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The document discusses the challenges of learning differences by following five American families supporting children with disabilities. It emphasizes different ways of thinking and learning and provides strategies for educators and parents to help students succeed. Specifically, it explores Nathan's difficulties with reading, phonemic awareness, and understanding written language which caused frustration, embarrassment and a fear of being judged. Teachers and experts proposed specialized testing and interventions such as focus coaching and reorganizing Nathan's academic environment to help address his unique neurological weaknesses and strengths.

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Reflection Profed

The document discusses the challenges of learning differences by following five American families supporting children with disabilities. It emphasizes different ways of thinking and learning and provides strategies for educators and parents to help students succeed. Specifically, it explores Nathan's difficulties with reading, phonemic awareness, and understanding written language which caused frustration, embarrassment and a fear of being judged. Teachers and experts proposed specialized testing and interventions such as focus coaching and reorganizing Nathan's academic environment to help address his unique neurological weaknesses and strengths.

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Reflection

Misunderstood
Misunderstood Minds"
Minds" explores
explores the
the challenges
challenges of
of learning
learning
differences
differences byby following
following fivefive American
American families
families as
as they
they support
support
children
children with
with disabilities.
disabilities. ItIt emphasizes
emphasizes different
different ways
ways of
of thinking
thinking
and
and learning
learning and
and provides
provides strategies
strategies for
for educators
educators and
and parents
parents
to
to help
help students
students succeed.
succeed.

In
In "Misunderstood
"Misunderstood Minds,"
Minds," Nathan's
Nathan's main
main issue
issue was
was his
his
difficulty
difficulty reading
reading and
and learning.
learning. He
He struggled
struggled with
with phonemic
phonemic
awareness
awareness and and had
had difficulty
difficulty understanding
understanding written
written language.
language.

Nathan
Nathan demonstrated
demonstrated frustration,
frustration, embarrassment,
embarrassment, andand aa
fear
fear of
of being
being judged
judged by
by his
his peers.
peers. Despite
Despite his
his articulate
articulate speech,
speech,
he
he struggled
struggled with
with reading
reading and
and became
became exhausted
exhausted from
from
constantly
constantly striving
striving to
to improve.
improve.

Teachers
Teachers and and experts
experts proposed
proposed solutions
solutions such
such as
as specialized
specialized
testing
testing toto identify
identify Nathan's
Nathan's unique
unique neurological
neurological weaknesses
weaknesses andand
strengths.
strengths. TheyThey also
also suggested
suggested interventions
interventions such
such asas focus
focus
coaching
coaching and and reorganizing
reorganizing his
his academic
academic and
and social
social environments
environments
to
to aid
aid in
in his
his success.
success.

Bernard Darrel P. Salvador


CED-10-201A

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