The document discusses learning disabilities and provides strategies for supporting those with learning disabilities. It begins by listing famous individuals who had learning disabilities and then defines learning disabilities as difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, calculating, remembering and organizing information that are not related to intelligence and cannot be cured but can be treated. It provides examples of specific learning disabilities like dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia. The rest of the document offers tips, strategies and accommodations to help students with learning disabilities, including changing attitudes, focusing on behavior over diagnosis, preserving self-esteem, having patience, making learning enjoyable, using rewards, addressing individual learning styles, allowing extra time on tests, and never giving up on students.

1. LEARNING DISABILITY -Thinking outside the box -Dr Trupti Patel

2. Mozart

3. Leonardo Da Vinci

4. Thomas Edison

5. Alexander Graham Bell

6. Isaac Newton

7. Walt Disney

8. Albert Einstein

9. Winston Churchill

10. Bill Gates

11. Robin Williams

12. Tom Cruise

13. Abhishek Bacchan

14. The world wouldn’t have been the same without these people? What is common in all of them?

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16. LEARNING DISABILITY

17. What do you think LD is?

18. Try cutting a circle out of a paper using your left hand (if you are right handed)

19. Differently “wired” Dyslexic mind Normal mind

20. They have difficulty in reading, writing, spelling, calculating, remembering and/or organizing information

21. Specific learning disabilities Dyslexia Dysgraphia Dyscalculia

22. Facts Not related to IQ 10 % of the population Usually more than one coexist No “cure” but it can be treated Found more in boys Runs in families

23. LD is not .… due to Visual disabilities Hearing loss Motor disabilities Mental retardation Emotional disturbance Any Environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage

24. It is better to build children than to repair adults

28. Teachers Parents Doctors Self esteem Academics Life success (Timely intervention) (Early diagnosis) (Good involvement)

29. Dyslexia May be fearful of reading, writing and spelling in class Persistent spelling / reading errors. Letter / number reversals Change order of letters / numbers May not know side/ direction / time

31. Dysgraphia Tight, awkward pencil grip and body position Illegible handwriting Avoid writing or drawing tasks Unfinished or omitted words in sentences Difficulty organizing thoughts on paper Mostly associated with other disabilities

32. Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater. –Albert Einstein

33. Dyscalculia Trouble counting and sequencing Confuses time/side/ direction Poor handling of money Forgets phone numbers, maps etc Can’t grasp Quantity concepts Always anxious about Algebra/geometry

34. TIPS AND STRATEGIES 1.Change for better 2.Best classroom practices 3.Accommodations

35. Change your attitude The biggest disease today is not tuberculosis or leprosy but it is feeling of being unwanted -Mother Teresa

36. Shift your focus Concentrate on behavior than diagnosis

37. Always be hopeful I’m looking for a lot of men with an infinite capacity for not knowing what cannot be done -Henry ford

38. Preserve Self Esteem Self esteem is the way one feels about oneself

39. Children learn what they live Praise-they learn to appreciate Ridicule-they learn to be shy Encouragement-they learn to like themselves Criticism-they learn to condemn Tolerance-they learn to be patient Acceptance-they learn to find love in this world.

40. Have patience Do not expect a “breakthrough” Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible and suddenly, you are doing the impossible. -St Francis Assisi

41. TIPS AND STRATEGIES 1.Change for better 2.Best classroom practices 3.Accommodations

42. Make it enjoyable Albert Einstein has said It is the supreme art of teacher to awaken joy in creative expression & knowledge.

43. Reward the behavior you want to increase Punish the behavior you want to decrease Reward Ignore Punish

44. Small is good Life is hard ;by the yard, But by the inch; it is a cinch -Gean Gordon

45. More is better Children know how to learn in more ways then we know how to teach them -Ronald Edmunds

46. Individual style best When students cannot learn the way we teach them We must teach them the way they learn -Dunn(1990)

47. Accommodations Accommodations are different ways in the delivery, content or instructional level of subject matter or tests

48. Allow extra time Segmented tests and less homework I want a writer n let me use calculator n books in exams

49. Reading difficulties Simple texts with bigger fonts Educational videos Charts/graphs/drawings Talking books or “read along” books hands on experiments Use activity-based study tools, like role-playing or model building

50. Writing & Spelling difficulties Taped lectures Oral assessment MCQ type exams Give photocopies of lecture Misspeller’s dictionary Say aloud while writing Visual charts

51. Maths difficulties Table of formulae or facts Allow use of calculators Learning with abacus, number blocks etc Everyday maths Accommodate by giving marks for right steps

52. Memory & Listening skills Poetry Rhymes Songs Audio Tapes Mnemonics Computer based learning

53. Organizing Difficulties Use of highlighters Color-coded books Assignment diary Specific instructions Homework buddy Scheduler with dates & times

54. ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Frequents breaks Avoid distractions-noise/flickering lights etc Stand & study Preferential seating Repeatedly seek attention Give accessories that divert energy but maintain attention

55. Autistic Spectrum disorders Difficulty in Language & expression Use visual aids Visual time clock Pictures/ Diagrams/illustrations Control disruptive behaviors by isolation/time out/make them stand in corner

56. Have a Vision When the vision is one year cultivate flowers When the vision is 10 years cultivate trees When the vision is eternity cultivate people

57. Don’t ever give up because every student can learn

58. Thank you!!