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APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Presenters: Ferdi Serim, computer coordinator, Princeton Reg.
Schools Joey Serim, program specialist, Newgrange
February 10, 1998
John Witherspoon School Computer Lab
Sponsored by the Newrange Educational Outreach Center
AGENDA
I. LEARNING DISABILITIES 101 or HOW COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INCREASES LEARNER SUCCESS BY BUILDING STRENGTHS AND BYPASSING DEFICITS
Characteristics of learning disabilities and their impacts on language skills
- Writing: from problems to possibilities
- multi sensory communication (e.g. Hypermedia)
- keyboarding - building fluency
- the Writing Process - chunking, staging, prioritizing
- Reading
- reinforcing decoding and encoding skills
- new approaches to language training
II. CREATING INDEPENDENT LIFELONG LEARNERS:
POST SECONDARY TRANSITION PLANNING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Self-advocacy and awareness
- The Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act and other civil rights laws
- Assistive technology: from highlighters to talking computers
- College choice: searching and preparing
- School to work
III. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
EDUCATORS AS LIFELONG LEARNERS AND COLLABORATORS
- Gathering and sharing information about learning disabilities and ADD
- Web sites
- Online discussions
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