Explain the most common academic and cognitive characteristics of students with specific learning disabilities (SLD). This is a separate category in IDEA. Please explain what experiences you face in the classroom with SLD and how you help students with SLD in your classroom
Also, explain and provide examples of how students with SLD could be included in the regular classroom (if you don’t have students with SLD in your classroom, explain how you would include students with SLD if they were placed in your classroom).
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 written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
Disorders included: