How+we+teach+writing+to+special+needs+learners?+(Newkirk,+Kent,+Chapter+22)

Discussion Question: How would you address a student with special needs who is struggling with writing? What strategies would you use? Select the impairment you are most familiar with to write on.

-ADHD

-High-Functioning Autism

Annotated Bibliography:

//ADHD in High School: Classroom Interventions for Junior High School and High School Teenagers.// ADDinschool.com. Web. 30 Mar. 2011

Connor, Mike. //Autism and Asperger Syndrome- Overview and some Classroom Strategies.// PS Focus. 1999. Web. 30 Mar. 2011.

Cullinan, Douglas. //Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.// 2nd ed. New Jersey: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.

Dunlap, Glen and Lise Fox. //Teaching Students with Autism.// 1999. Web. 30 Mar. 2011.

//Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.// Kids Health. 1995. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.

//Jason McElwain Autistic Basketball Player.// YouTube. 2006. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.

Newkirk, Thomas and Richard Kent, eds. //Teaching the Neglected “R”.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. Print.

//Teaching Students with FAS/FASD.// National Organization for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. 2001. Web. 5 Apr 2011.

Webber, Jo and Cynthia A. Plotts. //Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Theory and Practice.// 5th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2008. Print.