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Florida  Music  Educators’  Associa0on  2016  Conference  

 David  Hoppey,  Ph.  D.  David  Allsopp,  Ph.D.  

Unviversity  of  South  Florida  

Understanding What Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficits with Hyperactivity Disorder

(ADHD) Experience in School (Part 1)

Agenda

 

1. LD  &  ADHD  –  What  are  they  really?  

2.   Research  related  to  music  and  students  with  LD/ADHD  

3. Why  learning  In  school  can  be  difficult  with  LD  &  ADHD  &  how  It  can  feel  

4. Instruc0onal  prac0ces  that  can  help  &  why  

Our  Purpose  

1.  To  help  you  beUer  understand  what  students  with  LD  &  ADHD  can  experience  learning  in  school.  

 2.  To  help  you  develop  greater  levels  of  professional  knowledge  of  LD  &  ADHD  and  how  you  can  help  

   

What are LD and ADHD Really?

•  In  general-­‐  the  term  “specific  learning  disability”  means  a  disorder  in  one  or  more  of  the  basic  psychological  processes  involved  in  understanding  or  in  using  language,  spoken  or  wriUen,  which  disorder  may  manifest  itself  in  the  imperfect  ability  to  listen,  think,  speak,  read,  write,  spell,  or  do  mathema7cal  calcula7ons.    

LD  Defini0on  under  IDEA  

•  Includes  such  condi0ons  as  perceptual  disabili0es,  brain  injury,  minimal  brain  dysfunc0on,  dyslexia,  and  developmental  aphasia.  

•  Excludes  a  learning  problem  that  is  primarily  the  result  of  visual,  hearing  or  motor  disabili0es;  of  mental  retarda0on;  of  emo0onal  disturbance;  or  of  environmental  cultural,  or  economic  disadvantages.    

included/excluded  

•  Verbal  LDs  –  Difficul0es  with  reading  and  wriUen  expression  –  Difficul0es  with  expressing  themselves  through  speaking  –  Difficul0es  processing  spoken  language  

•  Non-­‐verbal  LDs  –  O\en0mes  are  strong  readers  –  Detailed  in  nature  but  can  miss  big  picture  –  Difficul0es  with  math  and  handwri0ng  (fine  motor  skills)  –  Difficul0es  with  social  situa0ons  (concrete,  generaliza0on,  reading  

facial  expressions,  over-­‐talk  to  relieve  stress,  lack  “street  smarts”)  –  Physical  difficul0es  (e.g.,  coordina0on,  difficul0es  with  mapping  visual  

direc0ons  in  space,  es0ma0ng  size,  shape,  distance,  etc.)  

Types  of  LD  

Flanagan & Caltabiano (2004)

•  Academic  achievement  gaps  •  Cogni0ve  skill  deficits  (processing,  memory)  •  One  out  of  four  -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ADHD  •  One  out  of  three-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐EBD  •  Mo0va0onal  problems  •  Social  skill  problems  •  Approximately  5  –  10%  of  the  school  popula0on  

No0ce  the  Signs:  hUps://vimeo.com/50160414    

Demographics  of  LD  

Defini0on  of  ADHD  

•  “a  persistent  paUern  of  ina)en*on  and/or  hyperac*vity-­‐impulsivity  that  is  more  frequently  displayed  and  more  severe  than  is  typically  observed  in  individuals  at  a  comparable  level  of  development”  

Eligibility  Under  IDEA  vs.  Sec0on  504  of  Voca0onal  Rehabilita0on  Act  

•  IDEA  –  Other  Health  Impairment  Category  –  IEP  (individualized  educa0onal  services)  

•  Sec0on  504  – Accommoda0on  Plan  (general  accommoda0ons)  

Characteris0cs  of  ADHD  

•  Ina)en*on  –  actually  “hyper-­‐aUen0on,”  or  the  inability  to  filter  

•  Coexis0ng  conduct  (behavior)  problems  •  Coexis0ng  academic  problems    •  Impulsivity-­‐responding  without  thinking  of  the  poten0al  consequences  

•  Hyperac*vity-­‐very  high  rates  of  physical  ac0vity  that  is  not  related  to  the  task  at  hand.  

