SEND: Teaching Children With Learning Difficulties

Course details

• Learn how to identify learning difficulties in children such as ADHD, autism, sensory processing issues etc.
• Understand the impact that these conditions have on children at school and at home and how to accommodate this.
• Learn different teaching techniques designed to benefit the teacher and the student… 
• Buy Cara's books - 'Parents guide to occupational therapy for autism and other special needs,' 'The Weighted Blanket Guide,' 'The Special Needs survival guide'

This SEND course analyses learning disabilities & offers new teaching techniques for parents and teachers that are working with children who have Special Educational Needs and difficulties. It will explain learning difficulties and the impact that they have on children at home and in the school setting.

Cara Koscinski has been exposed to learning difficulties all of her life. Both Cara and her husband suffer from ADHD and her two children have learning difficulties such as autism and sensory processing issues, so she understands learning disabilities and has researched the topic thoroughly, Cara will share this experience and expertise with you throughout the course.

By taking this course you will learn how to identify different types of learning difficulties, you will understand the impact that these have on children at school and also when they are at home, Cara will teach you how to accommodate children with learning difficulties and offer a number of teaching techniques that will benefit your teacher and student relationship.

• Intro
• Say hi to your fellow students!
• Share your new course with your friends!
• Instructor Introduction and Welcome to the Course

• A Brief Overview
• Handout - Signs and Symptoms
• ADD/ADHD not Learning Difficulties
• Auditory and Visual Processing Disorder
• Non Verbal Learning Disabilities
• Diagnosing and Treating
• Difficulties experienced by children with learning disabilities

• Comorbid Disorders
• Handout - Symptoms of Learning Difficulties at School
• Signs of Learning Difficulties at School
• Handout - Symptoms of Learning Difficulties at Home
• Signs of Learning Difficulties at Home
• Child rearing despite learning difficulties
• Handout - Linguistic Abilities
• Linguistic abilities
• Visuals

• Kinaesthetic Learners
• Accommodations for School and Home
• Behaviour and Flexibility
• Specific Accommodations
• Sensory Processing and Sensory Innovations
• Vestibular

• Introduction to Incidental Learning
• Handout - Teacher Based Approach
• Teacher based Approach
• Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
• The Structure of Intellect Learning

• Conclusion
• Useful Resources

• Course Quiz