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Designing Programs For Adults With Learning Disabilities, Session 1: Understanding Learning Disabilities: Awareness for Adult Educators

Do you wonder if some of your students have learning disabilities? This workshop will help you understand what learning disabilities are and recognize common characteristics of adults with LD. You will review the screening process and explore the legal rights and responsibilities of both the learner and the literacy program. This workshop is a pre-requisite to Sessions Two and Three.

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

Goal

The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with a general understanding of learning disabilities and their effect on learner performance.

Objectives

By the end of Session One, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify a working definition of learning disabilities;
  2. Recognize common characteristics of adults with LD and their effect on learning;
  3. Distinguish between screening and diagnostic testing and the uses of each;
  4. Identify the importance of self-determination, self-advocacy, and disclosure to successful learners and workers;
  5. Recognize the rights and responsibilities of learners with LD as well as of literacy providers; and
  6. Begin the process of identifying and bringing about necessary changes to make programs more responsive to adults with LD.