How can we help students with ADD / ADHD?

Use carefully worded, unambiguous instructions and questions

What is a sign of dyspraxia?

Perception: Difficulties judging height, distance and time.

How can we help students with tourettes syndrome?

Be understanding of the students apparent lack of attention.

Biologically based condition. Inattentiveness hyperactivity.

A disorder that affects communicating and relating

What is aspergers syndrome?

Difficulty with consistent pattern of abilities/behaviours.

How can we help students with dyslexia?

Encourage self-checking, consolidation and over learning.

What is a sign of aspergers?

A hobby / interest involving memorising facts and figures

What is a sign of dyslexia?

Poor short term memory, organisation, directional confusion,

How can we help students with autism?

Reduce the amount of language used with them

Learning difficulty affecting carrying out movements.

How can we help students with dyspraxia?

Copies of tutor notes or ESW to take in-class notes

How can we help students with aspergers?

Avoid changes to rules and routines and provide consistency

How can we help students with dyscalculia?

Link mathematical processes with everyday activities

A learning difficulty resulting in difficulties with maths.

What are signs of tourettes syndrome?

Blinking, head nodding, throat clearing, swearing

What is tourettes syndrome?

Genetic, neurological disorder. Irresistible body movements

learning difficulty affecting the process of written languag

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How can we help students with ADD / ADHD?
Let them dance on the tables until they calm down
Don't give them any rewards / praise
Change the structure and predictability of your lessons
Use carefully worded, unambiguous instructions and questions
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How many people suffer with autism?
1 in 48
1 in 78
1 in 58
1 in 68
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What is a sign of dyspraxia?
Problems when being asked to sit exams
Perception: Difficulties judging height, distance and time.
Excellent short term memory
Difficulties working out sums like 100 - 73
4
How can we help students with tourettes syndrome?
Be understanding of the students apparent lack of attention.
Phone their parents if they keep falling asleep in lessons
Make them sit at the front so as not to distract people
Tell them off all the time hoping the shouting out will stop
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What is ADD / ADHD?
Bouncing off the walls
Biologically based condition. Inattentiveness hyperactivity.
Biology based condition. Angry, moody, stressed
Crazy behavior that can't be controlled
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What is autism?
A disorder that affects sound and vision
A disorder where people struggle with maths
A disorder that affects communicating and relating
A disorder that can be linked to parents
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What is aspergers syndrome?
Difficulty with consistent pattern of abilities/behaviours.
Nothing to do with autism
Not very clever
Students who hate routine
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How can we help students with dyslexia?
Encourage self-checking, consolidation and over learning.
Don't use any imagery
Mark on spelling instead of content
Don't use disctaphones or laptops to help
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What is a sign of aspergers?
Someone who takes sarcasm very well
A hobby / interest involving memorising facts and figures
They find routine boring and pointless
Someone who gives lots of eye contact
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What is a sign of dyslexia?
Poor short term memory, organisation, directional confusion,
Ability to take on board really hard words to spell
Excellent short term memory, great map reader
Unbelievable speller
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How can we help students with autism?
Increase the amount of language used with them
Talk in slang and make jokes.
Reduce the amount of language used with them
Have a weekly 1 - 1 with them
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What is dyspraxia?
Learning difficulty affecting carrying out movements.
Learning difficulty affecting handstands
Learning difficulty affecting english skills
Learning difficulty affecting maths skills
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How can we help students with dyspraxia?
Get them to write everything in the lesson down
Ask them repeated questions throughout the lesson
Don't break the tasks down
Copies of tutor notes or ESW to take in-class notes
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How can we help students with aspergers?
Avoid changes to rules and routines and provide consistency
Ask them to lead parts of the session
Constantly mix up the way you do things
Change the seating plan each week
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How can we help students with dyscalculia?
Tell them the answers
Tell them to work it out in their head
Link mathematical processes with everyday activities
Link mathematical processes with English skills
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What is dyscalculia?
A learning difficulty resulting in difficulties with English
A learning difficulty resulting in difficulties with French
The inability to use a calculator
A learning difficulty resulting in difficulties with maths.
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What are signs of tourettes syndrome?
Being quiet and not saying a word in class
Celebrating all the time
Blinking, head nodding, throat clearing, swearing
Not making eye contact and avoiding poeple
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What is tourettes syndrome?
Genetic, neuromuscular disorder. Resulting in memory loss
Something that develops over time
Genetic, neurological disorder. Irresistible body movements
Being able to control all body movements
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What is dyslexia?
learning difficulty affecting the process of written languag
Learning difficulty affecting the process of listening
Learning difficulty affecting the process of maths
Learning difficulty affecting the process of spoken language

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