Tips for Teachers when Addressing Students' Learning Challenges

From Susan Winebrenner book - "Teaching Strategies for Twice-Exceptional Students."

1. Teach students to appreciate individual differences.

2. Be aware that many students who have learning difficulties are global learners who prefer visual and tactile-kinesthetic formats for learning success.

3. Always teach content by teaching concepts and big ideas first, and details second.

4. Teach students how to set realistic short-term goals and to take credit for reaching them (even if it is only partial completion).

5. Teach in a way that ties past learning to new content.

6. Immerse all the senses in learning activities.

7. Provide specific instruction in organizational techniques.

8. Find and use any available technology that will improve a student's productivity.

9. Allow students to take tests in separate supervised environmentsso they can either read teh test aloud to themselves or have someone else read it to them.