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Linda K. Silverman – Roeper Review, 2024
Multi-exceptional children often have deficits in auditory, visual, or sensory processing. As few psychologists have training in modalities, these deficits may be misdiagnosed as AD/HD, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, Autism, Dyslexia, or a host of personality disorders. This article describes the symptoms of these processing deficits and offers…
Descriptors: Gifted Disabled, Perceptual Impairments, Disability Identification, Learning Modalities
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Breitfelder, Leisa M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Research-based information is used to support the idea of the use of adaptations and accommodations for early childhood students who have varying disabilities. Multiple adaptations and accommodations are outlined. A step-by-step plan is provided on how to make specific adaptations and accommodations to fit the specific needs of early childhood…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Communication Disorders
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Richardson, Sylvia O. – NAMTA Journal, 1994
Discusses the characteristics of learning disabilities in the areas of coordination, language, attention, and perception, and explains how the Montessori method can be used to educate young children with these disabilities. The method relies on a developmental approach that ensures the child a wholesome environment in which to thrive. (MDM)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Language Impairments
Keymer, Carol A. – 1999
This paper describes an educational intervention program for academically failing students which focuses on visual perceptual skills and learning strategies. It considers visual perceptual problems as the undetected cause of much academic failure. Basic visual skills necessary for academic success are identified including visual acuity, binocular…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
Kelly, Virginia – 1990
This paper presents the program and general details of the Learning Disabilities Clinic (LDC) at the Southampton University (England) School of Education, which focuses on the students' curriculum and stresses close co-operation with the school. The program makes the students active agents in developing their own strategies with LDC help. Students…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Impairments
Tyler Junior Coll., TX. – 1995
A project conducted at Tyler Junior College (Texas) developed a video and a handbook to train tutors and assist instructors to: employ learning strategies developed specifically for occupational students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorder (ADD); build affective skills on their advisory tutors/students; and strengthen the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, College Programs