Florida Literacy Coalition

 

Learning Disabilities

 

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Strategies

Strategies and screening tools for tutors

Best practices and innovations

Reading, writing and math strategies for students with LD.

Strategies and support for adult learners with LD

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Learning Disabilities Resources 
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Lesson Plans

Lesson plans and teacher tips for students with disabilities

Ten-module tutorial offers information on making distance education accessible LD students

Lesson ideas and handouts for teaching students with LDs.

Writing paragraphs lesson plans especially good for those with a math strength

Online tool that analyzes web pages for those with disabilities

Lesson plans for teaching students with disabilities

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Teaching Tips

Tips for Tutors/mentors teaching adult learners with LD

Tips for teaching people with disabilities

Tips, strategies, fact sheet, and resources for adult literacy reading programs

Screening for adults with learning disabilities

Tips for teaching students with LD

Listen to a interview from National Public Radio about adults with learning disabilities.

Tips from a Washington state program on how to identify and tutor students with LDs.

Best practices for teaching adults with disabilities

Story from adult learner’s hesitation with starting an ABE program

Fact sheet on different kinds of learning disabilities

Information and contains links to other sites about teaching ESL learners with LD

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Handouts

Handouts and lesson ideas for tutoring students with LDs.

Online books for LD readers

Online books for LD readers

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Exercises

Writing and math exercises that pertain to real life situations.

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General Learning Disabilities Resources

Questionnaire for LD learners about their strengths, marketability, etc.

Manual of tips for the tutor with LD students.

Strategies and Supports for Adults with Learning Disabilities

Five guidebooks in the Bridges to Practice that help develop/improve services to LD adults

Strategies for tutoring LD students

Learning Disabilities fact sheet.

Learning Disabilities Training: A New Approach; a 403 page training manual

Learning Disabilities Training: Phase II Screening Tools, Strategies and Employment; book contains 5 chapters

Series of best practices bulletins from Canada.

LDs in the workplace professional development package

Search for research articles by topic

Literacy and Learning Disabilities website

Resources for teaching students with disabilities

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