Support participation and confidence
Use multiple approaches and encourage positive ākonga participation
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Use multiple approaches to increase confidence
Use multiple approaches to increase confidence
Discuss with the learner what will support their participation and confidence.
Build the suggestions into your teaching practice.
- Ask ākonga how they like to learn.
- Use learners’ interests and strengths as bases for teaching.
- Recognise and eliminate situations that ākonga may find difficult or embarrassing because of their physical or cognitive differences.
- Foster tuakana-teina relationships and create a class culture where ākonga support each other.
- Feedback success to parents and whānau.
- Recognise avoidance strategies and provide support and encouragement.
- Give ākonga extra time to complete work.
- Make learning supports, such as text-to-speech and word prediction, available to all learners.
- Enable learners to contribute their ideas in collaborative work, without the challenge of lengthy writing tasks.
- Provide the learner with strategies to help them when they get stuck.
Use a range of self-regulation strategies
Use a range of self-regulation strategies
Inhibition and self-regulation strategies.
- Give immediate feedback and positive reinforcement (Class Dojo is a useful tool for supporting self-regulation).
- Provide regular exercise and movement breaks.
- Have cue cards on learners’ desks and/or private signals to remind to stop, think, and make a good choice.
- Provide a designated calming spot.
- Encourage ākonga with ADHD to self-manage and stay focused, organised and on track, using tools such as a vibrating watch or timer.
- Use social stories and role-play to rehearse appropriate behaviours.
Give learners time
Give learners time
Consider reducing the quantity rather than the complexity of the learning.
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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Offer problem-solving strategies
Offer problem-solving strategies
Support learners to develop strategies for “getting out of the pit” when they get stuck in their learning.
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Useful resources
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Assessment for learning
Leading local curriculum guide series on using the right tools and resources to notice and respond to progress across the curriculum.
Publisher: Ministry of Education NZ
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