30 Dec
2016
How To Help Children With Learning Limitations
Whether you feel your child/children may have learning limitations or not, or whether you would like to help them practise sensible strategies, that work, you can follow a few simple ideas.
Children with learning limitations need: –
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A multi-sensory approach: visual – see, auditory – hear, tactile – feel
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An environment that is quiet, calm, structured, consistent and fair
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Short, simple instructions
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Time to process, respond, do work, finish work
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Structured work that is systematic and methodical
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Direct, specific, explicit teaching
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Checklists
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Self-correcting materials and programs
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Colours for checking, recording, matching, highlighting
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Quick feedback about their work