EDUCATION 

424 LEARNING DISABILITIES 

LAB. 

SUMMER SESSION 1982

Instructor: Lorna Bennett 

Wednesday Friday 8:30.- 12:20 ?

Location: ? 

On Campus 

Course Objectives 

1.

Through participation in lecture-discussions, demonstrations, reading 

and practical work with individual children, teachers will gain competence 

in the diagnosis and remediation of learning problems. 

2.

Teachers will become aware of the range of materials available for 

planning general remedial strategies for academic learning problems, and 

will develop competency in selecting and using tests, instructional 

techniques as well as instructional materials appropriate to the needs of 

the children instructed. 

Topics Covered 

1.

Diagnosis and remédiàtion of reading problems. 

2.

Diagnosis and remediation of Arithmetic. 

3.

Diagnosis and remediation of Language. 

4.

Record keeping and data management. 

5.

learned helplessness and helping the disabled learner to cope. 

6.

How to test a learning disabled child, using formal and informal materials. 

7.

How to plan a remedial program. 

Grading 

Students' final grade will be composed of: 

(a)

One exam ? 

50%

(b)

Diagnosis and Reporting ? 

15%

(c)

Instruction and Reporting 

?

25%

(d)

Professional Participation and 

Development ? 

10%

Textbooks 

Mercer, C.D. and Mercer, A.K. Teaching Students With Learning Problems, 

Charles E. Merrill, 1981. 