Short of engaging the services of professional child development psychologists or having the resources to pair a child with a teacher aide one-to-one there are a number of ways to assist their identified learning difficulty. It is important to match supporting techniques to the child’s issue.
Some Tips to Help a Student with Learning Difficulties
- Create colour categorised timetables for older students to keep them organised
- Visit an optometrist and purchase multiple pairs of glasses
- Have their hearing tested to ensure they have no physical impairments
- Talk to them and ask them to identify areas where they have trouble
- Give them checklists for classes or subjects to keep them organised
- If they have trouble with English read to them, with them, listen to them read and encourage them to do it on their own
- If they have trouble with mathematics spend time with the basics, counting, grouping, times tables, adding, subtracting and counting in 2’s, 4’s, 6’s etc
