Homework Ideas for Students with Learning Disabilities
By guest author Anna Super. As a child growing up with a diagnosed but unspecified learning disability, I was often told that I was intelligent but that I learned differently. I believed that wholeheartedly until I was in high school. In high school, I began to...
Homework, A Letter To Teachers
Dear Teachers, My former child and teenage self wanted to share something with you about homework. Something that may help you assign homework that will educate kids like me. You see, I have a learning disability. I was diagnosed with one in kindergarten, but I wasn’t...
Homework Practices that Support Students with Disabilities
What Have We Learned about Homework and Students with Disabilities Preferred Homework Adaptations Provide additional one-on-one assistance to students. Monitor students’ homework more closely. Allow alternative response formats (e.g., audiotaping rather than...