Putting together the puzzle of our program

1. Putting together the puzzle of our program  The main aim of our program is to give you the tools to become better teachers of students with learning difficulties

2. How does the program do this? By providing the knowledge of the sources of learning difficulties The ways they can be assessed The teaching strategies that can assist the LD child reach his/her potential in EAL acquisition

3. Introduction to Learning disabilities (Lesley) Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings

4. gain insight into the nature of learning disabilities • understand the learning disabled child • understand the difficulties of acquisition of a FL for the child with learning disabilities Lesley Introduction to Learning Disabilities 1

5. 2 Implications in the classroom for foreign language learning: • ADD ADHD and Executive Functioning • Cognitive dysfunctions (working memory and information processing) • and their effect on the different components of language acquisition • Lesley

6. First and second language disorders (Ofra) Introduction to Learning disabilities (Lesley) Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings

7. To refresh your memory of linguistic concepts • To present normal development of L1 and L2 • To explain what can go wrong in the process and why • to explain difficulties that are specific to English • Ofra Language disorders

8. To discuss L1/l2 relationship • To focus specifically on difficulties in L2 literacy acquisition • To discuss the problems of the English orthography • Ofra Foreign language acquisition in LD children

9. First and second language disorders (Ofra) Introduction to Learning disabilities (Lesley) Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings Vocabulary acquisition (Elisheva)

10. First and second language disorders (Ofra) Introduction to Learning disabilities (Lesley) Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings Instrumental enrichment (Roba) Vocabulary acquisition (Elisheva)

11. הקורס יעסוק בתיאוריה של "כושר ההשתנות הקוגניטיבית המבנית" • יציג ראייה שונה לתלמיד "עם לקות" • יציג שיטות איתור וטיפול ייחודיות בעזרת "האבחון הדינאמי" וכלי "ההעשרה האינסטרומנטאלית" • יציג אפשרויות ליישומים בתחום השפה • רובא קורס העשרה אינסטרומנטלית

12. Assessment tools for building intervention programs (Janina) Assessment

13. Assessment as a means for building an intervention EAL program • Tools for assessing components of the English language. • Analyses of student performance on the various subtests. • Provides a basis for designing intervention programs. • Pre- - post- testing facilitates measuring intervention progress (Janina)

14. Strategies for teaching English to children with learning disabilities (Naomi) Intervention

15. Strategies for Teaching Children with LD • Explicit, Multisensory , Intervention Programme • Strategies to improve the reading and comprehension of the “non reader.” Remember : Since literacy is not a virus it should be taught, not caught. (Center, 2005) Naomi

16. Technology as a means for implementation The computer as a tool for remediation (Ehud)

17. The Computer as a Tool for Remediation Basic templates of LD computer games Analyzing diagnostic data for designing games LD-friendly designing criteria How to adjust the computer interface for LD students? Ehud

18. Mediation between theory and practice Practical instruction and a workshop: Putting theory into practice (Stephanie)

19. Practical Instruction:Putting Theory into Practice Stephanie Fuchs Multisensory Differential Teaching (MDT) Teaching EAL to children with LD in different settings Putting theory into practice using knowledge from all courses Assessing, planning, creating materials Teaching, reflecting and supporting others

20. The Puzzle of our Program Assessment Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings Intervention Mediation between theory and practice Technology as a means for implementation