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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

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Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams. Some were students with learning disabilities. This way, students can track their own progress and achievements, and teachers can easily monitor and share data.

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Helping All Learners Achieve Success on Their Own Terms

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An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) attempts to not only identify areas of challenge for a student—fine motor skills, language development, reading and comprehension, written and verbal language skills, social interaction, etc.—but Math is his favorite subject, and he enjoys learning it. that are dependent on it.

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Flipped learning is changing the face of special ed

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Flipped learning and one-to-one are a powerful combo for some populations. 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both. have some kind of learning disability, said Kim Hines, associate director for the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

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Avoid negative descriptions of disability (ex: suffers from a condition, confined/bound to a wheelchair). Update course syllabi to include statements from the campus disability/accommodations resource office, a statement on academic diversity, religious observant policies, and campus mental health resources.

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

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For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. This ignores the language processing differences between typical and exceptional brains. 20k+ per year).

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Transitioning to a workload approach in K-12 special education

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For example, a speech and language pathologist (SLP) may appear to have a manageable caseload of 50 students. Student impacts The caseload approach often raises concerns about its impact on student achievement, especially when caseloads become excessively large due to the absence of caseload caps in many states.

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Editor’s Picks 2015, No. seven: Flipped learning is changing the face of special ed

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No longer a new concept, early flipped learning adoptees are now starting to transform the model to suit their needs and into something that can be useful for instructing a variety of student populations, including those students with special needs. 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both.