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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 422-4: LEARNING DISABILITIES
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EDUCATION 424-4: LEARNING DISABILITIES LAB
Instructor: ?
Dr. Bernice Wong
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MPX8620
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291-4115
Regular Semester, 1990
(May 6 - August 2)
Monday, 1:00 - 4:50 p.m.
Location: AQ 5040
Wednesday, 1:00 - 4:50 p.m.
Location: CC 8100
(plus fieldwork)
PREREQUISITE
60 hours of credit. Educ. 220 or equivalent instructional psychology courses
recommended.
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION
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(422) ?
A study of conceptual and historical foundations of learning disabilities and an
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introduction to the methodologies of diagnosis of learning disabilities.
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(424) ?
Supervised experience in analysis and evaluation of treatment strategies to be
used with students having learning disabilities.
INTRODUCTION
These two courses will be taught as an
integrated
unit, demonstrating to students how
theory blends into practice. To get maximal benefit from this teaching approach, students
are advised to take both courses together. For those who have already taken Educ. 422 and
wish to take Educ. 424, they may do so.
Only for the month of July students will tutor children/adolescents, on an individual
basis, daily for one hour, four days a week on campus. All students will choose one shift of
either 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. to noon.
The reasons Dr. Wong runs the remedial lab 4 days per week are these: (1) In order to
discover the effectiveness of the remedial techniques, you need at least 3 - 4 data points per
week to monitor reading-disabled students remedial progress. (2) Interacting with such
children/adolescents on a continual basis per week enables you to gain insight into their
learning modes and performance patterns. Needless to say, only hard-working students
should enroll in this remedial lab.
OBJECTIVES OF EDUC. 4224:
To impart knowledge of:
a)
history and concept of learning disabilities
b)
informal assessment of reading and arithmetic problems
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research in learning disabilities
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OBJECTIVES OF EDUC. 424-4:
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To consider the instructional issues in learning disabilities from the respective
perspectives of the primary, intermediate and secondary teachers.
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To provide practical knowledge on remediation of academic learning disabilities.
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To teach monitoring of students' remedial progress on a daily basis.
TEXT
D. P. Kallahan, J. Kaufman, & J. Lloyd. Introduction to Learning Disabilities: Second
Edition. Prentice-Hall, 1985.
