Reaching Nursing Students with Disabilities

Reaching Nursing Students With Disabilities : Reaching Nursing Students With Disabilities Sarah Spellings-Jimenez Maria Marquez Guadalupe Estrello Donna Hedges NURS 5348 Ms. Monsivias April 2008

Slide2 : Do you believe you need and would benefit from training about students with disabilities? According to a study in 2002, so do 88 faculty members surveyed. On their ability to teach, supervise and accommodate students with disabilities in clinical settings, faculty rated themselves 2.53 on a scale of 1 to 6. (Sowers & Smith, 2004)

Slide3 : Sixty-one faculty knew current or former nurses who experienced disabilities. Sixty-three faculty currently had or previously had students with disabilities. The study concluded that faculty attitudes toward nursing students with disabilities serves as a barrier to these students (p. 217).

This presentation is designed to raise your awareness to the needs of students with learning disabilities. It is in no way a complete representation of all that is necessary to understand the magnitude of learning disabilities. Every teacher is encouraged to see this as a beginning and to continue efforts to increase understanding. : This presentation is designed to raise your awareness to the needs of students with learning disabilities. It is in no way a complete representation of all that is necessary to understand the magnitude of learning disabilities. Every teacher is encouraged to see this as a beginning and to continue efforts to increase understanding.

Objectives : Objectives Define Learning disabilities Begin to understand the challenges associated with learning disabilities Identify teaching strategies to assist students with learning disabilities Be aware of your college or university’s position on disabilities Share your knowledge with other faculty, teachers and instructors

Disabilities Defined : Disabilities Defined Disability: heterogeneous group of disorders Significant difficulties Listening Speaking Reading Writing Reasoning Mathematical skills National Joint Commission on Learning Disabilities (1994)

Disabilities Defined : Disabilities Defined

Disability Diagnosis : Disability Diagnosis

The Law : The Law

The Law : The Law

The Law : The Law

Disabled Student Services at UTEP : Disabled Student Services at UTEP “Provides individuals with disabilities equal access and opportunity through empowerment, support, resources, advocacy, collaboration and outreach throughout the university and community, so that students can participate freely and actively in all facets of university life.” Disabled Student Services Office Pamphlet (2006)

Teaching and Learning Issues : Teaching and Learning Issues

Strategies to Assist Students with Learning Disabilities : Strategies to Assist Students with Learning Disabilities Official “note taker” Use of tape recorders; copy of lecture Teacher’s notes or slides Provide copies Read material out loud Summarize each section

Strategies to Assist Students with Learning Disabilities : Strategies to Assist Students with Learning Disabilities

Your Turn : Your Turn Please discuss your ideas or experience on ways you can help facilitate the learning process for students with learning disabilities

Your Turn : Your Turn

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Summary : Summary

Resources : Resources Disabled Student Services at The University of Texas at El Paso Check your university campus or School of Nursing ExceptionalNurse.com Texas Board of Nursing www.nond.org National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities

References : References