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Dyspraxia and learning
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Classroom strategies supporting students' learning and wellbeing across the curriculum.
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Understanding dyspraxia
Learn about key concepts and terms, and the concerns and experiences of students with dyspraxia.
Ellie Madiera describes her experience of living with dyspraxia – the challenges and positive aspects of this diverse condition.
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Strategies for action
Four key strategies to support students with Dyspraxia in their learning
Identify needs and how to provide support
Work closely with the student and their whānau. Take an evidence-based, team approach to support learning and wellbeing. Monitor progress closely.
A student with dyspraxia talks about how netbooks have helped his learning.
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Ask the student what will help
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Assessment and monitoring using a team approach
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Organisations, programmes and resources
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Key areas to support
Motor skills, personal organisation, social interaction, and positive behaviour are areas students with Dyspraxia may need some specific support. Explore recommended approaches.
It [the laptop] becomes another limb, basically to that child. The impact on Tyler has been huge. He is full of confidence, full of self esteem. He loves to go to school ‘cause he knows that, that new limb of his goes everywhere with him basically. That’s how he sees it and yeah it’s opening up a whole new world of possibilities for him too, in his learning and for his future really.
Parent of a child with dyspraxia
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Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8
Approaches that are useful for students with dyspraxia are often valuable for everyone.
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"For supporting writing what I like to do is to give them [students] some variety with presenting. Tyler loves to do voice recordings, then he gets to add his expression to his writing so we can really hear him speaking to us, which is a really great tool for him to use."
- Jody Garland, teacher Parkvale Primary School
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Support participation and confidence
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Communicate and present information in different ways
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Support processing and planning
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Provide options to create, learn and share
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Helpful classroom strategies year 9-13
Approaches that are useful for students with dyspraxia are often valuable for everyone.
For the adolescent with DCD [developmental co-ordination disorder or dyspraxia] to flourish, he needs to develop a clear understanding of his strengths. At the same time the school needs to offer a variety of routes for the adolescent to be able to reach his goal.
Amanda Kirby, The adolescent with developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), p 91
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Support participation and confidence
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Communicate and present information in different ways
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Support processing and planning
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Provide options to create, learn and share
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Key resources

Developmental dyspraxia: A resource for educators
This booklet examines how dyspraxia can influence learning and provides strategies teachers can use in the classroom.
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How dyspraxia can influence learning
A summary of the challenges students with dyspraxia experience at school, with an outline of teaching opportunities to support learning.
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Dyspraxia
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A catalogue of videos describing dyspraxia and ways to support people with dyspraxia. No captions or transcripts are available.
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M.A.T.C.H. flyers: A resource for educators
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M.A.T.C.H. is a set of principles which can help educators ensure that the activity and environment are right for a child with a coordination disorder. This resource includes flyers explaining how to use the M.A.T.C.H principles best for learners of varying ages.
Publisher: CanChild, McMaster University
Dyspraxia – Classroom guidelines
A series of classroom strategies to support specific dyspraxic learning needs.
Publisher: Dyspraxia Foundation
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Guide to Index of the guide: Dyspraxia and learning
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Strategies for action:
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Identify needs and how to provide supportShow suggestions for Identify needs and how to provide support
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Key areas to supportShow suggestions for Key areas to support
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Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8
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Helpful classroom strategies year 9-13Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies year 9-13