Support processing and organisation
Provide a range of supports and visuals to help Years 1-8 students to be independent learners.
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Provide students with more time
Provide students with more time
I’ll never forget Mrs. Spencer. She let me go at my own pace and said not to worry about keeping up with the class.
Student
Break tasks down
Break tasks down
Keep instructions simple by breaking tasks down into parts.
- Break tasks into small achievable steps, starting with what the student can already do.
- Provide instructions in short segments, for example, teach → student activity → teach → student activity.
- Use visuals, graphic organisers and checklists to support each step.
- Highlight key parts of the task.
- Check understanding by asking students to show you rather than explain expectations.
- Use peers or buddies to support the student at each step.
- Give positive feedback as students progress through the steps.
- Check on student progress frequently.
Use visual timetables
Use visual timetables
Provide choices between one or two options
Provide choices between one or two options
FASD means that my brain has trouble thinking of lots of things at once. This makes it really hard for me to make choices and decisions.
It is helpful when I have someone else to help me understand what the choices are and how they might affect me.
Student
Use timers
Use timers
Timers displaying how much time is allocated for activities during the day can help prepare students for transitions.
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Useful resources
Useful resources
Effective strategies for information-processing and memory difficulties
Read time: 4 min
Specific classroom strategies for supporting students of all ages with FASD to process information. Part of an online guide for educators called Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Publisher: Duke University
Supporting brain differences
A series of videos with explanations and strategies to support: sensory processing, executive functions, memory difficulties, slow processing pace, impulsivity, attention difficulties and more.
Publisher: British Columbia Ministry of Education
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- Create structure
- Support participation and confidence
- Support understanding
- Support processing and organisation
- Provide options to create, learn and share
- Manage successful transitions
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