Most educators learn about different learning challenges as part of their education or through professional development.  If you ask a teacher to define ADD or Dyslexia, they can often describe it without hesitation.  However, when we look closely at curriculum presentation and classroom expectations in general education there appears to be little consideration or understanding for students who present with learning challenges.  In this full day workshop, we will take a closer look at how these learning challenges impact a student’s school experience by providing an overview of the most common learning challenges found in general education and providing participants with simulated experiences of what it is like to for our diverse learners to engage in mainstream curriculum.   The workshop is designed to help educators gain a better understanding of and empathy for those children who struggle with learning differences with the hope that this understanding will support curriculum instruction and classroom expectations to be truly inclusive.

Audience: All Educators, Support Professionals and Special Educators

What people are saying: The hands on experiences of the workings of the brains of a person with ADHD and a dyslexic were truly remarkable and revelatory. It provided me with the ability to ‘walk in the shoes’ of these students momentarily and realize the level of frustration and strain and eventually exhaustion possibly experienced by these students.  Paraeducator Needham Public Schools