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For two years, SABES Math & Adult Numeracy (M&N) consultant Lakshmi Nayak had a visually impaired, legally blind student. This article highlights what she learned, and includes tips and strategies from the M&N team.
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ESOL teachers, do these students seem familiar to you?
Sonya is great at grammar and vocabulary exercises but struggles to use new language in practice.
Abdul takes lots of notes but has trouble finding information later.
Ephraim understands a lesson one day but forgets it the next.
Pedro avoids…
We know you are committed to addressing the needs of all learners in your program. It can feel daunting to think of all the things you can and should be doing to support all learners, including those with learning differences and disabilities. Remember that you are not starting from scratch, and…
Adult education programs have always served learners with disabilities and learning differences. Whether or not they have a formal disability diagnosis, each learner has their own unique way of learning that may be informed by disabilities, neurodivergence, and/or trauma.
ACLS policy…
As adult educators, we know that students come to our classrooms with a wide range of learning challenges, but very few have a formal diagnosis. So, how do we better understand and meet the needs of all students, even in the absence of a diagnosed learning disability? Here are three strategies you…
The resources on this page are specifically curated to narrow your search for key materials in your work with students who have learning disabilities, differences, and difficulties, particularly in math and numeracy. More broadly, you can be assured that the work we do at the SABES Math Center has…
Americans With Disabilities Act (the ADA)
This page allows access to relevant, useful, and important resources from the completed asynchronous course, ADA Coordinator Orientation. In this course, participants explored how the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) could…
Voice of Witness is an oral history nonprofit that advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by--and fighting against--injustice. The organization produces a book series that "depicts human rights and social justice issues through the edited oral histories of people who are…
For adult education practitioners and programs, supporting adult learners can and should include addressing the multiple and intersecting inequities and disparities that impact the learning and lives of the students we serve. Particularly since 2020, programs have sought to understand and address…
