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Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Learning Disabilities at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels: A Multiple-Strategies Approach
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El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2016
The idea of this book arose out of an awareness that students with language learning disabilities are completely ignored in the Egyptian school system and there are no special programs that cater to these students. They are placed in normal schools that are not prepared to deal with their unique difficulties. This book, therefore, is an attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Accommodating Students with Writing Disabilities.
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Lauffer, Kimberly A. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2000
Provides fundamental information on learning disabilities relevant to programs preparing students for print media careers. Discusses learning disabilities specific to written expression. Examines legal issues and offers an overview of the types of appropriate accommodations that may be made in the classroom, including assistive technology and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Higher Education, Journalism Education, Learning Disabilities
Self-Regulated Strategy Development in the Classroom: Part of a Balanced Approach to Writing Instruction for Students with Disabilities.
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Harris, Karen R.; Graham, Steve; Mason, Linda H. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2003
This article discusses the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) approach to teach writing skills to students with learning disabilities. It examines how SRSD is implemented in the classroom, how teachers can plan for and evaluate SRSD, the research evidence supporting SRSD, and the method's six stages. An example in a second grade classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Learning Disabilities
Teaching Writing Strategies and Self-Regulation Procedures to Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities.
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De La Paz, Susan – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1999
Self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) is presented as way that middle school students with learning disabilities can learn task-specific strategies for composing. A strategy for planning expository essays is discussed, along with the PLAN and WRITE strategies for teaching basic parts of an essay, different types of sentences, synonyms, and…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Learning Disabilities, Middle School Students
A Model for Writing Instruction: Integrating Word Processing and Strategy Instruction into a Process Approach to Writing.
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MacArthur, Charles A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
A process approach to writing instruction for students with learning disabilities is presented. The approach involves students sharing their work with each other, receiving frequent response to their writing, using word processing to support fluent text production and ease revision, conferencing with teachers to develop writing strategies, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Learning Disabilities, Models
Making Writing Strategies Work.
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Stevens, Dannelle D.; Englert, Carol Sue – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This article proposes that teachers of students with learning disabilities combine instruction in writing strategies with training in strategy attribution, whereby students learn to attribute their success or failure to use or nonuse of a particular writing strategy. Specific strategies are offered for writing subprocesses and steps in linking…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Prevention and Intervention of Writing Difficulties for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R.; Larsen, Lynn – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
This article presents six principles designed to prevent writing difficulties as well as to build writing skills: providing effective writing instruction, tailoring instruction to meet the individual needs, intervening early, expecting that each child will learn to write, identifying and addressing roadblocks to writing, and employing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Early Intervention, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
The Write Way: Tips for Teaching the Writing Process to Resistant Writers.
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Marchisan, Marti L.; Alber, Sheila R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2001
This article presents practical and specific strategies for helping students with writing difficulties become successful in each of the following stages of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. Recommendations include using visual images, modeling prewriting procedures, providing word banks, providing a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Peer Teaching, Proofreading
Assessment and Intervention for Writing Problems of Students with Learning Disabilities or Behavioral Disabilities.
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Berninger, Virginia W.; Stage, Scott A. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1996
This article describes measures for process assessment of handwriting fluency, spelling, and composition of students with learning or behavioral disabilities. It then discusses common writing problems for these students, and specific process and strategy interventions. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handwriting
Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs: Strategies for the Regular Classroom. Fourth Edition.
Westwood, Peter – 2003
This book is designed to provide teachers with an immediate and comprehensive source of practical strategies for meeting children's special needs in regular classrooms. Chapter 1 explores issues relating to children with general and specific learning difficulties. It discusses inclusive schooling and special educational needs, factors associated…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication