Disability Services Writing Center Project
Project OWL: Options in Writing & Learning
Session 2 Assignment (in class)

Understanding Learning Disabilities:
How difficult can this be?

The F.A.T. City Workshop: Study Guide (Part I)

1.     Definition of exclusion

2.     Problem ownership

3.     Experiencing frustration, anxiety and tension

4.     Processing

5.     Distractability vs. attention span

6.     Risk taking

7.     Visual perception

8.     Blaming the victim

9.     Motivation

10.    Perception

The F.A.T. City Workshop: Study Guide (Part II)

11.     Reading comprehension

12.     Effect of perception on behavior

13.     Visual motor coordination

14.     Oral expression/dysnomia

15.     Storage and retrieval

16.     Associative tasks vs. cognitive tasks

17.     Reading and decoding

18.     Auditory and visual capabilities

19.     Fairness

20.     Commentary

"In order to be fair--we've got to treat them differently"
"LD: The real challenge is educating those who don't have one!"

Understanding Learning Disabilities: "How Difficult Can This Be?" Videocassette.  Prod. Peter Rosen, Eagle Hill School Outreach, 1989.

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