Ok, that’s a tall heading… but that’s the sort of population I work with every day as a teaching assistant in a public middle school. We do a lot with them, trying to broaden their general knowledge, while giving them good social skills and enough academic knowledge to survive in the world.
It’s a daunting task, and sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it.
There doesn’t seem to be one set curriculum that works for the entire group (about 20 or so), so a lot of what we use is teacher made, taken from here and there.
Our program is aprropriately called full-time learning support, for they spend the day pretty much together.
I wonder, does anyone else work with a population similar to mine? any stories or tips to share?
Re: Agree with Wendy....
Audiblox often helps LD children, and there is a classroom version of it. Website is http://www.audiblox2000.com
Mary
That definition describes my son. (8 yrs, 3rd grade). He is definitely not MR, but the severity of his LD’s impact his learning and therefore, his IQ score. He is very bright outside the classroom, just about everything in the classroom is hard for him it seems. What I am currently having success with is Audiblox. We have been doing that for 3 months now and his math is finally coming along and his reading speed has come up too. He feels that his memory is getting better, and I notice that we are getting through his homework sheets in less time than before. It is still too soon to say what kind of success we will have with this program, but so far I am seeing some very positive results. I believe there is a classroom version of Audiblox, maybe that is something that you could look in to.
WendyBC