Dealing with

What we will do today

• What are learning difficuties.
• How to recognize tell tail signs
• What can we do?

What are learning difficulties?

Neurological differences

Different way of learning

• Reading
• Writing
• Processing time
• Spelling

Different way of learning

• Reading time
• Speaking
• Short working memory
• Focusing

Different way of learning

• Difficulty following directions.
• Clumsy
• Fidgety

Types of Learning Difficulty

• Dyslexia
• Dyspraxia
• Dyscalculia
• Autism
• ADHD
• Selective mutism

What are the signs of Dyslexia

• Slow at reading.
• Cannot read out sounds.
• Poor processing abilities.
• Unable to process new inforfation into working memory.

How dyslexics see reading and writing

What are the signs of Dyscalculia

• Difficulty understanding counting backwards or in different orders.
• Weak mental arithmetic.

What are the signs of Dyscalculia

• Slow to perform calculations.
• High levels of mathematic anxiety.
• Poor sence of numbers and estimations.

What are the signs of Dyspraxia

• Poor balance.
• poor posture and easily get fatigued.
• Poor hand eye coordination.

What are the signs of Dyspraxia

• Lack of rhythm.
• Clumsy movement.
• Exaggerated movements when running.
• Always getting injured.

What are the signs of dyspraxia

What are the signs of Autism

• Avoiding eye contact.
• Delayed speech.
• Dependant on rules and routines.

What are the signs of Autism

• Unexpected reactions to other sensory expousre.
• Difficulty understanding other people's reactions.

What are the signs of ADHD

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
• Clumsy
• Forgetful
• Lack of attention

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What are the signs of selective mutism

What are the signs of selective mutism

• Although they are able to speak they fall silent with other people out side their direct family.
• Seem very anxious when expected to speak.

What are the signs of selective mutism

• Seem scared of social interaction.
• Prefer to make gestures or small sounds.

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Short working memory

• Is one of the caracteristics that most studnets with learning difficulties experience.
• Only small cunks of new information can be retain.
• New information is quilckly replaced.

Short working memory

How does learning

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• Difficulty creating classroom balance/dynamics.
• Creating trust and understanding with the student.
• Moving the class at the same speed.
• What is the best way to deliver the class and what activities or materials to use.

What can we do?

Experiment

• Get to know students.
• What they like and do not like.
• What they can do and can not do.
• Where they have difficulty learning.

Experiment

• Where they have difficulty learning.
• How can we build up their working memory.

What else can we do?

Multisensory teaching

What is multisensory teaching?

Teaching in a different way

• Using a range of learning.
• Visual / audio / kenistetic /or all three.
• Over learning
• Integrating
• Using interactive activities / worksheets / lessons / games.
• Making lessons, colourful, fun, challenging and interactive.

What does

Multisensory teaching

• Using story maps.
• Using colours for reading.
• Using interactive activities to consilodate sound and word recognition.

Multisensory teaching

• Using Proximal learning.
• Over learning vocabulary by interlinking with other topics.
• Making small changes.

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Your turn!

Keep in mind

• Build up confidence.
• Motivation.
• Enjoy learning.
• Develop autonomus learning.

What we need to be careful of

• We can not diagnose students. We can advise and support parents and students.
• This is a sensitive issue in Japan.

Do you have any questions?

More information

• https://www.npo-edge.jp/about/englishpage/
• https://dyslexiaida.org/

Thank you!