Online Resources for Learning Disabilities (Week 6)


1.     IXL Worldwide (https://www.ixl.com/)

IXL Worldwide is a diverse website that provides personalized learning to aid students with learning disabilities will unique needs. It provides exercises and activities across all grade levels, Pre-K to senior year, and all subject areas. In addition, it is also aligned with the Common Core Standards. Some of the features besides it’s comprehensive curriculum is continuous diagnostic, personalized guidance, and real-time insights which help to make instructional decisions. This is a website that can be used both inside and outside the classroom and could potentially be a great aid for students with disabilities to get more practice with the content.



2.     Storyline Online (https://www.storylineonline.net/)

Storyline Online is a website that offers videos of narrators reading books aloud. This resource is particularly useful for students with learning disabilities that affect their reading skills, such as dyslexia. This is a great resource to help children develop their literacy skills, as they are able to follow along with the narrators in their own hard copy of the book. This is another website that can be used both inside and outside of the classroom and can help to improve reading, writing, and communication skills.



3.     National Center for Learning Disabilities (https://www.ncld.org/)

This is a great, comprehensive website about learning disabilities for children, parents, and educators. The NCLD’s mission is to improve the lives of children and adults nationwide with learning/attention issues. The website has an abundance of different resources that can be accessed. This includes an online community for young adults with learning disabilities, tools and tips for educators to increase literacy skills in children at a young age, and a variety of articles related to students with learning disabilities. This provides a lot of information that would be useful in the classroom, for both the teacher and the students.

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