Learners With Exceptionalities

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factor in how much the learning disability will affect a person?s development. Incorporating the following strategies into the learning process can help overcome the difficulties of dyslexia: early exposure to oral reading, writing, drawing and practice to encourage development of print knowledge, basic letter formation and recognition skills and linguistic awareness; practice reading different kinds of texts; modifying classroom procedures to allow for extra time to complete assignments, help with note taking, oral testing and other means of assessment; using books on tape and assistive technology such as screen readers and voice recognition computer software. (Dyslexia 2-3)
Another form of learning disabilities is dyspraxia, a term that refers to a specific disorder in the area of motor skill development. People with dyspraxia have difficulty planning and completing intended fine motor tasks. Dyspraxia can affect different areas of functioning, varying from simple motor tasks such as waving goodbye to more complex tasks like brushing teeth....