At my first placement on Wednesday, I was introduced to Ms. Nelson's 6th grade learning support class. In this class there are four students, all of which who have learning disabilities and some also have other issues as well. The student who I performed the ORFs and Maze tests with is in 6th grade and reads at a grade 4.9 reading level. There are two students who have ADHD with their learning disability, but come from very different backgrounds, and there is also a student who has a learning disability and is also an ELL. This bunch of students makes for a very interesting class and I can tell I will be learning a lot from them.
While I was at the placement, I observed students writing poems, conducted ORFs and Maze tests, and then helped the group of students with their picture poems. I was very grateful for such a laid back placement because it gave me the opportunity to begin building rapport with the students which I find to be very important.
This placement got me wondering about comorbitity with learning disabilities and ADHD. We talked in class about how ADHD itself cannot be serviced under IDEA, but if comorbity exists it can. We also talked briefly about learning disabilities themselves and how they are issue that is most served by IDEA and special education. Nearly half of all students in special education have a learning disability.
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