Disabilities
Recent Newsletter Articles
September is National Deaf Awareness Month
Learn about ThinkSelf, Minnesota Deaf ABE - a statewide program that serves deaf and hard of hearing adult students. Gain communication tips when speaking to individuals in the deaf community. Read More
One Small Piece at a Time: Quick and Meaningful Curricular Applications for the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Training
"How can I meet content standards while addressing student variability in learning styles and needs? How can I manage this while holding myself accountable for the content of other trainings I’m taking? What about my roles outside of my program?" Sounds like you should consider PANDA's UDL training! Read More
Highlighting Three Disability Programs
PANDA collaborates with and supports three ABE disability programs in the metro area that have trained teachers who specialize in working with students that have vision loss/ blindness, hearing loss/deafness, and traumatic brain injuries. Did you know you can refer students to each of these disability programs? Read More
Important GED Accommodation Updates
GED Testing Service provides reasonable and appropriate accommodations to individuals with documented disabilities who demonstrate a need for accommodations. Read on to learn about new important updates to accommodation scheduling and testing options for GED students. Read More
Learn about LINCS!
The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) offers freely available courses, resources, and community for adult educators. Check out this powerful resource! Read More
Attention Strategies
Many adults have trouble with sitting still, getting distracted, paying attention, or being impulsive on occasion. It becomes troublesome when inattention problems are consistently occurring and impacting student learning. Read More
TABE/CASAS Accommodations
Does your student have dyslexia? Mental health challenges? A physical or chronic health condition? ADHD? If you answered yes to any of the above, the student may qualify for TABE/CASAS testing accommodations. Read More
Managing Stress to Improve Learning: A Self-Management Resource
Some of the biggest obstacles that our adult learners face are often not academic, but social and emotional in nature. The Managing Stress to Improve Learning project has an array of resources to help teachers create safe, stable classrooms and promote positive mental health and stress reduction techniques. Read More
GED Testing Accommodations
Do you suspect that your student has a specific learning disorder, such as dyslexia (reading) or dyscalculia (math)? Is your student in a position to take the GED? If you answered yes, your student may qualify for GED Testing Accommodations. Read More