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The use of special schooling for children with learning difficulties

The use of special schooling for such youngsters is one of the typical adaptive adaptations for kids with learning difficulties. Due to the special education, the kids will receive specially created instructions that are different from what they would typically receive in the classroom. Changes to the content, methodology, and even delivery methods of the lesson help students comprehend the subject matter more quickly. This is done to improve the child’s capacity to access the general curriculum. The kids would receive treatment in language pathology, audiology, interpreting, and psychology (Luckner, 2009). An accommodation adaptation would involve allowing the student to give answers orally in case the student has writing problems. This would help the student learn even though he does not write his answers down. These children should also be given orientation and mobility services. In addition, they are to be given medical services in which they are to be diagnosed and evaluated.

Adapting teaching methods and materials

On my lessons I would change the amount of time that I give to the children with disability and would even change their sitting positions before the class starts. I would also simplify classroom materials that would confuse the student during the lesson and use a different method of communication, for example the involvement of songs in the classroom lessons. Finally, I would adjust the difficulty of a task in my plan.

Enhancing communication between students and teachers

The communication between such students and the teacher will involve non-verbal cues like eye contact between the teacher and the children, which will increase attention of the children towards what the teacher is teaching. Other cues would include posture of the teacher and facial expression of the teacher since the expressions are the primary learning conditions for the children who cannot speak.

Reference

Luckner, J. L., & Nadler, R. S. (2009). Processing the experience: Strategies to enhance and generalize learning. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 4050 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, IA 52002.