Educating Exceptional Children: Learning Disabilities and Communication Disorders

Educating Exceptional Children: Learning Disabilities and Communication Disorders

Part one: Create a "Definition Chart" that defines learning disabilities and communication disorders, identifies characteristics and causes, and describes, with examples, effective teaching strategies and placement options.

Learning Disabilities

There has been a continued debate regarding how to properly define what a learning disability is. Different sources put forward different definitions of it on the basis of factors like its causes and its effects on the learning process. One of the most relevant definitions is suggested by IDEA 2004. It defines a learning disability as a disorder of basic ...