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The Learning Disabled Student: Structuring of the Classroom Environment to Improve Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Shirley Ann Nugent
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Abstract

A child classified as learning disabled can function better in the school setting where the academic environment is structured under a competent instructor who is a well-ordered individual and who finds joy in teaching. The special teacher is seen as a sensitive person possessing those qualities of knowledge and dedication necessary to individualize instruction and to help each child to feel successful in the classroom regardless of his limitations. A comprehensive over-view of the aspects of classroom structure for the learning disabled student is discussed in relation to the writer’s own experiences as principal of a school for learning disabled children in Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.

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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , November 1979 , pp. 19 - 23
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1979

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