Students with Learning Disabilities

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the manner in which elementary teachers work with students with learning disabilities and what works well and what does not work. The paper also analyzes the effects on self esteem, anxiety, frustration and behavior in the learning disabled student. Lastly, the paper provides an overview of the parent, child, and legal perspective of teaching the learning disabled student.

Outline:
Classroom Techniques: What Works vs. What Does Not Work
Learning Disabilities & Effects on Self Esteem
Learning Disabilities & Effects on Anxiety, Frustration & Behavior
Learning Disabilities & the Parent Perspective
Learning Disabilities & the Child Perspective
Learning Disabilities & the Legal Perspective
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Parents of learning disabled students are not only concerned about their child's ability to learn, they are also concerned about their child being emotionally and socially prepared for school. Additional research suggests that parents of learning disabled students respond that their child has behavior problems, is immature, and/or has low self esteem, and therefore is not socially ready to begin school. Behavior problems that are often seen in children by parents and teachers can be, and often are, interpreted as a child not being socially and emotionally ready for school. Parents must balance letting their child 'be a child' at the same time they are effectively addressing inappropriate behaviors. Learning disabled elementary students need the support of their parents, and if the parental expectations and aspirations are too high this can have a negative impact. Research by Mondell and Tyler (1981) found positive relations between parents' competence and their instructional method used with their children. Those parents with higher levels of competence offered their children more problem solving strategies. This research supports that parents with higher parenting efficacy view their child as being able to learn from their example."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alley, G. & Deshler, D. (1979). Teaching the learning disabled adolescent: Strategies and methods. Denver: Love.
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• Mondell, S. & Tyler, F. (1981). Parental competence and styles of problem-solving/play behavior with children. Developmental Psychology, 17, 73-78.
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. (1997). Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities. Retrieved July 3, 2007, from http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/newsdig/nd25txt.htm.

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