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Language Disorder Matrix

The document provides instructions for completing a graphic organizer to match the needs of a student with a disability to strategies that could help them succeed in school. It gives an example of a student with a language disorder and lists potential characteristics in academic, social/school skills, and behavior/organization areas. For each characteristic, it provides spaces to list two evidence-based instructional or behavioral strategies that could help address struggles related to the disability.

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Language Disorder Matrix

The document provides instructions for completing a graphic organizer to match the needs of a student with a disability to strategies that could help them succeed in school. It gives an example of a student with a language disorder and lists potential characteristics in academic, social/school skills, and behavior/organization areas. For each characteristic, it provides spaces to list two evidence-based instructional or behavioral strategies that could help address struggles related to the disability.

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Geralynne Solitaire #13

Organizing Needs & Strategies for Intervention Purposes


Complete the graphic organizer to match needs to strategies so your
book character can be successful in school.
1. Name the disability (1 point)
2. List strengths that YOUR character will have in the story. (2 points)
3. List a minimum of 6 different characteristics (2 in each category) for
the disability your
character exhibits. (6 points)
4. Align each disability characteristic to two research-based strategies
to overcome or
manage struggles directly related to the disability. (12 points) (+ 3
points for details)
Disability: Language Disorder

Strength:

Common Disability Characteristic


Choose 6 characteristics for YOUR
CHARACTER

Evidence-based Instructional or Behavioral


Strategies
the student can learn to find school success

Academic
1. Academically behind peers: Noticeably
a) PALS: By paring students together it
behind peers in same grade levels.

allows the student with the language


disorder to practice completing work on the
same level as their peers who are up to par.
b) Class wide peer tutoring: This strategy
allows the student with a learning disability
to be taught/tutored by a peer without a
disability. This benefits the student with LD
because they are able to see where they
are at compared to their tutor and yearn for

2. Understanding: May see or hear word

better understanding in content.


a) Foldables: Student can use foldables to

but are unable to understand meaning.

make a dictionary of words they have


difficulty with and work on their vocabulary.
b) Post it notes: Post it notes allow students
to write down the word they are unable to
understand and either look it up or ask
about it later.

Social / School (Skills)


1. Word usage: Improper use of words and a) Graphic organizers: A graphic organizer
their meanings.

can be used to correctly show the way to


properly and improperly use a word and its
meaning.
b) Model: When the student uses a word
wrong the teacher can model for the

2. Difficulty answering questions:


Difficulty remembering and using specific

student the word in the correct context.


a) Teacher/Student Agreement: A teacher
and a student can have an agreement
where the student only gets called on when

words during conversation or answering


questions.

they raise their hand or secretly signal they


can be called on without any other student
knowing.
b) Response Cards: When a student is
having a hard time during a conversation or
answering questions, a set of response
cards can be at the ready when the student
needs them.

Behavior / Organization
1. Expressing themselves: Inability to

a) Teacher/Student signals: Teacher and

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