3  Types  of  ADHD  

1.  Primarily  InaUen0ve  Type    2.  Primarily  Hyperac0ve/Impulsive  Type    3.  Combined  Type      demonstrates  a  significant  number  of    characteris0cs  of  Primarily  InaUen0ve  Type    &  Primarily  Hyperac0ve/Impulsive  Type  

Demographics  of  ADHD  

•  1.25%  -­‐-­‐-­‐  under  IDEA  in  the  category  of  other  health  impairment  

•  1%  -­‐-­‐-­‐under  Sec0on  504  •  3  out  4  are  male  

Myths  About  ADHD  •  There  is  no  such  thing  as  ADHD  •  ADHD  is  caused  by  bad  paren0ng  •  Individuals  with  ADHD  are  just  lazy  or  dumb  and  use  their  condi0on  as  an  excuse  for  their  behavior  

•  Response  to  medica0on  is  a  diagnosis  for  ADHD  

•  Medica0ons  for  ADHD  make  students  seem  “drugged”  and  are  no  longer  useful  a\er  puberty  

Myths  About  ADHD  

•  ADHD  can  be  accurately  diagnosed  by  a  pediatrician  in  one  office  visit  

•  Poor  teaching  is  a  cause  of  ADHD  •  Food  addi0ves  cause  ADHD  •  Ocular  training  cures  ADHD  •  ADHD  is  caused  by  watching  television  or  playing  video  games  

•  Everybody  has  some  degree  of  ADHD  

Research Related to Music and Students with LD/ADHD

Research  Related  to  Music  and  Students    with  LD/ADHD  

Music therapy has been utilized to assist individuals in improving in a variety of areas - e.g., social/peer interaction skills, motor skills, language skills, sense of well-being, etc. (Yu, 2004, Hooper 2002).

Some research has examined the relationship between timing difficulties (temporal processing) of students with LD, music rhythm, and developing literacy skills (Long, 2014; Overy, 2000; Overy 2006)

Effects of Music on LD/ADHD

Research  Related  to  Music  and  Students  with  LD/ADHD  

Very little research has been done on instruction in music education for students with LD/ADHD.

The vast majority of the research literature relates to music teacher perceptions and attitudes towards students with disabilities and their preservice music teacher education.

Effective Instructional Practices

Research  Related  to  Music  and  Students    with  LD/ADHD  

1)  Teaching self-regulatory strategies - e.g., learning strategies, self-instruction strategies, self-monitoring strategies (Nielsen, 2001; Claussen & Thaut, 1997)

2)  Utilizing music as a positive reinforcer has been shown to effectively increase desirable academic and social behaviors and reduce undesirable ones (Standley, 1996).

3)  Pairing music with other sensory experiences to internalize concepts/ideas (Yu, 2004).

Potentially Promising Practices:

Why Learning In School Can

Be Difficult With LD &

ADHD & How It Can

Feel

Instructional Practices That Can

Help & Why

Music  Teacher  Effec0veness  Test  

•  Follow  the  direc0ons  and  complete  the  test.  •   You  have  1  minute.    

Directions: You have 1 minute to solve the following problems. For this set of problems the “+” means “×”, the “-” means “÷”, the “×” means “-” and the “÷” means “+.”

6 – 3 = 4 ÷ 1 = 7 + 7 = 7 × 8 =

2 + 5 = 6 – 3 = 10 – 2 = 7 + 7 =

3 – 1 = 24 ÷ 8 = 2 + 5 = 5 ÷ 5 =

10 ÷ 2 = 9 + 3 = 6 ÷ 6 = 9 – 9 =

8 – 4 = 4 × 4 = 8 × 7 = 12 – 4 =

15 ÷ 5 = 10 ÷ 5 = 1 + 2 = 12 ÷ 3 =

3 + 6 = 5 × 6 = 3 × 3 = 0 + 5 =

3 × 3 = 4 + 4 = 8 ÷ 4 = 7 × 8 =

8 × 8 = 4 × 5 = 2 × 1 = 9 – 3 =

8 – 1 = 1 – 1 = 8 + 7 = 12 × 3 =

FASTER! FASTER!! FASTER!!!

Did you read the directions at the top of the exam?

Directions: You have 1 minute to solve the following problems. For this set of problems the “+” means “×”, the “-” means “÷”, the “×”

means “-” and the “÷” means “+.”

Directions: You have 1 minute to solve the following problems. For this set of problems the “+” means “×”, the “-” means “÷”, the “×” means “-” and the “÷” means “+.”

