Many teachers in regular classrooms feel
unprepared to teach students with learning disabilities.
Fortunately, brain research has confirmed that strategies
benefiting learners with special challenges are suited for
engaging and stimulating all learners. In this book,
neurologist and classroom teacher Judy Willis explains that
we can best help students by putting in place strategies,
accommodations, and interventions that provide
developmentally and academically appropriate challenges to
suit the needs, gifts, and goals of each student.
Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom will
help teachers
- Understand how the brain learns and the technologies that
reveal this process.
- Implement strategies that are compatible with students'
individual learning styles and honor their multiple
intelligences.
- Improve the focus of students with attention disorders
and help them gain the confidence and skills they need to
develop goal-oriented behaviors.
- Create an enriching learning environment by incorporating
student-centered activities, discovery and hands-on
learning experiences, cross-curricular learning, and
multisensory lessons.
- Implement strategic review, study, and test preparation
strategies that will allow students to retain information
and connect it with future learning.
- Build safe, supportive classroom communities and raise
class awareness and empathy for students with learning
disabilities.
It's time for teachers to lower the barriers, not the bar.
Using strategies that align with research on how people's
brains function, teachers can engage all students as
individuals and help them reach their maximum potential
with joy and confidence.