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Education 422-2

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Learning Disabilities

Spring Semester, 1974

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Ian McEown -Sessional

Lecturer

General Information:

The aims of the course are to promote understanding of the child

with a learning problem and to provide some skill in teaching the

youngster with special needs. The course content is addressed to both

theoretical and practical considerations. Course sessions involve a

variety of activities including lectures, seminars, presentations from

individuals working with learning disabled children, and a visit to

a learning centre in operation. Provision for the elementary school-

aged child is the emphasis of the course.

Course Req.ui rements:

A.

Students are expected to attend a meeting of approximately 4

hours duration once a week.

B.

Either a paper, a project or a field experience in a learning

centre will be required of each student. There will also be

a take-home examination stressing practical application of the

course information.

Course Outline:

A.

What is meant by "learning disability"?

- consideration of related terminology

- overview of the development of the concept of learning

disability.

- review of the approaches to learning disability: etiol-

ogical, diagnostic-remedial, and task analytic.

B.

Learning disabilities: sensorimotor, perceptual and language

problems.

C.

Causation; diagnostic identification; corrective procedures,

materials, and programs for problems in:

1.

Reading

2.

Writing

3.

Language

4. Arithmetic

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D.

Management techniques and children with learning difficulty.

E.

Adjustment of existing classroom programs to provide for

learning problems.

F.

Techniques of encouragement.

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learning assistance centre.