Accommodating Students with Learning Disabilities

(Source: A Learning Disabilities Digest for Literacy Providers.
The Learning Disabilities Association of America).

• Present information in small manageable steps

• Rephrase questions both during discussions and exams

• Teach new materials in concrete ways (give examples)

• Teach organizational skills such as color coding and filing.

• Relate new material to student's everyday life.

• Discuss and study new vocabulary words before they appear in the instructional material

• Prepare handouts in typewritten form

• Provide frequent feedback.

• Experiment with the use of large print.

• Provide outlines for lessons on new material.