"Difficulty Learning New Things" Quest

If a Kid has Difficulty Learning, Can He or She Get a Job when He or She Grows Up?"

Follow the 10 steps below to pursue your Web Quest.

• Step 1: See what you think about kids who have difficulty learning new things. Click here for your Attitude Checkup.
  

• Step 2: Think about questions to ask. Let's see...  

• Step 3: Check out some quick facts that would be fun to know.

• Step 4: Check out some great websites to start our search.
  

• Step 5: Now look at even more cool sites.

• Step 6: Find out about people we can read about to help with our Quest.

• Step 7: Learn about videos/books that can give us information. 

• Step 8: Check out your own environment to look for barriers in your school and neighborhood.
  

• Step 9: Just for fun...unscramble the secret message

• Step 10: Now check and see if your attitudes have changed.  Take the Attitude Checkup again.

Let's see...

If a student has difficulty learning, will he or she get poor grades and have to go to a special school?  What kind of jobs or careers can a kid look forward to having if he or she has difficulty learning?

Some things to think about....

• What is it like to have a learning disability?

• What kind of assistive technology can help people who have difficulty learning?

• Who are some famous people who have learning disabilities?

Can you think of more questions to help you in your Quest?  Write them down so you'll remember them as you search the Internet. 

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Quick Facts

Here are some little known facts that may help you answer some of your Web Quest questions.  Remember, these facts will only give you basic information.  You'll need to search the Web further to find more in-depth information for your Quest.

• By the time you reach 12th grade, you will have been in school for about 17,000 hours?

• Approximately 10 million school-aged children (nearly 1 in 5) have a reading disability (New England Journal of Medicine 1992;326:145-150)? 

• Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday?  His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

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Web Search Locations

Search these sites for information to help you in your Web Quest.  Each site looks at the topic under investigation from a different point of view.  Each site may have more links to send you off in new directions. 

LD Online: KidZone
An interactive guide to learning disabilities for kids. 

Word Q
This website is an example of computer software that helps students who can't spell or who have difficulty with written communication.

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More Cool Sites

Here are some more cool sites that have information about the topics in this Quest.   

SparkTop is a website where kids with learning disabilities can create, play games, and connect with other kids.

KidsClick
This reference site was created by librarians.  The simple search engine finds good Internet sites about disabilities and other subjects.  Type in the words "disability" or "disabilities" or choose "D" in the search subjects by letters option. 

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People

The people featured on these websites may be able to help you with your Web Quest.

Successful People with Learning Disabilities
This website is part of the SchwabLearning.org website and has stories about famous people with learning disabilities or Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder.

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Date: September 28, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities