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Microsoft Supports for students with LD
Tara Wagg and Miranda BarryYRDSB Student Services
Learning GoalsParticipants will:Establish a common understanding using the
YRDSB Learning Disabilities Processing Chart
Explore how Microsoft Office tools support specific processing skills of a student with a learning disability
Become familiar with a variety of tools embedded in Microsoft Office Suite 2007
Setting the ContextIn York Region District School Board, we
believe that: ALL students can achieve high standards given sufficient time and support
Learning for All, Kindergarten to Grade 12 outlines many instructional and assessment strategies are “good for all, necessary for some”
What is possible when Limitations are removed?
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Learning Disabilities “Learning Disabilities” refers to a variety of
disorders that affect the acquisition, retention, understanding, organization or use of verbal and/or non-verbal information. These disorders result from impairments in one or more psychological processes related to learning in combination with otherwise average abilities essential for thinking and reasoning. Learning disabilities are specific not global impairments and as such are distinct from intellectual disabilities.
Learning Disabilities of Ontario, 2001
Learning Disabilities Cont’d
Provincial data from 2010/2011 confirms that approximately 43% of exceptional students have a learning disability.
Assistive TechnologyANY technology that allows a teacher
to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a student with special learning needs.
Assistive technology is “good for all, essential for some”.
Microsoft Word 2007A widely used Commercial Word Processor developed by Microsoft. MS Word offers several features to ease document creation and edition, including:
Spell CheckText Level FeaturesExternal SupportPage Level Features
PowerPointPowerPoint is a Presentation Software that offers word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and presentation management tools.
Presentations are a series of slides Users can print audience handouts
Microsoft Excel 2007A Commercial Spreadsheet Application used for various activities including:
CalculationsGraphingOrganization of dataSpreadsheet
Microsoft Publisher
Publisher is a desktop publishing application. Users can create cards, posters, banners etc. Emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.
WordQAn OSAPAC Licensed
softwareWord Prediction,
Editing, and Text-to-Speech software
Phonological ProcessingRefers to the use of phonological information, especially the sound structure of oral language, in processing written and oral information.
Two key parts are phonological awareness and phonemic awareness
Phonological Processing - STRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office
Suite,Includes: Spell checkSpeak cells feature
in Excel
Phonological ProcessingSTRATEGIESWordQText-to-Speech
softwareHighlight and select
words to hear how word is pronounced
LANGUAGE PROCESSINGLanguage can be divided into comprehension and expression across all of its domains—oral, non-verbal, reading and writing—any of which can be affected in individuals with LDs.
Language ProcessingSTRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office
Suite,Includes: Sound objects (PPT,
MS, Excel). Auto-grammar
featuresLook up word(s) and
Synonym feature
Language ProcessingSTRATEGIESWordQSupports with
predicting as they write
Software reads assignments, test questions to support reading fluency
VISUAL-MOTOR SKILLSRefers to the ability to co-ordinate the eyes and hands to produce/guide physical movements such as the production of written work.
A deficiency in this area can make it difficult to co-ordinate small or large movements.
Visual-Motor SkillsSTRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office
Suite,Includes: Provide notes from
PPTAbility to create
graphic organizers in Microsoft Word
Sound Objects
Visual Spatial (Perceptual) Skills
Refers to the ability to organize visual information into meaningful patterns.
Visual spatial processing deficits can show up as problems understanding and making sense of visual information
Visual Spatial (Perceptual) SkillsSTRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office
Suite,Includes: Excel to format and
organize information in tables and charts
Graph paper in Excel
Ability to make graphic organizers in MS Word
MemoryRefers to the ability to retain information.
Four types of memory:1. Short Term2. Long Term 3. Working Memory4. Retrieval
MemorySTRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office Suite,Includes: MS page breaksPowerPoint use of
visual information and short nuggets of information
Excel use formula when computation skills are not the focus
Processing Speed
Refers to the ability to perform simple talks quickly and efficiently.
Delays in the ability to perform these small , simple tasks can delay the ability to perform more complex tasks
Processing SpeedSTRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office
Suite,Includes: WordQ to support
need to decode text and word prediction
Sound Object to record student answers
ATTENTION
Refers to the ability to focus selectively on some activities, while ignoring others, to sustain concentration for periods of time, to resist distraction and to shift attention among tasks.
AttentionSTRATEGIESBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office Suite,Includes: Opportune use of
PowerPoint and Publisher to increase engagement
MS word shapes to create Graphic Organizers
Highlight
Executive Function
Refers to the ability to plan and organize and monitor learning behaviour, and emotions.
Executive function develops over time.
Executive FunctionBuilt in support inMicrosoft Office
Suite,Includes: MS Word highlight
featurePowerPoint to
support organization and planning of assignments
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