Resources

These resources were created and/or collected by Outreach staff to assist you in better understanding how to teach students with LBLD.

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  Understand Rapid Automatized Naming

  Understand more about rapid automatized naming (RAN) and its impact on learning. Understood.org explains the test protocol and the implication low scores the RAN can have for student learning.

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  Working Memory and Executive Function

  Learn more about the link between working memory and executive function. This article from ADDitude: Inside the ADHD Mind highlights how working memory is part of what enables us to engage in goal directed behavior.

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  Executive Function: What to Know

  What is Executive Function? The idea that there is a system of functions within our brain that helps us coordinate our actions, direct our behavior, and manage our emotional response is a long-standing concept. The term “executive functions” was created by Karl Pribram in the 1970s through his research that attempted to understand the role

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  Structured Literacy

  Understand more about structured literacy.  This International Dyslexia Association resource explains structured literacy and why it is so effective in help students learn to read.

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  Evidence-Based Reading Intervention

  Learn more about the background of evidence-based reading intervention.  This LD@School resource explains why these strategies are helpful to support all areas of reading acquisition.

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  Supporting the Transition to In-Person Learning Through Classroom Routines

  By Caitlin Parker For the 2020-2021 academic year, May is the new September. For so many students and teachers, April was the first time they may have set foot in their schools and classrooms. What we used to be able to do in September – memorize our daily and weekly schedules, teach classroom routines, organize

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  Developing Number Sense with Number Strings

  By Avery McNiff What are Number Strings? A number string is a series of carefully structured and related math problems that develop an understanding of number relationships and operations (Fosnot & Dolk, 2001). The practice engages students in problem solving and provides opportunities for students to participate in math discourse.  Number strings are a flexible,

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  Explicit Vocabulary Instruction

  Explore this Reading Rocket article about explicit vocabulary instruction.  The post outlines the importance of deep word study as a means to improve student’s overall reading skill.

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  Study Skills to Support Language in the Math Classroom

  Students with language-based learning disabilities benefit from strategies to assist in the management of language demands across all subjects. Typically, study skills, the management of time, materials, and language, is a skill set assumed to be reserved for subjects like literature and social science. Language arts and history teachers regularly use interactive notebooks and two-column

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