Students with General Learning Disabilities
Overview
In 1999 the NCCA published a discussion paper Special Educational Needs: Curriculum Issues. This discussion paper, which provided a forum for wide consultation, informed the direction of the NCCA’s work in this area and culminated in the publication of a suite of documents, Draft Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities (2002) . The launch of the draft guidelines was accompanied by an extensive consultation process with teachers, schools and parents. The feedback from this consultative process resulted in the development of new and revised Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities (2007).
Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities
Drawing on the most recent research and current good practice in Ireland and abroad, the guidelines have been developed to assist teachers and others in meeting the learning needs of students with general learning disabilities. The guidelines are designed to assist teachers in planning teaching and learning. They feature learning activities to use in class across a range of subject/curriculum areas.
They can be used in mainstream primary and special primary schools, post-primary schools, and other educational settings. While we hope that the learning support or resource teacher will find these guidelines useful, they are intended for use by all class/subject teachers and special needs assistants. The guidelines should also be accessible to a range of other personnel directly involved with the student’s education.
The guidelines are published as a digi-pac containing a CD-ROM and an accompanying 32 page overview booklet. The CD-ROM contains, 44-eBooks, along with a general introduction that looks at some of the wider issues that affect the teaching and learning of students with general learning disabilities.
The CD-ROM has been designed in such a way as to afford maximum readability and access. Its menus will allow users to search across the continuum of learning disabilities on a subject by subject basis and to access and select exemplar lessons that can be printed as needed.
To further assist you in using these guidelines a short movie is available below which demonstrates how best to navigate and access the CD-ROM.
View new and revised guidelines for teachers of students with general learning disabilities (CD-ROM)
 | Take a quick tour of the CD-ROM This short movie demonstrates how best to navigate and access the 44 guidelines on the CD-ROM. The tour highlights some of the features of the CD-ROM, for example how you can search the guidelines for key words or key phrases or how to copy and paste the text you want. |
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