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Syllabus Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders Workshop and Practical Experi - 10106
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Last update 03-08-2020
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Revivim Judaism & Jewish Education

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Moran Farhi

Coordinator Email: moransitbon@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Moran Farhi

Course/Module description:
The course will deal with the principles of teaching to students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorder.
During the course, we acquire knowledge and research-based tools for effective intervention in order to improve the comprehension, written expression, and organizational abilities among adolescents with learning disabilities and/or ADHD, and even take 5 individual instruction sessions with a student. We will also learn how to evaluate the student's abilities, how to write a report with the appropriate goals, how to write a lesson set that integrates content alongside a learning strategy, and how to write a summary report of a tailored individual instruction.

Course/Module aims:
Exposure to the types of learning disabilities and definition of ADHD,
Exposure to non-formal evaluation tools,
Experience with teaching methods to students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD, while emphasizing strategies in the field of reading comprehension, written expression and organization

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Familiarize with the definitions of learning disabilities and ADHD.
To build and perform an evaluation in the field of literacy in middle school students,
Build and implement a work plan for a student with learning disabilities/ADHD in literacy

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Discussions, workshops, lectures, learning colleagues, practical experience

Course/Module Content:
Principles in adapted teaching to students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD
Assessment of learning functions
Writing a work plan
Implementation of a work plan

Required Reading:
Gersten, R., Fuchs, L. S., Williams, J. P., Baker, S., Gersten, R., Fuchs, L. S., Baker, S. (2001). Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Students with Learning Disabilities : A Review of Research. Review of Educational Research, 71(2), 279–320.

שלו- מבורך, ל' ופרחי, מ' (2011). "הפרעת קשב וריכוז". בתוך נ' מור, י' מאיירס, צ' מרום, וא' גלבוע-שכטמן (עורכים), טיפול קוגניטיבי-התנהגותי בילדים: עקרונות טיפוליים (עמ' 267-286). תל אביב: דיונון.
מלכה, מ. (2014). לקויות למידה: מודל נוירו- התפתחותי – לאחר 15 שנים. מפגש לעבודה חינוכית-סוציאלית , 39, 15-34.

Additional Reading Material:
מליץ, ע. מליץ, צ. (1995) אסטרטגיות למידה - תיאוריה ומעשה, הוצאת מכון לשיפור הישגים לימודיים בע"מ, ב"ש

משולם, צ. (1997). לומדים להצליח. "טלניר" הוצאה לאור, יהוד

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 20 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 30 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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