Visual Learning for Students with Disabilities

Most schools, teachers and parents spare no effort to ensure that the children and students they work with and teach, have the best chance of success by selecting and using the best and most appropriate resources available to them. Visual Learning can often provide a convenient and effective solution for those children and students living with one or more physical or other disabilities and who live with a restricted mobility. Correctly subtitled video provides an effective form of Visual Learning and an ideal curriculum learning resource for children and students of all ages because it provides the option to learn by watching, listening to, or reading each specific topic or lesson. It also enables each child or adult to learn at their own individual speed which is essential to helping them achieve their greatest individual potential. Research over the last 30 years has demonstrated the link between the use of subtitles or captions on video and improved reading and literacy skills. So when you use subtitled video as a curriculum learning resource, it enables each individual to also potentially improve their reading and literacy skills simultaneously as they study each curriculum topic. Many students and children living with physical disabilities are very bright. However, just like any other child or student, confining their learning to the use of textbooks and printed materials can limit their ability to absorb the information being provided for them to study and learn, WHEREAS Visual Learning provides an easy, interesting and much more dynamic and often most effective learning solution. Learn more about these online learning resources provided by Zane Education for Special Needs Education at: http://www.zaneeducation.com