6 – 3 = 4 ÷ 1 = 7 + 7 = 7 × 8 =

2 + 5 = 6 – 3 = 10 – 2 = 7 + 7 =

3 – 1 = 24 ÷ 8 = 2 + 5 = 5 ÷ 5 =

10 ÷ 2 = 9 + 3 = 6 ÷ 6 = 9 – 9 =

8 – 4 = 4 × 4 = 8 × 7 = 12 – 4 =

15 ÷ 5 = 10 ÷ 5 = 1 + 2 = 12 ÷ 3 =

3 + 6 = 5 × 6 = 3 × 3 = 0 + 5 =

3 × 3 = 4 + 4 = 8 ÷ 4 = 7 × 8 =

8 × 8 = 4 × 5 = 2 × 1 = 9 – 3 =

8 – 1 = 1 – 1 = 8 + 7 = 12 × 3 =

Just Try Harder!!!

How many problems did you get correct?

6 – 3 = 2 4 ÷ 1 = 5 7 + 7 = 49 7 × 8 = -1

2 + 5 = 10 6 – 3 = 2 10 – 2 = 5 7 + 7 = 49

3 – 1 = 3 24 ÷ 8 = 32 2 + 5 = 10 5 ÷ 5 = 10

10 ÷ 2 = 12 9 + 3 = 27 6 ÷ 6 = 12 9 – 9 = 1

8 – 4 = 2 4 × 4 = 0 8 × 7 = 1 12 – 4 = 3

15 ÷ 5 = 20 10 ÷ 5 = 15 1 + 2 = 2 12 ÷ 3 = 15

3 + 6 = 18 5 × 6 = -1 3 × 3 = 0 0 + 5 = 0

3 × 3 = 0 4 + 4 = 16 8 ÷ 4 = 12 7 × 8 = -1

8 × 8 = 0 4 × 5 = -1 2 × 1 = 1 9 – 3 = 3

8 – 1 = 8 1 – 1 = 1 8 + 7 = 56 12 × 3 = 9

How many problems did you get correct?

The standard for solving math facts for adults is approximately 40-80 per minute…

Teacher  Effec0veness  Test  

Your Experiences How They Affected Your Performance

Music  Teacher  Effec0veness  Test  

Did you experience…

Learned Helplessness?

A Passive Approach to Learning?

Anxiety?

Academic Skill Gaps?

Avoidance Behaviors?

Simula0on  

FAT  City  Example:  Frustra0on,  Anxiety,  and  Tension  

• hUps://www.schooltube.com/video/29f2376815b0407dac1a/F.A.T.%20City%20chapter%202%20Anxiety,%20frustra0on    

Examples  of  Some  Disability-­‐Related  Learning  

Characteris0cs  That  Create  Barriers  for  Learning  

Attention problems ︎

Metacognitive thinking deficits

Memory problems ︎

Cognitive Processing deficits (auditory, visual/spatial, fine motor)

Receptive & Expressive Language Difficulties

Disability  Related  Characteris0cs  that  Create  Learning  Barriers  for  

Student  with  LD  and  ADHD  

 AUen0on  Deficits    Metacogni0ve  Deficits    Memory  Problems    Cogni0ve  Processing  

Deficits    Recep0ve  &  Expressive  

Language  Difficul0es  

 Learned  Helplessness    Passive  Approach  To  

Learning    Anxiety  About  Learning  

Content    Academic/Knowledge  

Skill  Gaps    Avoidance  Behaviors  

“Invisible” “Visible”

LD/ADHD-­‐Cogni0ve  Disability  Related  Learning  Characteris0cs  

That  Create  Barriers  for  Learning  –  A  Closer  Examina0on  

Attention problems ✓︎

Metacognitive thinking deficits

Memory problems ︎

Cognitive Processing deficits (auditory, visual/spatial, fine motor)

Receptive & Expressive Language Difficulties

Simula0on  

l hUp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/experiences/aUexp2a.html      

We need a volunteer? Any takers

Attention problems  

Video  

l hUp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/experiences/aUqt.html    

 

Attention problems  

Characteristics General Teaching Ideas

Implications for Learning

• Coming to attention (attending to the most important thing)

• Sustaining attention

• Resisting distractions

• Controlling impulsivity

• Structured, Engaging Environment

• Cues, Highlighters, Windows, Graphic Organizers, Wait Time

• Active Responding

• Relevance, Interests, Novelty

• Missing key steps or features of a concept or process

• Responding to a question, prompt, or problem prior to considering all of the relevant information

• Avoiding tasks because it is too tiring to filter

Attention Deficits

Attention Deficits •  Examples  of  effec0ve  instruc0onal  prac0ces  – Window  cuing  

Attention Deficits

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Attention Deficits

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LD/ADHD-­‐Cogni0ve  Disability  Related  Learning  Characteris0cs  

