The course introduces learning disability terms and concepts and various learning modes and encourages students to explore alternative learning strategies and study techniques. The Special Topics course is a grouping of short seminars designed to provide students with the latest ideas in a field of study. The course content is thematic in nature and each seminar within the course differs from other offerings in the same course. Diagnostic Learning Specialist Designed to assess and evaluate cognitive performance and achievement levels for the purpose of determining eligibility for services in the learning disabilities program. Students explore the essential elements of wise career choices, planning and decision-making, with special attention to the unique concerns and needs of students with disabilities.
Instruction focuses on remediation of basic skills.
The units earned for this course may not be applied toward the 60 units for graduation. Arithmetic skill level at 4th grade or above. Designed for students with disabilities who do not learn basic mathematical skills in the traditional classroom setting. Instruction focuses on the computation and application problem-solving of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and on the development of learning and compensatory strategies and techniques that apply to mathematics. 320A Designed for students with disabilities who do not learn basic mathematical skills in the traditional classroom setting.