Learning Disabilities

• Making syllabi available four to six weeks before beginning of class and, when possible, being available to discuss syllabi with students with LD.
• Beginning lectures/discussions with review and overview of topics to be covered.
• Using a chalkboard or overhead projector to outline lecture material, reading aloud what is written or what is on previously prepared transparencies.
• Using a chalkboard or overhead projector to highlight key concepts, unusual terminology or foreign words (being mindful of legibility and necessity to read aloud what is written).
• Emphasizing important parts, main ideas, and key concepts orally in lecture.
• Giving assignments in writing, as well as orally, and being available for further clarification.
• Providing opportunity for student participation, a question period, and/or discussion.
• Providing time (during office hours) for individual discussion of assignments, questions about lectures, and readings.
• Providing study guides for texts, study questions, and review sessions to aid in mastering material and preparing for exams.
• Allowing oral presentations or taped papers instead of written papers.
• Modifying evaluation procedures by:
  • allowing for extended time on tests;
  • providing essay options instead of objective exams, or vice versa;
  • allowing for oral, taped, or typed exams instead of written exams;
  • allowing students to clarify a question and rephrase it in their own words as a comprehension check before answering exam questions;
  • analyzing process as well as the final solution (as in math problems);
  • allowing alternative methods of demonstrating mastery of course objectives;
  • allowing students to use a multiplication table, simple calculator, and/or secretary's simple desk reference in examinations;
  • avoiding double negatives, unduly complex sentence structure, and embedding questions within questions in composing examination questions;
  • providing adequate scratch paper and lined paper to aid those students with overly-large handwriting and/or poor handwriting; and providing alternatives to computer-scored answer sheet