With appropriate accommodations and teaching strategies a person with learning disabilities can learn to take advantage of their strengths and minimize weaknesses, and thus increase the potential for success. Being familiar with a learner's preferred learning style and incorporating many different modalities into lesson plans provides greater likelihood of progress.
Reduce noise distractions.
Have the learner read out loud, or whisper when reading and sounding out words.
Provide recorded versions of written material.
Have the learner verbally recall information when reading by asking who-, what-, when-, and why- questions out loud.
Teach phonics, sound blending and syllabication.
Teach word families, using cutout letters or other manipulatives.
Minimize visual distractions - make sure printed material is well spaced.
Continually discuss, summarize and review information.
Pair words with pictures or objects when teaching new vocabulary.Have the learner create his or hew own mental visual image of new words.
Provide demonstrations or gestures along with verbal instructions.
Use visual configuration and structure clues for word identification.
If notes are needed, use point form instead of information paragraphs.
Allow learners to move around during lessons.
Use various types of writing tools for example pencils, pens, soft-tip markers, and large markers.
Use objects to manipulate.
Use objects to teach abstract concepts.
Use the computer whenever possible.
Have learners underline or use highlighters on key words.