EDUC. 422-4 LEARNING DISABILITIES

REGULAR SEMESTER 1981 ?

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Bernice Wong

Monday Wednesday 8:30 - 10:20

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LOCATION: Campus

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course deals with these topics:

1. Conceptual issues in Learning Disabilities

2. History of Learning Disabilities

3.

Theories of Learning Disabilities

4. Characteristics of Learning Disabled children and teenagers

5.

Perceptual problems in learning-disabled children

6.

Language problems in learning disabled children and adolescents

and tests for them

7. Early identification of learning disabilities: Pro's and Con's

8.

Social problems in the learning disabled

9.

Juvenile delinquency and learning disabilities

TEXTBOOKS:

For elementary:

LERNER, Janet; CHILDREN WITH LEARNING

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DISABILITIES:THEORIES,DIAGNOSIS AND

TEACHING STRATEGIES; Nelson, Canada: 1.981

For secondary:

ALLEY, G DESHLER, D.; TEACHING THE LEARNING-DISABLED ADOLESCENT: STRATEGIES

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AND METHODS; Denver: Love Publishing Company, 1979

GRADING

Two exams, one mid-term and one final each at 40%. Two short assignments,

each 10%.

TUTORIALS

The purpose of tutorials with my Teaching Assistant, Ann Skeicher, is to

insure students understand the text and occasional handouts; and to provide

additional opportunity for questions regarding lectures.