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Special Topics in Adult Education: Learning Disabilities


Description
In this course, we are going to focus on the following strategies by helping all adult learners succeed in our classrooms.

Instructional Goal: In a three-hour course, teachers will consider the characteristics of learning disabilities that may affect adult learners.

Instructional objectives: To achieve this goal, teachers will
-identify signs of learning disabilities;
-characterize the types of learning disabilities;
-cite different kinds of assessments for learning disabilities;
-list and discuss academic modifications for students with learning disabilities;
-cite legal reasons for providing assistance to students with learning disabilities.

Once you register for this course, you have 30 days to complete it.

Course Number: 0005 Name of elective cou...: Special Topics in Adult Education: Lear...

Content
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • A. Video Lesson: Introduction to the Course
  • B. Video Lesson: How to Navigate the Talent LMS
  • C. Reading: Course Manual: Special Topics in Adult Education: Diversity
  • D. Reading: Rules of Engagement
  • E. Reading: Your Instructor
  • F. Reading: Instructional Goal and Objectives
  • Section 1: Signs of learning disabilities
  • Section 1: Signs of Learning Disabilities
  • 1.1 Video Lesson: Learning Disabilities: Definition and Signs
  • Section 2: Types of Learning Disabilities
  • Section 2: Types of Learning Disabiities
  • 2.1 Video Lesson: Types of Learning Disabilities: Dyslexia
  • 2.2 Video lesson: Dramatic Examples of What Dyslexia Looks Like
  • 2.3 Video Lesson: Dysgraphia
  • 2.4 Video Lesson: Abby tells us what it is like to have dysgraphia
  • 2.5 Video Lesson: Dyscalcula
  • 2.6 Video Lesson: A Closer Look at Dyscalculia
  • 2.8 Review of the "Dys" Words
  • 2.9 Video Lesson: ADHD
  • 2.10 Video Lesson: A Closer Look at ADHD in Adults
  • 2.11 Reading: Executive Functioning disorder
  • 2.12 Video Lesson: A Demonstration of Executive Functioning Disorder
  • 2.13 Reading: Language Processing Disorder (LPD)
  • 2.14 Reading: Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD)
  • 2.15 Reading: Memory-Related Learning Disabilities
  • 2.16 Reading: Other Related Learning Disabilities
  • 2.17 Reading A Note about Learning Disabilities
  • Section 3: Testing
  • Secton 3: Testing for Disabilities
  • 3.1 Testing for Learning Disabilities
  • 3.2 Assignment: Find an Educational Therapist
  • Section 4: Teaching Modifications
  • Section 4: Teaching Modifications
  • 4.1 Video Lesson: Teaching Modifications for Adults with Learning Disabilities
  • 4.2 Video Lesson: A Master Teacher Discusses Differentiated Instruction
  • 4.3 Video Lesson: Misconceptions about Differentiation
  • 4.4 Video Lesson Rick Wormeli on Differentiation
  • 4.5 Video Lesson: Instructional Modifications
  • 4.6 Video Lesson: A Quick Demonstration of Accommodating Dysgraphia
  • 4.7 Video Lesson: Accommodations for Auditory Pocessing Disorder
  • 4.8 Video Lesson: Assistive Technology: Word Prediction
  • 4.9 Video Lesson: Assistive Technology: Speech to Text
  • 4.10 Reading: A Case Study
  • 4.11 Travis Teaches Interest and Loan Calculations
  • 4.12 Apex Academy Mortgage Teaches Interest Calculations
  • 4.13 Video Lesson: Debbie Teaches Mortgage Interest Calculations
  • 4.14 Video Lesson: Organizational and Time Management Support
  • 4.15 Video lesson: Universal Design for Learning
  • 4.16 Video: UDL
  • Section 5: legal Issues
  • Section 5: Legal Issues
  • 5.1 Video Lesson: legal Issues
  • 5.2 Assignment: Testing Accommodations
  • CONCLUSION
  • Conclusion
  • G. Video Lesson: Conclusion
  • H. Additional Resources
  • I. Getting Credit for This Course
  • J. Now it's your turn. Please provide some feedback.
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever