching something difficult.
• Review.

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