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Strategies for Promoting Literacy
With Students Who Have
Physical Disabilities

 

 

 

Kathryn Wolf Heller, Ph.D.
Dawn Swinehart-Jones

Georgia State University


Impact of Physical Disabilities on Literacy

Literacy Profile for Students with Physical Disabilities

Physical Efficiency Areas

Communication Considerations

Reading Considerations

Specialized Strategies: Nonverbal Reading Approach

Foundational Skills for Reading

Writing Considerations

References

Appendices

Appendix A: Literacy Profile

Appendix A: Literacy Profile is available as a Microsoft Word document or Adobe PDF document:

Microsoft Word - Appendix A: Literacy Profile - .doc file (profile.doc)
Adobe PDF - Appendix A: Literacy Profile - .pdf file (profile.pdf)

Appendix B: Classroom Modification Checklist for Students with Physical & Health Impairments

Appendix B: Classroom Modification Checklist for Students with Physical & Health Impairments is available as a Microsoft Word document or Adobe PDF document:

Microsoft Word - Appendix B: Classroom Modification Checklist for Students with Physical & Health Impairments - .doc file (classmod.doc)
Adobe PDF - Appendix B: Classroom Modification Checklist for Students with Physical & Health Impairments - .pdf file (classmod.pdf)

 

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