The document outlines characteristics and adaptive skill difficulties in learners, including inattention, distractibility, and difficulty with social interactions. It provides accommodations and teaching strategies to support these learners, such as seating arrangements, multisensory techniques, and structured routines. The emphasis is on creating an engaging learning environment tailored to individual needs and providing behavior modification tactics.

1. Learners with
Difficulty in
Performing
Adaptive Skills

2. Characteristics
• Difficulty in
mixing with other
children

3. Mission
•Acts as deaf •Resists learning
Characteristics

4. Characteristics
•No fear of real dangers Resists change in routine

5. Inappropriate
laughing and
giggling
Characteristics
Indicates need by
gesture
Not cuddly

6. Characteristics
Marked physical
overactivity
No eye contact
Inappropriate
attachments to objects
Spins
objects
Standoffish
manner
Sustained odd
play

7. Characteristics
Inattention
•Easily distracted by huge stimuli like
sounds, lights, movement in the
environment
•Does not seem to listen when spoken
to, thoughts are elsewhere
Energy

8. Inattention
Difficulty following and remembering
directions; forgetful in daily activities;
fails to pay attention to details
Difficulty following instructions and
fails to finish school works, chores or
duties in the workplace; makes many
careless mistakes

9. Difficulty initiating or getting started on tasks;
reluctant to engage school tasks
Difficulty sustaining attention in assigned tasks and
play activities; gets bored easily; fails to organize
them
Inattention

10. Inattention
Difficulty sustaining level of alertness to
tasks that are dull; sluggish or may fall
asleep easily in class.
Difficulty completing work; performance
is inconsistent

11. Inattention
*Poor study skills; weak executive functions
*Spacey tune out(ignore)
*Appears confused
*Easily overwhelmed
*No awareness of time
*Loses things necessary for tasks or
activities
*Procrastinates

12. Accommodations
*Learner will be seated near the teacher for easy
monitoring but away from the windows and doors.
*Where possible provide an area for reading/study and
free activity .
*Clearly label in pictures or written words the areas or
things to make it easy for learners to access materials.

13. Accommodations
*Color-code materials, notebooks for each
subject.
*Provide lesson outline.
*Provide daily written schedules for routines.

14. Accommodations
*Incorporate a great deal of multisensory
techniques and developmentally appropriate
activities.
*Use materials that are fun and engaging like
using colorful activity sheets.

15. Accommodations
*Provide activities that allow for some physical
movements (indoor and outdoor activities).
*Pair or seat the child near a student role model.
*Teacher will stand near the learner when teaching
and once in awhile make eye contact .

16. Accommodations
*Allow appropriate response time to process
information.
*Allow time for transition from one activity to another.
*Provide worksheets with fewer questions and
problems

17. TEACHING STRATEGIES
1. Behavior Modification
2.“Nip in the bud” (That’s enough.)
3.“Working through” (Let’s do it!)
4.Ignoring
5.Redirecting
6.Rewards
7.Desensitization

18. Thank You