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Definition…

Learning Disabilities refer to a number of disorders which may affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information due to genetic and/or neurobiological factors or injury that alters brain functioning. They affect learning in individuals who otherwise demonstrate at least average abilities essential for thinking and/or reasoning. Learning disabilities result from impairment processes related to perceiving, thinking, remembering or learning. These include, but are not limited to: language, phonological, and or visual spatial processing; processing speed; memory and attention; and executive functions (e.g. planning and decision-making).

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Types of Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia	Difficulty processing language
Dyscalculia	Difficulty processing numbers and math facts
Dysgraphia	Difficulty with written expression
Dyspraxia	Difficulty with fine motor skills
Auditory Processing Disorder	Difficulty understanding auditory information
Visual Processing Disorder	Difficulty understanding visual information

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Information Videos

A series of clips on LD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_r-bNQbhT0&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL7CC0436FEE0F7798
An Informative clip that is a very good overview of the topic of LD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoM5HcfQBwE&feature=related
Famous people with disabilities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU-E2pzFbF8&feature=related

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iPad Settings

Free, with purchase of iPad ☺
Right in the settings of the iPad there are various settings that you can change to accommodate different learners.
Simply touch General then accessibility.
In here you will see three topics: Vision, Hearing and Physical and Motor.
Under Vision you can zoom, enlarge the text, speak selection and voice over.
In Hearing you can change the audio to playback favoring one ear or the other.
In Physical and Motor you can play with assistive touch.

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Tools4students

99c, iPad only
25 top quality graphic organizers.
Choose the best template and fill in your information right on your mobile device.
Some graphic organizers included:

Cause and effect
Character
Venn
KWL
Fact/Opinion
Main idea/Detail
Sequence of Events

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vBookz PDF Voice Reader

$4.99, iPad or iPod
Allows read aloud of any PDF document on your iPad.
Simply open a PDF document in your favorite PDF APP or from you email attachment.
Go to Open In (from within your App)
Highlights text and reads aloud pdf

documents

Used for students with print

based disabilities.

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iBook creator

$3.99, iPod, iPhone and iPad
Easy to use
Develop your own books
Add videos, images and text.
The speech tool provided by the iPad works with this program.

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Idea Sketch

Free, iPod, iPhone and iPad
Lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart - and convert it to a text outline
Good for brainstorming new ideas, illustrating concepts, making lists and outlines, planning presentations, creating organizational charts
Can be shared via email, drop boxes, iphones

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iMovie

$4.99 for iPad, iPod, iPhone
Make Hollywood style movies and movie trailers including amazing soundtracks with the new iMovie for iPad/Pod.
Great motivator for students and is easy to use.
Share your movies to QuickTime, iTunes or iDVD for easy viewing.

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Comic Life

$4.99 iPod, iPad, iPhone
Allows students to make graphic novel style storyboards.
Great for plot development and a visual timeline.
Comic retellings of events or stories.
Engaging for students
Creates opportunities for students

who dislike or find it difficult

to draw.