That  Create  Barriers  for  Learning  –  A  Closer  Examina0on  

Attention problems ︎

Metacognitive thinking deficits ✓

Memory problems ︎

Cognitive Processing deficits (auditory, visual/spatial, fine motor)

Receptive & Expressive Language Difficulties

Metacognitive thinking deficits  

l Metacogni0on  is  “thinking  about  your  thinking”    

l  Remedia0on  includes  strategy  instruc0on  and  self-­‐regulatory  behavior.    

l  Research  suggests  that  many  people  with  LD  do  possess  metacogni0ve  skills,  but  that  those  skills  are  qualita0vely  different,  rather  than  developmentally  delayed,  than  those  of  their  normally  achieving  peers  ;    

l  In  essence,  these  people  tend  to  apply  metacogni0ve  strategies  ineffec0vely.    

Simula0on  

Misunderstood  Minds  l hUp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/experiences/readqt.html    

Characteristics General Teaching Ideas

Implications for Learning

• Thinking about thinking

• Self awareness

• Applying strategies

• Self monitoring

• “See” Structure & Relationships

• Relevant Problem Solving Context

• Strategy Instruction

• Checklists/Cue Sheets

• Think Alouds

• Graphic Organizers

• Inability to apply strategies to problem solving situations

• Difficulty making connections between previously learned content and new content

• Failure to monitor reasonableness of their approach to problem solving and solutions

Metacognitive Deficits

Metacognitive Deficits

•  Examples  of  effec0ve  instruc0onal  prac0ces  – Teach  self-­‐regula0on  strategies  (e.g.,  self-­‐instruc0on)  

Metacognitive Deficits

RAP Strategy - (practicing playing a musical piece in a band or orchestra)

Read the music

Ask yourself, what parts do I play? How do my parts fit with the other parts?

Practice playing each part

Metacognitive Deficits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RAP Strategy Cue Sheet

Purpose: to help me practice playing a musical piece in a band or orchestra)

Read the music

Ask yourself, what parts do I play? How do my parts fit with the other parts?

Practice playing each part

Questions for my teacher

How did I do?

Read the music Ask yourself… Practice playing each part Questions for my teacher

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Ques0ons  

Florida  Music  Educators’  Associa0on  2016  Conference  

 David  Hoppey,  Ph.  D.  David  Allsopp,  Ph.D.  

Unviversity  of  South  Florida  

Understanding What Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficits with Hyperactivity Disorder

(ADHD) Experience in School (Part 2)

Famous  People,  Places,  Things  Lesson  

LD/ADHD-­‐Cogni0ve  Disability  Related  Learning  Characteris0cs  

That  Create  Barriers  for  Learning  –  A  Closer  Examina0on  

Attention problems ︎

Metacognitive thinking deficits

Memory problems ✓︎

Cognitive Processing deficits (auditory, visual/spatial, fine motor)

Receptive & Expressive Language Difficulties

Memory  Problems  

Storage  

Retrieval    

Importance of Meaning

Working  Memory  

Name  That  Tune:  Your  Turn  

 

l hUp://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/32384/    

   

Memory  Problems  –  

Share  Your  Experience  

Storage  

Retrieval    

Importance of Meaning

Working  Memory  

Simula0on  

Misunderstood  Minds    

l hUp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/experiences/mathqt.html    

Simula0on  

FAT  City  Example:  Oral  Expression  

l hUp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psqAGrvzdhk    

Characteristics General Teaching Ideas

Implications for Learning

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Importance of meaning

• CREATE MEANING

• Authentic Contexts

• Many Opportunities to Apply New Understandings

• Language Experiences

• Strategy Instruction-Mnemonics

• Multi-step problems

• Multiple meanings for symbols or terms

• Recalling information

• Employing appropriate learning strategies

Memory Deficits

Memory Deficits

•  Examples  of  effec0ve  instruc0onal  prac0ces  – Teach  Learning  Strategies  (e.g.,  vocabulary  &  reading  comprehension)  

Memory Deficits Vocabulary: Word Association/Visualization Strategy

Vocabulary Word - Timbre

Key Word - “TIMBER” (what a woodsman yells when he cuts down a tree).

Visual Association – A lumberjack yelling “Timber” for a tree falling in different kinds of places (e.g., dense forest with snow and ice, a dense forest after a hard rain, your backyard, in a meadow, etc.). The tree represents a musical note with the same pitch and loudness; as the tree falls in different contexts, it makes a slightly different sound (e.g, the different between a guitar and a piano playing the same note at same pitch and loudness).

