Learning Disability Training: Parents & Teachers

SPECIALIST TEACHER AND PARENT TRAINING

Justin Clark MEd, MLearningInnovation, BEd, BA

Justin is a qualified and experienced teacher specialising in helping children and adults who have learning difficulties/disabilities including dyslexia and autism.

Justin also delivers training for parents (who have children with learning disabilities) and teachers who need assistance in teaching children in this area of need.

Justin provides specialist dyslexia teacher training, autism training for teachers and parents, dyslexia training for parents, and other learning disability training for adults as required and upon consultation.

Teaching Strategies for Learning Difficulties

Justin’s learning disability training for teachers and parents clarifies how to engage and cater for students with learning difficulties, such as autism and dyslexia.

Instruction is also provided on how to cope with behavioural challenges that may arise in the classroom and how to recognise these behaviours before they manifest.

Strategies are presented to help teachers and parents overcome obstacles preventing them from engaging their student/child effectively.

The goal of learning disability training is to understand the various teaching approaches that students with learning difficulties need to become effective learners.

The students will feel more valued and have a greater sense of identity. There will also be less challenging behaviours due to decreased frustration by the student along with the feeling of empowerment. This type of instruction includes autism training for teachers and parents, autism awareness training, dyslexia training for parents and specialist dyslexia teacher training.

Learning Disability Training – Behaviour Strategies

Research shows that the quality of teaching has the single biggest impact on learning.

High quality teaching occurs within a supportive classroom environment where the learning styles of all students are catered for. Teaching styles need to be flexible to effectively engage students with different learning difficulties. This is why Justin focuses on providing learning disability training for teachers and parents.

An understanding of the student’s specific learning difficulties and how they may affect the student’s classroom performance is paramount. This assists teachers in adapting teaching methods and strategies to help students successfully integrate into the classroom environment.

With these types of inclusive support structures, students with learning difficulties are more likely to develop a positive self-identity. They will feel they are being listened to, valued and catered for.

Specific Learning Disability Training

We also need to understand how students operate from their perspective. This is a key element in learning disability training.

For example, working with students with autism requires understanding of their brain development. When students feel frustrated or out of control, they can revert to a more primitive version of flight or fight mode, which is a survival mechanism. In this mode, they may not think clearly.

Even if they have strategies to deal with such emotions, they may find it hard to access and remember them. In this case, a visual prompter that means something to the student can be useful, such as a sticker or picture on the front of their workbook that the teacher can point to.

The visual is a reminder of the strategy they need to implement. This can be effective for trauma-effected students as well. It’s just one of many strategies that can be implemented depending on the individual learning needs of the student.

It’s also important to note that students that do this aren’t trying to make life difficult for the teacher. Given that it’s an automatic survival response, the student may not know a more healthy way of dealing with their emotions. Their intention isn’t to antagonise the teacher, and that’s why they need effective strategies to replace their old behaviours.

Having that awareness is crucial because if we can recognise a student with learning difficulties is feeling overwhelmed or out of control, we can support and assist them before they display more challenging behaviours.

Contact Justin Clark at Hope Tutoring

Please contact me if you are a parent or teacher looking for learning difficulties training, whether it be for dyslexia, autism or other learning difficulties, or children suffering from trauma. The training I provide is usually one-on-one and specific to your needs and situation.

Justin Clark, MEd, MlearningInnovation, BEd, BA

Learning Disability Training For Teachers and Parents

Teaching Strategies for Learning Difficulties

Learning Disability Training – Behaviour Strategies

Specific Learning Disability Training

Contact Justin Clark at Hope Tutoring

If you have any questions, call us on 0407 407 223.