1. Developmental delay
    1. Establishing procedures and routines
    2. Case study of a 5 year old boy with unilateral hearing loss
    3. hands-on learning
    4. multiple learning strategies
    5. Engaging in frequent discussion
  2. Specific Learning Disability
    1. Perceptual Difficulties
      1. Do not present two pieces of information together
      2. Highlight the important characteristics of new material
    2. Attention Difficulties
      1. Break long tasks or assignments into smaller segments
      2. Present limited amounts of information on a page
      3. Gradually increase the amount of time a student must attend to a task or lecture
  3. Autism
    1. Ted Talks: A new way to diagnose autism
    2. individualized interventions
    3. classroom setting and all instructional materials must be organized to best reflect the learning styles of these students, and the delivery of instruction must also follow suit
      1. visual supports and cues.
      2. Picture symbols
    4. instructional goals in the daily routines of the student
      1. thematic teaching
      2. integrated curriculum
    5. Autism Case Studies
  4. Intellectual Disability
    1. Ted Talks
      1. Let's Talk About Intellectual Disabilities_ Loretta Claiborne at TEDxMidAtlantic.mp4
    2. direct instruction in a number of skill areas outside of the general curriculum
      1. money concepts
      2. time concepts
      3. independent living skills
      4. self-care and hygiene
      5. community access
      6. leisure activities
    3. each one concept or activity component at a time
    4. Teach one step at a time to help support memorization and sequencing
    5. Teach students in small groups, or one-on-one, if possible
  5. Orthopedic impairment
    1. Special seating arrangements to develop useful posture and movements
    2. Instruction focused on development of gross and fine motor skills
    3. Securing suitable augmentative communication and other assistive devices
    4. Awareness of medical condition and its affect on the student
  6. Multiple disabilities
    1. peer tutoring.
    2. Assistive technology
  7. Traumatic brain injury
    1. Provide repetition and consistency
    2. Demonstrate new tasks, state instructions, and provide examples to illustrate ideas and concepts
    3. Avoid figurative language
    4. Reinforce lengthening periods of attention to appropriate tasks
    5. Teach compensatory strategies for increasing memory
    6. Useful website
  8. Visual impairment, including blindness
    1. Assistive technology
      1. Ted Talks: How new technology helps blind people explore the world
  9. Other health impairment
    1. AD/HD
      1. Allow extra time
      2. Case Study: Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  10. Emotional disturbance
    1. Wraparound planning
    2. allowing students to choose between classroom task
    3. Forming a relationship built on empathy, trust, and mutual respect
  11. Hearing impairment
    1. regular speech, language, and auditory training from a specialist
    2. Use of amplification systems
    3. favorable seating in the class to facilitate speechreading
    4. assistance of a notetaker who takes written notes
  12. Deaf-blindness
    1. Predictable Chart Writing
    2. Emergent Literacy Goals
    3. Partner Assisted Scanning
    4. PowerPoint Book Templates
  13. Deafness
    1. articulation skills
    2. Use preferential seating
    3. Work closely with langauge pathologist
  14. Speech or language disability
    1. Assistive Technology
      1. First Words
      2. Augmentative or alternative communication (AAC)