English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities

This webcast "discusses effective assessment and instruction strategies for ELs with learning disabilities (LD)." Specific strategies discussed include "assessing children regularly and carefully," "basing instructional design upon assessment data," "having consistency across languages of instruction," "providing opportunities to develop social language skills," and "focusing intensively on high-level vocabulary and comprehensive skills." This webcast also provides suggestions for involvement of parents of ELs with LD in their children's schools.