Working With Students With Disabilities
Objective
At the end of this training, tutors will be able to:
Express an understanding of overall disability issues
Identify strategies for effectively communicating with students with disabilities (SWD).
Identify strategies for tutoring SWD
Identify their personal level of comfort for working with SWD.
Subject Matter
Disability Awareness and History
Communication Skills
a. General communication
b. Communicating with SWD
Tutoring SWD
Learning Disabilities and the effect on student success
Type of disabilities.
Strategies for identifying and increasing comfort level while working with SWD.
Teaching Strategy
Direct Instruction
Interactive group activity
a. Understanding perception (color chart)
Small group discussions
Group reporting
Video
Materials
Color chart
Ten Commandments handout
Video ("10 Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities")
Audiograms
Tutoring exercise handouts
a. Earplugs
Overheads
Color Chart
Assessment
Immediate written feedback
Observation of tutors
Tutor interviews
Self-Assessment
(Instructor comments on the session.)