Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities: Teachers' Edition

IDEAS Definition of Specific Learning Disability

Specific learning disability:

1. General.  Specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.

2. Disorders not included. Specific learning disability does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.


Articles on strategies to teach children with learning disabilities from PBS.

1. Home and School Strategies for Students: http://www.pbs.org/parents/inclusivecommunities/learning3.html
2. What teachers should keep in mind: http://www.pbs.org/parents/inclusivecommunities/learning.html

Video Resource:
The digital story below shows ways to accomodate student's with disabilities individual needs
http://youtu.be/hMo5suNUoKw