Teaching Adolescent Students With Learning Disabilities to Self-Advocate for Accommodations. (May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prater, Mary Anne; Redman, Ashleigh Smith; Anderson, Darlene; Gibb, Gordon S.
• Is Part Of: Intervention in school and clinic. Volume 49:Number 5(2014:May)
• Page Start: 298
• Page End: 305
• Publication Date: 2014-05
• Subjects: instruction -- accommodations -- self-determination -- learning -- disabilities -- adolescence -- age; Learning disabled children -- Education -- Periodicals; Problem children -- Education -- Periodicals; Behavior disorders in children -- Periodicals; Special education -- Periodicals; 371.9
• DOI: 10.1177/1053451213513958
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1053-4512

Abstract

In the general education classroom students with learning disabilities (LD) often need academic accommodations to be successful. These accommodations are typically selected and implemented by their general education teachers, not by the students themselves. High school students with LD were taught to recognize when an accommodation was needed, select the appropriate accommodation, request the accommodation, and then implement the accommodation in the general education classroom. To evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction, four students were observed in the general classroom.