A presentation I gave first in September 2013, to a group of primary school teachers, on their importance in identifying and working with children with learning disabilities.

1. CHILDREN at the EXTREMES
Identifying Children with Special Needs
Dr Ayomide ADEBAYO MWACP (Psych)
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2. Why do some kids have
special needs?
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3. Why some kids have special needs
Learning disability
Learning disorders
Speech & language disorders
Autistic spectrum disorders
Attention-deficithyperactivity disorder
Giftedness
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4. Why some kids have special needs
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Learning disability
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5. Why some kids have special needs
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Learning disability
Learning disorders
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6. Why some kids have special needs
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Learning disability
Learning disorders
Speech & language
disorders
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Why some kids have special needs
Learning disability
Learning disorders
Speech & language
disorders
ASD

8. Why some kids have special needs
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Learning disability
Learning disorders
Speech & language
disorders
ASD
ADHD
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9. Why some kids have special needs
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Learning disability
Learning disorders
Speech & language
disorders
ASD
ADHD
Giftedness
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10. Gifted children
“Children…[who] show the
potential for performing at
remarkably high levels of
accomplishment…in intellectual,
creative, and/or artistic areas,
possess an unusual leadership
capacity, or excel in specific
academic fields. They require
services or activities not ordinarily
provided in the schools…”
(US Department of Education, 1993)
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11. CHILDREN at the EXTREMES
Helping Children with Special Needs
Dr Ayomide ADEBAYO MWACP (Psych)
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12. Identifying children with needs
Unhappy/Poor
function
Something
“just not right”
Log of brief
notes
Involve parents
Formal
evaluation
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13. A profile of the struggling child
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14. A profile of the gifted child
Not necessarily
• High achievers
• Socially adept
• High in IQ
• Proud of
giftedness
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15. Needs of children at the extremes
To feel “normal” among peers
To cope with curriculum…
• Allow freedom to pursue interests
• Challenge in areas of interest
• Redirect skills in areas of difficulty
Focus praise on efforts, not results
Involve parents
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16. General principles
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18. Resources
ADHD www.chadd.org
Autism
www.autism.org
www.autism-society.org
Gifted
www.aagc.org
www.nagc.org
www.jhu.edu/gifted
NIMH www.nimh.nih.gov
Learning disability
www.ldonline.com
Dyslexia
www.dyslexia-teacher.com
www.stutteringhelp.org
Speech-language-hearing
www.asha.org
Acknowledgment:
Stowe, Cynthia M. Understanding Special Education: A Helpful Handbook
for Classroom Teachers. Scholastic Inc., 2005.

19. Find me online at:
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