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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 424-4

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LEARNING DISABILITIES LABORATORY

Spring Semester, 1994

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Instructor:

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Eloise Donnelly

(January 4- March 30)

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Messages:

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Mondays, 16:30 - 20:20

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is the

practical extension of EDUC 422: Theory of Learning Dis-

abilities. As such, it focuses on the assessment of learning disabled (LD)

students' academic problems, the provision of appropriate instructional pro-

gramming, and the evaluation of remedial strategies.

Topics covered include: educational difficulties of

LI) students; effective

assessment procedures; the development of individual educational plans;

strategy interventions; record-keeping, and reporting assessment results to

parents and teachers.

A major course requirement is the

tutoring of an

LI)

child or adolescent. EDUC

424 students are responsible for locating and tutoring suitable students during

this course As a laboratory course, the program will be based on an

interactive process between students (SFU), tutees and instructors at SFU. A

considerable amount of time, outside of class, will need to be set aside for

tutoring during the months of February and March.

This time is arranged with

the tutee and his/her family. More information about the tutoring program will

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Assignments are directly related to the tutoring.

a)

Initial Assessment.....................................................................................20%

b)

Individual educational plan (IEP)

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20%

c)

Instructional Evaluation of Tutoring

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25%

d)

Reflective-dialogue journal

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15%

e)

Class participation and sharing of resources for remediation

...........10%

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Final Report.................................................................................................10%

REQUIRED TEXTS

P.H. Mann, PA. Suiter, & R.M. McClung (1987). Handbook in Dia

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nostic-

Prescriptive Teaching, Newton, MA.: Allyn & Bacon.