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Adult Special Education
Adult Special Education
By: Shayla Jones
What is Special Education for Adults?
Introduction
- The term “special education” includes educational programs and services that assist individuals with mental, physical, emotional, and behavioral disabilities.
- Adults require diffrent accomodations than a child who also has a learning disability
A learning disability is a neurological disorder that impedes an individual’s ability to store, process, or produce information. Learning disabilities may also involve difficulties with organizational skills, social awareness, social collaboration and understanding others’ viewpoints. People with learning disabilities have normal intellectual functioning, but they may have difficulty in reading, writing, spelling, reasoning, recalling, and/or organizing information if left to their own devices or if taught with conventional learning techniques.
The various types of learning disabilities:
Types of Learning Disabilities
- Dyslexia (reading)
- Dyscalculia (math)
- Dysgraphia (writing)
- Dyspraxia (motor skills)
- Aphasia/Dysphasia (language)
- Auditory/ Visual Processing Disorder
In the past....
History of Special Education
- Before the extensive research we have today, students who needed additional assistance in the classroom were thought to be lazy, slow learners, or mentally disabled
- Many students felt discouraqed and dropped out of school or did not pursure post-secondary eduation
- Students were misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all
Statistics
65.6 Million individuals in the US have a LD
Statistics
19% of students with an LD drop out of high school
68% of students with an LD graduate highschool
12% receive certificate of completion or GED
Why should we care?
Significance
- Special education for adults is an essential resource
- Helps to improve overall quality of life
- Should be easily accessible for those who seek out assistance
- One in two adults (55%) with
learning disability reported
having some type of involvement with the criminal justice
system
- Forty-six percent of working-age adults with a learning disability report being employed, as compared to 71% of adults without a learning disability
- Sixty-seven percent earned $25,000 or less per year
Adult Accomodations
Programs Currently Available
Resources
- Allow frequent breaks
- Self-paced instruction
- Provide a space with minimal distractions
- Allow the use of a tape recorder to capture responses
- Extended test time
- Preferential seating
- On tasks focusing prompts
Online
A+
Online Support
- Landmark College Online
- Specialedresource.com
- Do It
- Learning Ally
- Eaton Arrowsmith
In-Person Classes
In-Person Support
- CCBC (CASE)
- Gedeno
- Challenge Program (Montgomery College)
Summary
Conclusion
- Education should be accessbile for all
- Learning disabilities can negatively effect a person's life if left unaddressed
- Explore all resources
Works Cited
Accommodations for Students with LD | LD OnLine. (n.d.). Www.ldonline.org. https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/ieps/accommodations-students-ld
Ansell, S. E. (2004, September 21). Special Education. Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/special-education/2007/12
Lerma, P., & Chen, R. (20201). Adults with Learning Disabilities in Postsecondary Education and the Workforce [Review of Adults with Learning Disabilities in Postsecondary Education and the Workforce]. Journal of Disability Studies, 6(2), 70–78. Accommodations for Students with LD | LD
OnLine. (n.d.). Www.ldonline.org. https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/ieps/accommodations-students-ld
by, P. (n.d.). The State of Learning Disabilities Today – Learning Disabilities Association of America. https://ldaamerica.org/lda_today/the-state-of-learning-disabilities-today/