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    EDUCATION 42: LEARNING DISABILITIES
    Instructor: Bernice Wong
    Meeting: once/week in the
    evening
    WARNING: This course is only for hard-working students.
    Objectives:
    1.
    Students execute competent diagnosis of L.D. in reading and in arithmetic,
    using formal and informal tests.
    2. Students demonstrate competency at remedial methodology.
    3.
    Students demonstrate knowledge of non-academic aspects of L.D.
    4.
    Students demonstrate knowledge of the different approaches in defining L.D.
    5. Students demonstrate knowledge of different theoretical models of L.D.
    Bases of Student Evaluation:
    1.
    Assessments of L.D. . Reports
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    30%
    2. Write-up of remedial progress
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    15%
    3.
    Class assignments
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    25%
    4.
    Short (1-2 hrs.) exams
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    30%
    100%
    Texts:
    1.
    Hallahan and Kaufman
    2.
    Bateman, B. "Essentials in Teaching"
    3.
    Engelmann, S. "Concept Analysis:
    4.
    F. Reisman's book -
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    Recommended
    All books have been ordered. Please go to bookstore.
    Week 1:
    Introduction and identification of Learning Disabilities
    Week
    2:
    Diagnosis of L.D.
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    (Formal and Informal)
    Week 3:
    Diagnosis of L.D. continued
    Week. 4:
    Concept Analysis:
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    Methodology in remedial teaching (I)
    Week
    5:
    Task Analysis:
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    Methodology in remedial teaching (II)
    Week
    6:
    General Review
    Week 7:
    Remedial programming
    Week 8:
    Follow-up on individual programming
    Week
    9:
    Non-academic aspects of L.D. and their relation to academic L.D.
    Week
    10:
    a)
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    Continuation of week 9
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    b) ?
    Discussion of students' work
    Week
    11:
    Theories in L.D.
    Week
    12:
    Approaches in L.D.
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    Education 422 Learning Disabilities
    Summer Session
    (July
    3rd to August 10th)
    Instructor: Dr. Bernice Wong
    (office MPX 9505, tel. 291-4115)
    Course content
    This course deals with the conceptual and theoretical aspects of
    learning disabilities. It is a prerequisite to Ed 424.
    Course oblective
    This course i
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    designed to provide a conceptual framework of
    learning disabilities for the student, and to familiarize him/her with
    the historical foundations and theories of learning disabilities. It also
    covers special issues of current interests in the field.
    Textbook
    A.0. Ross "Learning Disabilities" McGraw-Hill (1977).
    Grading system
    There will be two exams, each constituting 50% of the individual
    student's total grade.
    Timetable of lectures
    Mondays
    Wednesdays
    July
    2nd
    July
    4th
    12:30-2:20
    Conceptual and
    Historical context of learning
    defini tional problems
    disabilities
    July
    9th
    July
    11th
    Theories in Learning
    Theories in L.D.
    Disabilities
    (3)
    Doman-Delacato's theory
    (1) The Minimal Brain Dysfunction
    (4)
    The Sensory-integration theory
    Hypothesis of Learning disabilities
    (2) The perceptual deficit hypothesis
    July
    16th
    July
    18th
    Critique of theories
    New theories in L.D.
    (1) ?
    to ?
    (4).
    (A)
    Adelman's interactional model
    (B)
    Senf's theory
    (C)
    Satz's theory
    July
    23rd
    July
    25th
    exam
    New theories in L.D.
    (D)
    Ross theory
    (E)
    Vellutino's theory
    (F)
    Torgesen's conceptualization
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    FE
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    Ed 422 Summer session continued
    Mondays
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    Weds
    July 30th
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    August 1st
    Critique of new theories
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    Social aspects of L.D.
    S
    August 6th
    Special issues in L.D.
    (I)
    Early screening
    (II)
    Juvenile delinquency & L.D.
    (III)
    Mainstreaming
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    August 8th
    Final exam
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    DIRECTED
    INDEPE•NT
    STUDY COURSE
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    S•n Fraser Uniyety
    EDUCATION 422-4 OUTLINE
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    Department of Education?
    LEARNING DISABILITIES
    This course provides a framework on understanding learning
    disabilities. It focuses on conceptual, historical, and
    theoretical issues of the learning disabilities field, as well
    as fundamental steps in assessment and remediation of learning
    problems. It is the pre-requisite to Education 424, LEARNING
    DISABILITIES PRACTICUM. The course is divided into the following
    units:
    UNIT I
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    -
    History
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    - Definitions
    III -
    Old Theories of Learning Disabilities
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    (Part I)
    IV ?
    -
    Old Theories of Learning Disabilities
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    (Part II)
    and Critique of Old Theories of Learning Disabilities.
    V ?
    -
    New Theories of Learning Disabilities
    VI ?
    -
    Assessment of Reading Problems
    VII -
    Assessment of Arithmetic Problems
    VIII-
    Visual Discrimination Problems
    IX ?
    - Task Analysis
    X
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    -
    Case Studies in Assessment and Remediation:
    XI
    ((a)
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    a primary learning disability child,
    & XII
    (b) an intermediate learning disability child,
    a secondary learning disability child.)
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
    Students are required to write two essays each of approximately
    1500 - 2000 words (about 6 - 8 pages type written, double-spaced),
    on given topics. Students will be assigned the better grade of
    the two essay grades. This accounts for 20% of the final grade.
    Students are required to write a final three-hour exam worth
    80% of the final grade.
    REQUIRED TEXTS:
    BRYAN, Tanis & James, Understanding Learning Disabilities, (Alfred
    Pub. Co. In., Sherman Oaks, 1978)
    FARNHAM-DIGGORY, Sylvia, Learning Disabilities, (Harvard University
    Press, Cambridge, 1978)
    COURSE PREREQUISITES:
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    60 credits
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    Psychology 351 (Can be taken concurrently)

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