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# https://sites.google.com/gatewayschoolmumbai.org/ierc/for-educators/classroom-climate/mindset-and-learning - For having an inclusive classroom, it is important to have a growth mindset among teachers and learners. A positive growth mindset enables students and teachers to embrace failures and grab on opportunities to grow, it also encourages them to embrace the each others' differences.  
 
# https://sites.google.com/gatewayschoolmumbai.org/ierc/for-educators/classroom-climate/mindset-and-learning - For having an inclusive classroom, it is important to have a growth mindset among teachers and learners. A positive growth mindset enables students and teachers to embrace failures and grab on opportunities to grow, it also encourages them to embrace the each others' differences.  
 
# [https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/School-Guide-to-Supporting-Marginalized-Families-of-Children-with-Disabilities.pdf Click here]- This is a school guide published by the UNICEF for schools to identify and support children with special needs from marginalized families. This guides also serves the purpose of identifying the challenges faced by these children and providing them the needed interventions.   
 
# [https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/School-Guide-to-Supporting-Marginalized-Families-of-Children-with-Disabilities.pdf Click here]- This is a school guide published by the UNICEF for schools to identify and support children with special needs from marginalized families. This guides also serves the purpose of identifying the challenges faced by these children and providing them the needed interventions.   
# [https://ncert.nic.in/degsn/pdf/INDEX%20FINAL%20FOR%20WEBSITE.pdf <nowiki>[Click here] The Index for DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS</nowiki>]  published by NCERT provides a detailed understanding about how to create and sustain inclusive environment in schools for education administrators, teachers and teacher educators.   
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# [https://ncert.nic.in/degsn/pdf/INDEX%20FINAL%20FOR%20WEBSITE.pdf <nowiki>[Click here] The Index for DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS</nowiki>]  published by [https://ncert.nic.in/ NCERT] (National Council of Educational Research and training) provides a detailed understanding about how to create and sustain inclusive environment in schools for education administrators, teachers and teacher educators.   
# [http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Manuals/handbook-inclusive-education.pdf The Handbook of Inclusive Education] published by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) provides a detailed understanding about inclusive education and practices for teachers. It also includes sample checklists on how to identify different disabilities (including learning disabilities) in children and create a barrier-free environment for them in schools. The handbook also provides teachers about ways to adapt curriculum, teaching methodology, assessments etc i an inclusive setting.   
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# [http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Manuals/handbook-inclusive-education.pdf The Handbook of Inclusive Education] published by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) provides a detailed understanding about inclusive education and practices for teachers. It also includes sample checklists on how to identify different disabilities (including learning disabilities) in children and create a barrier-free environment for them in schools. The handbook also provides teachers about ways to adapt curriculum, teaching methodology, assessments etc. in an inclusive setting
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# [https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/announcement/Inclusion_in_Eduction.pdf Inclusion in Education]- published by NCERT  is a manual for school management committee to provide holistic education for all children. This manual also provides different barriers of inclusion and the role of school management to address them.   
 
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_disability Learning Disability] is a type of Specific Learning Disability (SLD) where the students shows difficulty in certain skills that are need for the learning processes like reading, writing, speaking and problem solving due to various factors. Based on the difficulty of skill exhibited by students learning disabilities are further classified as [https://www.iccons.co.in/index.php/Learning_Disabilities_Historical_Background dyslexia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgraphia dygraphia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia dyscalculia] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder attention deficits]. The child can exhibit mild to severe learning disabilities based on which teachers or support people need to analyze the kind of interventions to be provided at the right time.
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Most of these mild to moderate learning disabilities can be resolved if it is identified at the early stages of childhood and given adequate help and accomodations. The schools need to special educators or resource persons to identify such learning difficulties in young children and help them overcome these learning challenges through modification of learning tasks, activities and motivation.
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Some of these links will guide us to understand more on learning difficulties in children:
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# https://www.iccons.co.in/index.php/Learning_Disabilities_Identifying<nowiki/>- Identification of learning disabilities 
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# https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/conditions/dyslexia - Dyslexia- symptoms and treatment
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# [http://14.139.62.22/DALI/ DALI (Dyslexia Assessment for Languages in India):] It is a screening and assessment tool for dyslexia in regional Indian languages developed at National Brain Research Centre and supported by Department of Science and Technology.
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# This website provides a list of tests for individually identifying students with learning disabilities. [https://www.iccons.co.in/index.php/Learning_Disabilities_Psychological_Assessment Click here]
 
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|This consists of standard English language assessment materials for different grades and can be useful for teachers to assess and identify language learning challenges in students.
 
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# [https://diksha.gov.in/play/collection/do_3134178342566871041739?contentId=do_3134263582703124481974 National Initiative for Proficiency in reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN)]
    
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#[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-inclusive-publishing/article18573884.ece For inclusive publishing - The Hindu]
 
#[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/for-inclusive-publishing/article18573884.ece For inclusive publishing - The Hindu]
 
#[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/scert-prepares-innovative-textbooks-for-special-children/article18564968.ece Kerala SCERT prepares innovative textbooks for special children - The Hindu]
 
#[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/scert-prepares-innovative-textbooks-for-special-children/article18564968.ece Kerala SCERT prepares innovative textbooks for special children - The Hindu]
    
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