Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
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• Learning disability is a term that describes
  different forms of learning problems. Students
  with learning disabilities face a lot of
  challenges because they have problems in
  listening, reasoning, reading, writing, doing the
  math and speaking.

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• This challenge affects students on how they
  understand and process details.Learning
  disabilities are of different forms they differ
  from one student to the other. Students with
  learning disabilities require support from their
  teachers so as to help them overcome those
  problems.

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• As a teacher giving support to students with
  disabilities can be very challenging. The
  following strategies may help teachers to
  overcome those challenges.

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Be familiar with Different Types of Learning
Disabilities

• Teachers are supposed to acquire more knowledge
  about learning disabilities. This will help them
  to know all the types of disabilities, what
  causes them and how they can help students to
  overcome those problems.

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• And with that knowledge they will be in a better
  position to identify students with learning
  problems among others students and they will be
  able to support each one of them with his/her
  specific problem without facing so many
  challenges.

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Establish Good Relationship with Students

• As a teacher, it is important to create a good
  relationship with students. This will make
  students feel free and comfortable, and they will
  be able to ask you questions and express their
  problems without fear.This will give you an
  opportunity to know more about their learning
  problems and helps you to come out with good
  ideas on how to support them and this will help
  students to improve on their studies.

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Nature Students Strength and Interest

• Students with learning disabilities face many
  problems in different areas, but they may be best
  in other areas. Teachers should try to identify
  and pay attention to the best side of the
  students by discovering their strengths and
  interest.

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• Teachers should give students many opportunities
  for practice and always try to appreciate their
  effort. By doing this student will be able to
  improve their learning problems because they will
  feel appreciated and their level of self-esteem
  will increase.

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Dealing with Specific Learning Problem

• Teachers should try to identify specific learning
  disabilities affecting each an every student.
  This will help them to come up with good ideas
  for helping their students because each student
  has his/her problem.

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• For example, if students have problems in reading
  instead of giving them books to read, it would be
  better for teachers to record their work on the
  handset and give them to listen to the verbal
  information as many times as possible.

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• This will help students to improve because they
  will find the work easier and interesting and
  with time they will be able to cope with their
  problems.

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• Learning disability has no cure it is a lifelong
  situation. However students with learning
  disabilities given good support by their teachers
  they can be able to cope with the situation and
  learn successfully.

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