Dealing with children, who are facing learning difficulties, and academic backwardness. Reshmi P Ravi CMLD student and LD Professional

1. Dealing with children,
who are facing
learning difficulties,
and academic
backwardness.
Reshmi P Ravi
CMLD student and LD Professional

2. Every baby is a gift from god…..

3. Each child is unique..don’t compare

4. Be aware that the child is facing learning
difficulties….
Child’s tutor may inform you or you may notice it
yourself from their poor academic performances.
Let them know that you are there to help them out….

5. Identify the child’s difficulty .
It can be in reading, writing or math

8. First understand that person with learning
difficulties are not lazy or dumb.

9. Their IQ is above average

10. We need to help them out.
Here are few tips for you ….
You can do these at home.

11. Let us be with them……and for them.

12. let us give them supportive relationships

13. Give individual attention

14. Match their pace….

15. See the world
through your child’s
eyes.

16. Reinforce positive aspects of student’s effort.

17. Focus on what the child can do and not what
he cannot do.

18. Give them lot of praise

19. Simplify the tasks for the child …..to their
manageable size.

20. Simplify the tasks

21. Prepare a morning Routine Visual schedule for
them and stick it on the most visible wall of your
home.

22. Repeat ..repeat..repeat….

23. Help them to organise their work

29. Make them realise that making mistake is a
part of learning ….

30. Focus on backward chaining while teaching
them

31. Give instructions – one by one

32. There are more important things in life than
marks….

33. Keep loving our children. They are god’s
special gift to us

35. How does your child like to study? Listening?writing?seeing?doing?

36. May be always sad or develop poor self esteem

38. Child may feel more tired than others on the
studies

39. Slow writing? Pencil grip problem?

40. Helping aids

42. Poor handwriting?

43. Try different pens and pencils to find out the one that the student is
most comfortable working with.

44. Help them to map the items

45. No overloading of work

46. Study table

47. Parent – teacher – discussion and monitoring

48. Playing maths games