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Special
Education Needs |
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CASE STUDIES
Eamonn
Eamonn is nine and on
psychologist's tests appears to be of average ability. He did score
low though on tests which measure his auditory sequential memory.
Eamonn hears and can use individual sounds but has trouble blending them
together. He needs to have regular practise using onset and rhyming
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In class Eamonn's
teacher complains that he doesn't listen or pay attention. He
has a limited sight vocabulary. He does not take time to study
words and will guess the word from the context or from the initial sound. |
Study
Points
How might you
change your teaching strategy to accommodate Eamonn's limited concentration
span?
What
activities could you do to help Eamonn with blending of sounds?
Do some
research to find suitable software which might help with Eamonn's SpLD
(dyslexia).
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He has major
problems with spelling, confusing fish as fhis and on as no, most as mots
etc. If Eamon tries to sound a word he can often do it with the
initial sound but if he is asked to repeat it without initial sound
he
cannot, e.g He can sound 'boat' but without the 'b' he has great difficulty.
Eamon enjoys using the computer. |
Strategies
Report
of the Task Group on Dyslexia
Recommendations on educational provision for children
and young people with autism in the North and Republic of Ireland.
Acknowledgements & Copyright
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