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The Building Blocks of LearningTheoretical Foundations

Director’s DayJanuary 27, 2017

Kristin Barbour CCC-SLPNILD Executive Director

The Building Blocks of

Learning…

We want to buildsuccess…How do we get there?

The Building Blocks of Learning

ResilienceBehavior EmotionsSelf-

Regulation

Phonological

ENVIRONMENT

Orthographic Memory Motor

Mather, Goldstein, and Eklund, 2015

Verbal Nonverbal

Executive Functions

EFFICIENCY/AUTOMATICITY

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Pay attention, regulate behavior, and control impulses

• Students’ covert and overt actions

• The external actions in this block greatly influence the people around the student

Foundational Blocks

Self-Regulation

Behavior Emotions Resilience

• A child’s general temperament and his/her moods

• Internalizing Disorders –conditions greatly impact a child’s ability to learn

• How students perceive themselves as learners

• Learned attitude and is developed through feedback within relationship

Mather, Goldstein, and Eklund, 2015

• oral language ability that helps students understand the sound structure of speech

• Involves phonological awareness and phonemic awareness skills

• Perception and recall of letter strings and word forms

• Ability to form a mental representation of the letter or word

Processing Blocks

• Aspects of memory permeate ALL learning

• NILD techniques specifically address different type of memory challenges

• Involves fine motor tasks broken into two categories: symbolic

production and

artistic expression

• Also involves gross motor tasks

Phonological Orthographic Memory Motor

Mather, Goldstein, and Eklund, 2015

• Tasks that involve thinking with language

• Understanding what is said and written and being able to express ideas through speech and print

Conceptual Blocks

Verbal Nonverbal

Executive Functions

• Involves tasks that require thinking in images

• Can include some of the problems associated with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

• Abilities involved in monitoring performance and acting strategically

• These skills direct all other cognitive activities

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Fluid and Overlapping Nature

The Building Blocks of Learning

The Building Blocks of LearningLearning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors

By Nancy Mather, Sam Goldstein, and Katie Eklund

“[NILD is] a dedicated group of highly trained educational therapists who recognize the

learning potential of every child. With compassion and competence they provide

explicit, differentiated instruction to address and resolve each child’s unique

learning challenges.

~Nancy Mather