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ESL
Instruction and Adults with Learning Disabilities
Robin Schwarz & Lynda Terrill
This digest reviews what is known about adult ESL learners and
learning disabilities, suggests ways to identify and assess ESL
adults who may have learning disabilities, and offers practical
methods for both instruction and teacher training..
Tips for Self-Advocacy in the Workplace
Dale S. Brown
This article outlines and describes steps that adults with learning
disabilities can take to become self-advocates and to request
accommodations or services in the workplace.
Keys to Effective LD Teaching Practice
This 161 page resource book was developed
by Tennessee AE practitioners, Bridges to Practice trainers, and
a UT professor/psychologist. It shares the action research experiences
of a group of teachers as they used various instructional strategies
and approaches reflecting "LD appropriate instruction"
as described in Bridges to Practice.
Types of Learning Disabilities
This fact sheet provides: a definition
of learning disabilities in adults; a list of common elements
found in many useful LD definitions; and a list of areas in which
LD may affect life situations of adults.
Learning Disability Resources
The LD Resources web site has been providing
resources for people with learning disabilities since 1995.
Research from the National Center for Learning Disabilities
This site includes directories, newsletters
and news articles relating to learning disabilities.
Web
Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
This site contains many links to resources
and information pertaining to individuals with disabilities and
how to bring accessibility to the World Wide Web to them.
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