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Effective Strategies For Students With Learning Disabilities In Algebra, Leeann Calvert Jul 2022

Effective Strategies For Students With Learning Disabilities In Algebra, Leeann Calvert

LC Journal of Special Education

It has now become crucial to develop strategies and methods to effectively educate students with learning disabilities in mathematics. Strategies that target and improve student’s problem solving ability should positively impact their overall math performance, grades, graduation rates, and postsecondary success (Montague, Enders, & Deitz, 2011). This paper will review research-based practices in algebra employed to successfully educate upper middle and high school students with learning disabilities and provide a summary of those practices which are effective and useful.


Auditory Processing Disorder (Apd): Identification And Accurate Diagnostic Procedures, Yvonne Mcmahon Jul 2022

Auditory Processing Disorder (Apd): Identification And Accurate Diagnostic Procedures, Yvonne Mcmahon

LC Journal of Special Education

The purpose of this paper is to acknowledge APD as a distinct learning disability thereby warranting its own disability category under IDEA. Secondly, this paper explains the heterogeneous nature of APD and the likeliness of co-occurring disorders associated with APD. The negative impacts of APD on behavioral, emotional, and social development are real and should not be underestimated. And thirdly, this paper urges parents, teachers, and school administrators to understand their role in advocating for correct diagnosis of learning disorders in an effort to provide their students with the most effective early intervention programs and elementary school instruction.


Teaching Children With Epilepsy And Seizures: A Literature Review, Emily Driscoll Jul 2022

Teaching Children With Epilepsy And Seizures: A Literature Review, Emily Driscoll

LC Journal of Special Education

This research paper has been done in order to inform teachers of what they should know about epilepsy. The areas of importance to an educator will follow in this paper. The causes of seizures and the differing types will be discussed. Different methods of treatments and how they affect the individual are covered. Teachers are likely to encounter an individual who has epilepsy during their career and it is important to know what to do in the case of a seizure, which will be covered later. Lastly, the previous points will be put into the educational setting and the importance …