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Strength Difficulty
Difficulty...
Develop and/or compensate for difficulty with:
Visual Discrimination
 

teacher may highlight, underline, circle visual details

 

student may highlight, underline, circle visual details

Visual Memory
 

teacher may present material in a multi-sensory manner and may reinforce it with verbal and/or auditory input

 

student may overlearn in small increments and by repetition

 

teacher may employ verbal mediation

 

student may employ verbal mediation

 

teacher may require student to review frequently to foster consolidation in memory

 

teacher may provide student with strategies to organize new information (e.g chunking, related information, labeling categories)

Visual-Motor
 

student may use a word processor

 

student may dictate material first to scribe/recorder

 

teacher may present material in a multi-sensory manner and may reinforce it with verbal and/or auditory input

 

teacher may limit copying tasks and use handouts/photocopies

Visual-Spatial
 

teacher may use verbal mediation to interpret visual information

 

student may use verbal mediation to interpret visual information

 

teacher may give student a list of steps in a process

 

teacher may give student a structured form to be filled in

 

teacher may give the student the opportunity to demonstrate spatial relationships (e.g., act out, use concrete manipulatives)

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Strength...
Use strength in:
Visual Discrimination Skills
 

student may use visual cues to reinforce learning

 

student may use visual models (e.g. spellcheck program) for comparison with own work for self-correction

 

teacher may use visual models to reinforce concepts/instruction

 

teacher may give student the opportunity to point out details and differences during class

Visual Memory Skills
 

student may use visual cues to recall information

 

student may use flashcards to learn material

 

teacher may use visual information to reinforce concepts

Visual-Motor Skills
 

student may reinforce learning by writing out material to be memorized

 

teacher may encourage student in physical education/athletics and/or art projects

Visual-Spatial Skills
 

teacher may encourage student to pursue the fine arts

 

teacher may encourage student to use mapping to take notes

 

student may employ visual schemes (tables, charts, diagrams) when learning and studying

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