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Publication Date: 2012
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An Enriched Writers' Workshop for Beginning Writers with Developmental Disabilities
Sturm, Janet M.
Topics in Language Disorders, v32 n4 p335-360 Oct-Dec 2012
This article describes comprehensive, high-quality writing instruction for students with developmental disabilities. The Enriched Writers' Workshop combines differentiated writing process instruction with social communication instruction and cognitive strategy instruction for students with complex writing needs across a wide range of ages. It draws on research-based writing practices for all students, with reference to the U.S. Common Core State Standards for writing but with modifications for students with developmental disabilities. Appropriate populations include students with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual developmental disabilities, and complex communication needs, requiring augmentative and alternative communication supports. This article describes the Enriched Writers' Workshop framework of instruction, its tools, and the skills and strategies it targets. Illustrations are drawn from pilot implementation in special education classrooms team taught by special education teachers and speech-language pathologists. Case examples for 3 students show how the framework can be applied for beginning writers with varying profiles of abilities and needs, leading to measurable social communication and writing outcomes and other educational benefits for students with diverse developmental disabilities.
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Process Approach (Writing), Developmental Disabilities, Communication Disorders, Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Individualized Instruction, Pilot Projects, Special Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Standards, State Standards, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Individualized Education Programs, Outcome Measures
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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