Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 16:14:05 -0700
From: Carol Murphy <camurphy@ousdmail.ousd.k12.ca.us>
To: Kirshen@aol.com
Subject: Re: pinhole Re: Mainstreaming
Amy,
Some thoughts on l.d. kids in a science lab. You should have a special
ed teacher to collaborate with and you are required to have the most
recent IEP. This should help you know what to expect by way of skills.
These kids often are different rather than disabled. They may be very
good at art or music and sometimes even multi-media computers and
science. It helps to pair them with a student who can read and write
easily (and has some "ability awareness").
Plan lessons with multi-level goals. ALL students will .....MOST
students will ...... SOME students will .......
Ask for audio tapes of the textbooks. New texts come with them
automatically.
Allow students to do alternative assignments -- draw pictures or
demonstrate rather than writing an essay.
If note taking is important, have an outline for the special ed students
to use as a guide.
Use multi-media and dramatic demonstration to get and keep attention.
Most important -- keep a sense of humor.
Check out the website clearinghouse for learning disabilities:
www.ldonline.org/index.html
Kirshen@aol.com wrote:
>
> HELLO!
> I've been taking a class this past week on mainstreaming. I have been trying
> to think of ways to accommodate learning disabled children in my classes (labs
> especially). This last year I had a few SDC kids mainstreamed into my room as
> their first experience in regular ed. classes, but I didn't have much
> understanding of what their needs were. My class on mainstreaming is helping,
> but it focuses mainly on elementary school settings. Does anyone have ideas or
> experiences on how to help these children have a meaningful experience in your
> lab/class without watering down the curriculum to much? I would appreciate
> some help. Thanks.
> Amy
>
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-- ------------------------------ Carol A. Murphy, M.A., CCC-SLP Program Specialist Oakland Unified School District Oakland, California email: camurphy@ousd.k12.ca.us voice: 510-879-8715 (press #8) ------------------------------