Tools+for+Students+with+Learning+Disabilities

====Like many of the other disabilities we have discussed throughout this wiki, art is an extremely important part of a child with a learning disabilities everyday life. In this video, you will see the success of students not only with learning disabilities but other disabilities as well.====

====The definition of Learning Disabilities is much broader than the other disabilities focused on in this site. However, because of this, it is extremely important to be covered. The definition of a Learning Disability is several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner. Because of this widely interpreted definition, you may see a multitude of different learning disabilities in your classroom.====

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====Because there is such a large range of definitions when it comes to a student with learning disabilities, it is extremely important to get to know each child individually. You need to find out what they get excited about and what they want to learn about. Since children with learning disabilities are at least two grades below grade level in one or more subjects, make sure that you adapt and modify assignments so that they are appropriate.====

====Students with Learning Disabilities tend to thrive in artistic classes. When they sit down with crayons and paper they are able to create something that expresses something that may not be able to express in their writing. Creating artwork also allows students to begin to connect abstract concepts into their everyday lives.====

====Along with students creativity being sparked within the art classroom, it is important to consider what the different tools within the art room provide as well. The different materials that are used to create art (for example: paint, crayons, markers, pastels) help students with learning disabilities reinforce their motor skills that they are using in an every day classroom.==== ==== ====

====**Slantboard:** [|Slantboard's] are a simple assistive technology that are helpful within an art or general education classroom. This board props up the students work so that they are not hunched over their paper drawing. This helps to alleviate neck and back pressure. Overall it makes the students time in art class more enjoyable.====

====**Online Art Tools**: Programs such as [|Brushter] allow students with learning disabilities to create artwork on a computer using over 40 different brush strokes. There are multiple programs that would overlap with ADHD Assistive Technologies which can be found here. ====

====**Text to Voice Software:** Most people consider art to be an elective class in an elementary school classroom. However there are people who choose to take art classes in high school. This is when a technology like [|Text to Voice Software] can be useful in students understanding large texts.====

====**Text Recordings**: - Along with Text to Voice Software, audio books are becoming more prevalent in our society today. Even text books are being recorded and downloaded like at [|Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic]. This way students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities will not suffer during their art coursework to do reading. They will be able to obtain the information and not have to worry about being able to physically read the text.====

====Low Technology Materials: The following materials are also covered under students with ADHD. There are many similarities in learning styles between these two disabilities, thus having many of the same technologies.====

**Resources**
[|Art Partners]