I-LEARNED CHART

TOPIC: Things I learned about _Learning Disabilities and ADHD________________

This week’s reading Searching the internet: Three websites

assignment: Three things that
impacted my
learning/understanding
1. Friend described the causes
of learning disabilities and
described them in two
categories. The first category is
physiological including brain
injury, heredity, and chemical
imbalance. The second
category is curriculum and
environmental contributors.
This includes poor nutrition,
poverty, toxic environments,
and receiving poor instruction.
1. https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/
This website gave a list of different types of learning
disabilities. There was a brief description of each disability.
There was a section for parents, educators, adults, and
professionals.
2.https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-
deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-the-basics/index.shtml
This website provided a breakdown of ADHD. It provides
topics like an overview, warning signs, causes, treatment
and training.
3. https://add.org/adhd-facts/

2. Friend talks about two kinds This website provided facts about ADHD. It provided
of recommended educational information like the definition, diagnosing and the
practices. Direct instruction differences between ADD and ADHD.
includes presenting new
information into smaller
chunks, providing immediate
feedback, and providing
practice that is teacher guided.
Strategy instruction is the
teaching of strategies that
provide support for students
to complete work
independently.
3. There is several causes of
ADHD. Hereditary being the
greatest contributing factor
(National Institute of Mental
Health, 2009a; National
Resource Center on ADHD,
2012). Environmental factors
like the lack of structure might
also contribute to the
development of ADHD.

My own experiences, Ideas or knowledge of three other people

observations, or ideas (three)
1. My youngest daughter 1. I asked my daughter how it felt to have a SLD and
has a SLD in Math and dyslexia, now that she is old enough to understand. She
Dyslexia. She is a junior knows exactly where she will struggle. She said that she
in college and I know tries to remain positive but sometime it can be depressing,
how hard she has to especially when she really does put forth an effort to study
work to just pass. and she ends up failing because she is constantly second
guessing herself.
2. I have had children in
my class diagnosed as 2. My teacher assistant has a son with ADHD. He takes
bring on the Autism medicine but she had a hard time convincing her husband
spectrum and ADHD. to allow their son to take medicine for it. She says that now
It’s hard to tell the that he is on medicine, he can focus and complete his work.
difference because the He was admitted in the GT program this year and is
2 disabilities can have flourishing.
similar behaviors.
3. My nephew is ADHD so I spoke with my sister about what
3. When I taught general she notices. She did say that it was hard when he first
ed Kindergarten, I had started the medicine because he went through a period
several students on when he would not eat much. Now that he has been on the
ADHD medicine. When medicine for a while, that issue has resolved itself.
they would forget to
take their medicine, it
was like night and day
with their ability to
focus. I had one
student that if they
forgot to take their
medicine, you were
 unable to read his
handwriting.

References

Friend, M. (2014). Special education: Contemporary perspectives for school professionals (5th
ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

ADHD: The Facts. Retrieved from https://add.org/adhd-facts/

Learning Disabilities Association of America. Retrieved from https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-

learning-disabilities/

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The Basics. Retrieved from

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-
the-basics/index.shtml