Literacy Skill Development for Students with Special Learning Needs
Leslie Todd Broun, M.Ed. is presently Project Manager for the Geneva Centre for Autism in Toronto, Ontario, and training teaching assistants to work with students with Autism Spectrum Disorders for the Peel District School Board in Mississauga, Ontario. Over the past twenty years, she has worked with students who have ASD both in self-contained and mainstream settings, and has been a teaching instructor and presenter at workshops and conferences in Canada and internationally. Her primary professional focuses have been the development of practical and effective learning strategies and materials for teaching academic skills to students with ASD and other developmental disabilities, as well as the development of perspectives on inclusion and curriculum modification. Patricia Oelwein, M.Ed., a consultant in private practice, worked at the University of Washington in the Down Syndrome Programs at the Center of Human Development and Disabilities for twenty-five years. The positions she held in the program included teacher in demonstration classrooms, coordinator, and outreach trainer. She has provided specialized training for teaching children with Down syndrome and other developmental delays throughout the United States and in twelve other countries spanning six continents. Since 1991 she has been consultant to the Al Nahada Model Schools in Riyadh, KSA.