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For information on Bridges to Practice training in your area, please contact:
Dr. Rochelle Kenyon, Project Director
rkenyon@aol.com

This theory provides learners with a framework for higher-order thinking skills. For new learning to occur, you should follow the steps below.

1. Input - present information to the learner in the different modalities. Learning occurs best when multiple input channels are used so provide information visually, auditorally, tactilely, and kinesthetically.
2. Attention - Once information is presented, direct the learner to what is occurring. Often learning disabled individuals have problems with identifying clearly what they should pay attention to. Continually refocusing the individual on what is being taught is crucial to learning.
3. Perception - Once the new information has been attended to, the learner must then perceive the information. Dependent on the learner's disability, the person may have problems interpreting information.
4. Working Memory - Once information is perceived it then goes into the person's short-term memory. If the information is not used, it will quickly disappear. However, at this step, you should help the student figure out where the information fits into information or knowledge already known. Helping a student to find patterns also assists in transferring information to the next phrase.
5. Long-Term Memory - Information stored in long-term memory is like storing it on your computer. You may need to retrieve that information and download it, sometimes decoding it, however, figure out what information you need, search for the information, retrieve it and then decode the information. Many learning disabled adults have problems with storing and retrieving information correctly. They will need your assistance through the use of mnemonics, concept mapping, visual imaging, and graphic displays.
   
   

Subject-Specific Learning

If you are working with students in specific academic areas, you may want to quickly review the following characteristics of learning disabilities in each area and use the strategies as a work sheet for planning. Click on the folder below and print the strategies to use in your classroom.

Strategies for the Classroom

For information on how to use accommodations in the GED classroom, you may wish to read The Special Connection in each edition of the GED Connections Newsletter at: http://floridatechnet.org/lib-ged.asp