ADHD,LD and support teachers: Towards an integrated support model

Abstract

There is growing community interest in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and quite a lot of misinformation that needs to be corrected. There is also a pressing need for Learning Support Teachers to understand and work with parents of students with ADHD. With a clear overlap between ADHD and Learning Disabilities, it is essential that Support Teachers involve themselves in assessment and programming for students with ADHD. There are no extant models for Support Teacher intervention in educational assistance to students with ADHD. This article provides useful information and perspectives on ADHD, LD, parental coping and support, support teaching, and instructional matters. An integrated model to assist Support Teachers in planning and evaluating their support for students with ADHD is proposed.     

Academic Outcomes Among a Sample of Learning Support Community College Students

This research examined the relationship between placement in a learning support college program and subsequent academic outcomes. The sample consisted of 275 entering freshmen students who were enrolled in the Learning Support reading courses in the fall of 2005. Data were collected from the Gordon College Office of Institutional Research. The data showed that of the 275 students who enrolled in a Learning Support reading course in the fall 2005 semester, 189 returned for the spring 2006 semester. Data also showed that 58% of the 275 students enrolled in Learning Support reading during fall 2005 successfully completed a basic reading intensive course upon completion of their remedial reading class. One hundred eighty seven students who had previously completed Learning Support reading enrolled (spring 2006 or later) in Introductory English 101 and 121 passed. Fifty-five students who had completed Learning Support reading enrolled (spring 2006 or later) in History 1121, Western Civilization, and 20 students passed. Six of the 205 students who completed Learning Support reading graduated Gordon College within a three-year period. The results of the present study indicate that the Learning Support Reading Program in place at Gordon College has proven to be a beneficial tool for at-risk college students. It is assumed that programs such as the Learning Support Program described here may help students build a foundation that will aid them throughout their college career.     

现代远程教育校外学习中心学习支持服务满意度个案调查与分析

校外学习中心是远程教育院校在各地社区建设的学生学习支助服务体系的基层组织机构,是网络学院与学生之间沟通的"桥梁",发挥着重要的纽带作用。通过对广东省校外学习中心学习支持服务满意度的调查与分析,发现不同层次、不同专业类型、不同性别、不同年龄的学生对学习中心学习支持服务的满意度存在显著差异。在分析产生差异的原因的基础上,找出了学习中心建设、管理、服务等方面存在的问题,提出了校外学习中心要"切实做到‘以学生为中心’"、"高度重视学生的满意度"、"积极采取措施提高学习支持服务质量"的建议,以便更好地促进网络教育健康、科学、持续发展。     

The Stanley Segal Award: Points from an ethical debate arising from the provision of learning support for disabled students in Higher Education

The winner of the 1996 Stanley Segal Award, Bernard Doherty, Learning Support Co-ordinator (Disabled Students) at Anglia Polytechnic University, discusses the implications of the provision of adequate support for students with disabilities within Higher Education.     

Reviewing the Teaching and Learning of Children with Special Educational Needs: Enabling Whole School Responsibility

Neil Morris, Learning Support Co-ordinator, and Phil Parker, Learning Support Manger, at Colmers Farm School, use 'The four Ps of policy' (Palmer, Redfern & Smith, 1994) to review their own practice in the development of the monitoring and evaluation measures of their school's SEN (Special Educational Needs) provision. They outline their commitment to inclusive education, and analyse the ways in which the strategy of 'Subject Department SEN Reviews' focuses upon teaching and learning styles.     

基于网络的探究式学习模式及其在高职教育中的应用

将网络技术应用于探究式学习是一种创造性的尝试。基于网络的探究式学习的兴起,并依据建构主义学习理论、双主互动教学设计模式和探究式学习的特征,分析了网络对于探究式学习的支持后,提出了基于网络的探究式学习模式。并结合高职学科教学中的需要,设想了网上探究式学习室的设计架构、思路和教学目标。     

Reviews and Update

Books reviewed:
Jenny Mosley and Marilyn Tew, Quality Circle Time in the Secondary School: A Handbook of Good Practice
Helen Cowie and Patti Wallace, Peer Support in Action: From Bystanding to Standing By
Chris Watkins, Eileen Carnell, Caroline Lodge, Patsy Wagner and Caroline Whalley, Learning about Learning: Resources for Supporting Effective Learning     

认知教学设计理论比较框架

认知领域的学习一直是教育研究的热点，不断有新的教学设计理论和模型出现。该提出了一个比较认知教学设计模型的框架，包含学习类型、学习控制、学习焦点、学习分组、学习交互、学习支持几个维度，可以用来作为理解各种教学设计模型的工具.     

