Curriculum Design and Instruction to Teach
Special Education: Learning Disabilities:
Author: Charles Hayes:
Special Features Include:
Phases for Conducting a Needs Assessment:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
Curriculum Design Plan:
Curriculum Design Goals:
Curriculum Design Objectives:
Instructional Goals:
Instruction Objectives:
Instruction Activities:
Instruction Evaluation Techniques:
Lesson Plans:
Standard Vocabulary:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
A Limited Glimpse:
Topics Include:
I. Definitions:
A. Factors to Consider in Definitions of
Learning Disabilities:
B. The Federal Definition:
C. The National Joint Committee for Learning
Disabilities Definition:
II. Prevalence:
III. Causes:
A. Organic and Biological Factors:
B. Genetic Factors:
C. Environmental Factors:
IV. Assessment:
A. Standardized Achievements Tests:
B. Informal Reading Inventories:
C. Formative Evaluation Methods:
V. Psychological and Behavioral Characteristics:
VI. Issues in Special Education: "Crack Babies"
Test the Special Education System:
A. Inter-Individual Variation:
B. Intra-Individual Variation;
C. Academic Achievement Problems:
E. Perceptual, Perceptual-Motor, and General
Coordination Problems:
F. Disorders of Attention and Hyperactivity:
G. Memory, Cognitive, and Metacognitive Problems:
H. Social-Emotional Problems:
I. Motivational Problems:
J. The Child with Learning Disabilities as an
Inactive Learner with Strategy Deficits:
VII. Educational Considerations:
A. Educational Methods for Academic Problems:
B. Educational Methods for Attention Deficit
Disorders:
C. Service Delivery Models:
VIII. Early Intervention:
IX. Transition:
A. Factors Related to Successful Transition:
B. Secondary Programming:
X. In Their Own Words: Eileen Simpson:
Suggestions for Teaching Students with
Learning Disabilities in General Education
Classrooms, Written by E. Jane Nowacek:
A. What to Look for in School:
B. How to Gather Information:
C. Teaching Techniques to Try:
D. Helpful Resources:
XI. Summary:
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