Memory Deficits

Vocabulary: Word Association/Visualization Strategy

Vocabulary Word - Melody

Key Word - “PENELOPE”

Visual Association – Penelope wearing a well suiting necklace of pearls laid in a satisfying pattern which match her outfit (pitch) and moves attractively as she walks (rhythm).

Memory Deficits

Reading: The BCDE Strategy

The Learning Toolbox website: http://coe.jmu.edu/Learningtoolbox/bcde.html

Memory Deficits

The Learning Toolbox website: http://coe.jmu.edu/Learningtoolbox/bcde.html

READING

BCDETo help me get the overall idea when I read.

Before reading, survey the material to be read.• Always look over the pages you have read before you actually start reading.• If you are reading a textbook, read the title, side headings, paragraph headings,

pictures, bold face words, and study questions. Think of how this chapter isrelated to previous chapters.

• If you are reading a story, look back at the previous section you read and predictwhat you think will happen in this section. Skim the paragraphs to get some ideaof what might be in the section you will be reading. Make predictions about thecharacters and the actions that you think will take place.

Create questions to ask yourself while you read the material.• For textbooks, create questions about the material based on the title, side

headings, paragraph headings, pictures, bold face words, and study questions.Write these on the front of notecards.

• For stories, write questions based on the predictions that you made. Makepredictions about the characters and actions.

During reading of the material, answer the questions that you wrote on the notecards.• As you read the material, keep the questions that you wrote in mind.• When you find the answers to the questions, write them on the backs of the cards.

End of reading.• After you have finished reading, look over all the questions you wrote. If you did

not find an answer to a question, go back and try to find it.• Ask yourself the questions and try to answer them.• Say aloud to yourself a summary of the main ideas of what you just read.• Ask yourself how the material you just read is related to material that you read

before this.• Predict how the material you read will be related to the material that you will read

next.

Learning Toolbox. Steppingstone Technology Grant, James Madison University,MSC 1903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.

Memory Deficits

Do you remember the Sound of Music?

Do, a deer, a female deerRe, a drop of golden sunMi, a name I call myself…

(tonal steps of the C major scale)

LD/ADHD-­‐Cogni0ve  Disability  Related  Learning  Characteris0cs  

That  Create  Barriers  for  Learning  –  A  Closer  Examina0on  

Attention problems ︎

Metacognitive thinking deficits

Memory problems

Cognitive Processing deficits (auditory, visual/spatial, fine motor) ✓

Receptive & Expressive Language Difficulties

Cognitive Processing Deficits

Sometimes the hardest thing to see is the most obvious. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Write a title for a short story you might write for the following picture...

Simula0on  

FAT  City  Example:  Effect  of  Percep0on  on  Behavior  • hUps://www.schooltube.com/video/4f82604858184512ab46/FAT%20City%20chapter%207    

Draw  this  figure  on  a  piece  of  paper:  

 

l Alone  or  with  a  friend  list  the  different  ways  you  take  in  informa0on  (input)  and  the  ways  you  share  informa0on  (output).  

l You  have  2  minutes.    

Input vs. Output

Cogni0ve  Processing:  Implica0ons    

 INPUT                                                                                  OUTPUT  

 

Auditory                                                                                Motor  

 

Visual                                                                                          Verbal  

 

Tac0le                                                                        

 

Kinesthe0c                                                          

Characteristics General Teaching Ideas

Implications for Learning

• Perceive information differently

• Disruptions in how information is processed

• Multisensory Methods

• Ground Abstract Concepts within Concrete Experiences

• Cue Important Features

• Provide Multiple Opportunities to Express New Understandings

• Input vs. output

Cognitive Processing Deficits

Cognitive Processing Deficits

Examples  of  effec0ve  instruc0onal  prac0ces:    Cue  Key  Features  of  Musical  Concept  

Cognitive Processing Deficits

Cueing Key Features – Non-example

Too Much Cueing At One Time For Too Many Concepts

Cognitive Processing Deficits

# of notes per measure

Type of note

Cueing Key Features – Example (Time Signature)