网络教学平台支持移动学习的探讨

随着移动通信技术与其他无线接入技术的发展,移动学习逐步得到实现,正在成为人们的一种学习方式。做为E-learning的一种扩展,支持移动学习的网络教学平台是网络教育发展的趋势。文章设计了一个网络教学平台支持移动学习的通用框架,并对其中的关键技术做了介绍。     

基于学生满意度的我国跨境高等教育质量保障现状与对策研究——以宁波诺丁汉大学为例

采用比较案例研究方法,通过在线问卷分别调查宁波诺丁汉大学和英国诺丁汉大学中国学生在总体教育体验以及学习资源/图书馆、教与学、学术支持、评估和反馈、个人发展、职业发展6个维度的满意度情况,根据收集的数据比较分析中外合作办学的宁渡诺丁汉大学质量保障的不足之处并就如何改善提出相应行动建议,以期为提高与完善我国跨境高等教育中的中外合作办学教育质量提供借鉴。     

Near-point Gripping in Pencil Hold as a Possible Disabling Factor in Children with SEN

Stephanie Thomas, Head of Learning Support at Heathfield School, Kidderminster, considers the effects of near-point gripping, in pen or pencil hold, on the overall educational performance of children with specific learning difficulties (SpLD).     

Professional development for sessional staff in higher education: a review of current evidence

The aim of this study was to provide an integrated review of evidence published in the past decade around professional development for sessional staff in higher education. Using the Integrating Theory, Evidence and Action method, the review analysed recent evidence using the three principles of the Benchmarking Leadership and Advancement of Standards for Sessional Teaching project – Quality Learning and Teaching, Sessional Staff Support and Sustainability. Quality Learning and Teaching refers to issues affecting the quality of sessional staff teaching and learning, while Sessional Staff Support refers to the provision of consistent support and inclusive infrastructure for sessional staff. The Sustainability principle refers to practices that encourage the retention of good sessional staff and the pursuit of quality teaching. Clear themes emerge from the evidence that suggest long-standing structural issues that are yet to be effectively addressed. However, several examples of effective strategies were also identified, particularly around peer observation and mentorship.     

慈溪电大学习支持服务模式探讨

本文分析了开放教育学习支持服务存在的常见问题,对学习支持服务概念进行探讨,提出了建立以学员为中心的学习支持服务模式,建立以入学、教学支持服务、考试服务等组成的学习支持服务模式。     

Learning support assistants can deliver effective reading interventions for ‘at-risk’ children

Evidence suggests that phonic interventions delivered by trained researchers improve early reading and spelling. This study sought to explore whether school Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) can also improve performance using these methods. Four groups (each of n?=?27) of the poorest reading 6-year-old children in nine schools were screened and selected for this study. LSAs were briefly trained to administer phonic programmes as small group interventions for nine weeks. Rhyme- and phoneme-based programmes were also contrasted with controls receiving the National Literacy Strategy. At post-test, all intervention group children were better decoders, and had better phonological awareness and letter?–?sound knowledge than controls. The phoneme-based group had better letter?–?sound knowledge than the other intervention groups. It is concluded that trained Learning Support Assistants can deliver effective early preventive programmes for literacy difficulties.     

Assessing the Unit Experiment

If we criticise the effectiveness of disruptive units we need first to distinguish between the differing types, advises John Ward, previously at Brislington, now head, Learning Support Unit, Warmley Tower School, Bristol     

OLS的“开放”“可持续”内涵解析

麻省理工学院的OCW（开放课件）运动在开放教育的领域内产生了深远的影响,基于此,犹他州立大学教育技术系与麻省理工学院进行合作,成立了开放式可持续学习机会研究小组（Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities Research Group,OSLO）,并研发了Open Learning Support（OLS）学习支持平台。OLS学习支持平台本着人人享有完整受教育机会的理念、以其开放教育资源＋社会性互动的资源建构模式和个人、群体、社会三层的社会化学习模式,来诠释知识经济时代“开放”、“可持续”的理念与内涵。     

Multiple Policy Innovations: the impact on special educational needs provision

Sally Brown, Professor of Education at the University of Stirling and the new Chairperson of the Editorial Board of BJSE, has based this article on her keynote address to the Joint Conferences of the Scottish Support for Learning Association and NASEN on 23rd April 1994.     

加拿大安大略省中学《职业生涯教育与指导》课程述评

现行加拿大安大略省中学课程<职业生涯教育与指导>由<学习策略1:在中学获得成功的技能>、<职业生涯研究>、<发现职场>、<设计你的未来>、<领导与同伴支持>、<高级学习策略:在中学后获得成功的技能>和<驾驭职场>七个课目组成.本文概要介绍了该课程的地位、所组成课目的主要内容、总体课程期望和教学方法,并提出了该课程的特点及对我国中学课程开发的几点启示.     

REVIEWS

Social Skills Training for Adolescents with General Moderate Learning Difficulties Ursula Cornish Fiona Ross Education Support Pack for Schools – Mainstream: Primary and Secondary Sandy Alton, Jane Beadman, Bob Black, Stephanie Lorenz and Cecilie McKinnon Developing Inclusive Practice: The SENCO's Role in Managing Change Elizabeth Cowne Worship ASAP Susan Murrell