Specific Learning Difficulties - Dysgraphia

Teaching Strategies

• Talk partners / study buddy

• Read text to them

• Handouts instead of copying tasks

• Coloured paper / screen or overlay

• Repeat instructions

• Chunked tasks

• Processing time

• Memory aids: working walls, learning mats, regularly repeating key information

• Ensure fonts on whiteboard are clear and of a reasonable size. We will not use a “white” background and will endeavour to use the correct colour backgrounds where indicated by individual pupils preference

• Effective modelling through I do, we do, you do approach to ensure that children feel ready to work independently and apply key skills

• Recap new learning frequently

• Use of ICT if appropriate

• Mark for content not presentation

• Avoid marking every spelling or mathematical error

• Alternatives to writing - mindmaps etc.

• Scaffolding

• Visual aids for sequencing

• Extra time

• Strategies to aid organisation

• Provide pupil with study pack

• Record home learning for them

• Multi-sensory approach-visual, auditory and kinaesthetic

• Use off white paper and cursive script

• Provide writing frames to support organisation

• Access to prompts and visual aids

• Print instructions off the whiteboard so that they can be seen by the pupil

• Use line trackers and/or coloured overlays if appropriate

• Provide opportunities for the pupil to re-learn and over-learn

• Encourage the process of drafting and redrafting

• Make sure homework is in a format that is easy for the pupils to access