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Learning Consultant
office phone 314.965-7205 ext 289
Assistance to students with diagnosed learning differences to:
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Obtain pertinent information regarding students' specific special needs
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Communicate pertinent information about students' special needs to their teachers or to other specified school personnel appropriately
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Communicate with parents/students regrding possible accommodtions for standardized testing (e.g. ACT/SAT)
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Serve as a resource to assist students with special needs and their parents or caregivers
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Provide reading testing
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Conduct screenings, but not testing, in the areas of:
- auditory processing
- visual tracking, convergence and eye muscle balance
- attention
- learning styles
- eight neurological constructs needed for learning
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Interpret and compile diagnostic reports done by outside agencies
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Create individual and small-group help in varied areas as needed
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Suggest, teach and demonstrate strategies regarding:
- general learning in a high school classroom
- listening skills
- attention controls
- reading to understand
- reading to remember
- note-taking skills
- writing
- memory
- language
- task completion
- homework efficiency
- effective study skills
- time management and organization of materials and schedules
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List and model test taking tips and strategies
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Suggest ways to reduce test anxiety
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Assist teachers in the implementation of instructional strategies, accommodations and interventions as related to students' indivdual needs
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Help teachers systematically monitor student progress based on students' needs
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