Cognitive Processing Deficits

# of notes per measure

Type of note

1 2 3 4

♩ - quarter note ✓

♪ - eighth note

Cognitive Processing Deficits

# of notes per measure

Type of note

1 2 3 4

♩ - quarter note ✓

♪ - eighth note

Cognitive Processing Deficits

# of notes per measure

Type of note

1 2 3 4

♩ - quarter note ✓

♪ - eighth note

LD/ADHD-­‐Cogni0ve  Disability  Related  Learning  Characteris0cs  

That  Create  Barriers  for  Learning  –  A  Closer  Examina0on  

Attention problems ︎

Metacognitive thinking deficits

Memory problems

Cognitive Processing deficits (auditory, visual/spatial, fine motor)

Receptive & Expressive Language Difficulties ✓

Simula0on  

FAT  City  Example:  Auditory  and  Visual  Capabili0es  

• hUps://www.schooltube.com/video/3670f8b3b7224d98a78b/FAT%20City%20chapter%2011    

 

Expressive and Receptive Language Deficits

Characteristics General Teaching Ideas

Implications for Learning

• Difficulty with expressing ideas in oral and or written form.

• Difficulty making meaning of language when it is presented in oral or written form.

• Multisensory Methods (input and output); Alternative Methods for Expression

• Augmentative Communication Devices

• Visual cues (e.g., pictures that represent words; sign language)

• Students may understand but not be able to demonstrate that they do• Students may not be able to express wants and needs leading to frustration• Students may not be able to make meaning of language based instruction that relies solely on written or oral communication

Expressive and Receptive Language Deficits

Expressive and Receptive Language Deficits

•  Examples  of  effec0ve  instruc0onal  prac0ces  – Providing  students  with  alterna0ve  methods  of  expressing  understandings  and  communica0ng  ideas  

Expressive and Receptive Language Deficits

Recogni0on  vs.  Doing  Ques0ons/Prompts  

Doing Prompt:

Question/prompt: What note is this?

Recognition Prompt:

Question/point: Point to the name of this note.

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Expressive and Receptive Language Deficits

“Wait  0me”  –  Auditory  Processing  Speed    Increase  the  amount  of  0me  between  asking  a  student  a  ques0on  and  when  a  response  is  expected.    An  increase  in  “wait  0me”  from  1  second  to  5  seconds  can  make  a  big  difference  in  the  quality  of  student  responses!    Tip:  Also  consider  “asking”  your  ques0on  using  mul0ple  sensory  modali0es  (e.g.,  auditory  and  visually).  

Strength  Characteris0cs  

Content Area Strengths

Academic Learning Strengths

Personality Strengths

Definition Examples General Teaching Ideas

Strengths that are specific to learning a content area

-students may demonstrate strengths in one or more content areas

• Music• Mathematics• Science• Reading• Language Arts• Social Studies• ARt

• Use specific content as strengths to create meaningful contexts within which to situate new learning experiences

Content Area Strengths

Definition Examples General Teaching Ideas

Specific to skills that assist learning - how a student learns best

- students may demonstrate one or more academic learning strengths; - may be different for different content areas/topics

• Organized• Time management• Visual-spatial• Hands-on• Auditory• Detail-oriented• Whole picture-oriented• Logical-sequential• Abstract thinking

Present information in ways that are specific to students’ academic learning strengths

Create activities that allow student use their specific academic learning strengths

Academic Learning Strengths

Definition Examples General Teaching Ideas

Strengths specific to personality traits

- students may demonstrate one or more personality strengths

• Effective communicator• Persistent• Team player/collaborative• Leader• Independent• Appreciative• Love of learning• Open-minded• Future Oriented/Goal-directed• Patient• Creative• Humorous• Inter/Intra personal skills

Create activities that allow students to use their specific personality strengths

Personality Strengths

Input Output

Reception

Teacher Presentation

Expression

Student Performance

Prompt Response

Learned Helplessness

Content Area Strengths

Academic Learning Strengths

PersonalityStrengths

Cognitive Processing Deficits

Memory Problems

Metacognitive Deficits

Attention Deficits

Anxiety About Learning Content

Passive Approach to Learning

 Watch  the  videos.  Think  in  terms  of  the  characteris0cs  and  strengths  we  have  discussed.  Also  think  about  the  strategies  shared  that  have  helped  this  young  man.  hUp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiqDq0fimXk&feature=related    hUp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qcu3vLo9Co&feature=related        

AUen0on  Deficits    Metacogni0ve  Deficits    Memory  Problems    Cogni0ve  Processing  

Deficits    Recep0ve  &  Expressive  

Language  Difficul0es  

 Learned  Helplessness    Passive  Approach  To  

Learning    Anxiety  About  Learning  

Content    Academic/Knowledge  

Skill  Gaps    Avoidance  Behaviors  

Ques0ons