Examples of overall difficulties:

• Slow in completing classwork and tests

• Incomplete homework or tests

• Difficulty working quickly and efficiently

• Difficulty following multi-step directions

• Difficulty taking notes

• Difficulty responding to questions due to lag time

• Lacks automaticity of rote information

• Poor work completion

• Difficulty scanning and quickly determining important information on a page

• Slow decision making skills due to inability to free working memory

• Difficulty keeping up with conversations

• Difficulty with daily routines and transitions

Overall Strategies

• Grade student based on mastery of information rather than work completed

• When introducing new concepts, provide student with outline of lesson, and use multiple means of presentation to reinforce new concepts

• Explicitly teach self-monitoring strategies that help students set goals and rate their success related to timely completion of tasks

Accommodations

• Provide ample time to complete assignments and tests

• Shorten repetitive assignments

• Limit amount of time spent on daily homework assignments

• Allow time to respond orally or prepare student with question before calling

• Reduce the amount of writing and copying, especially if it is a less important part of an instructional task

• Give simple written directions, and speak slowly when giving oral directions

• Start routines early to avoid rushing and feeling anxious