EDSE 6001 - Nature & Needs of Exceptionalities“Nature and Needs of Exceptionalities” is a course offered by the University of the West Indies in the Masters of Education Program. This course provides an overview of the field of Special Education and the study of exceptionality. The trend in current educational practice is towards including students with special needs in classrooms, where teaching should be guided by universal design for learning, differentiated instruction, and other best practice techniques. Currently, it is quite common for the regular education classroom teachers to have students with exceptionalities in their classes. Therefore, teachers need to be aware of and be sensitive to the characteristics and needs of students with exceptionalities in order to appropriately and adequately meet the needs of students with exceptionalities.
The class was divided into groups and each group was given a specific area to focus on. Our was given the topic of Learning Disabilities. We were asked to work collaboratively with a non-governmental organization (NGO), community-based organization or individuals to create a public awareness presentation for a specific disability category. This Website was created to promote awareness of various Learning Disabilities.
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LEARNING DISABILITIESThe Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1997) defines a learning disability (LD) as a specific learning disability or a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
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learning_disabilities.pdf | |
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aphasia_brochure.pdf | |
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auditory_processing_disorder.pdf | |
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dyscalculia.pdf | |
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dysgraphia.pdf | |
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dyslexia.pdf | |
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dysphasia.pdf | |
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visual_processing_disorder.pdf | |
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GROUP 5
Members of Group 5 are:
- Allison Granger
- Javid Khan
- Meshal Maharaj
- Radica Joseph
- Sharmila Labban