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Dyspraxia and learning

Classroom strategies supporting students' learning and wellbeing across the curriculum.

Strategies for action

Four key strategies to support students with dyspraxia in their learning

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A student with dyspraxia talks about how netbooks have helped his learning.

Source: Enabling e-Learning (NZ) (opens in a new tab/window)

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Enabling e-Learning (NZ)
http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Learning-areas/English/1-1-Netbooks-Allowing-excellence-in-the-classroom

Three suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Build whanaungatanga
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Gather information to inform practice
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Organisations, programmes and resources
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There is no cure for dyspraxia, and children do not outgrow it. However, children do get better at doing certain tasks over time with lots of practice and feedback. Occupational therapy and speech therapy, along with other tools and strategies, may help improve symptoms. For older children, learning to use a keyboard may help with writing.

Source: Living with dyspraxia – UNESCO (opens in a new tab/window)

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Living with dyspraxia – UNESCO
https://mgiep.unesco.org/article/living-with-dyspraxia

Four suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Support motor skills
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Support self-management and organisation
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Support social interaction
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Support positive behaviour
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Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8

Approaches that support students with dyspraxia are often valuable for all students. Refer to Key areas to support in this guide for more advice on supporting motor skills, self-management, social interaction and positive behaviour.

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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

Source: Enabling e-Learning (opens in a new tab/window)

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Enabling e-Learning
http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Learning-areas/English/1-1-Netbooks-Allowing-excellence-in-the-classroom

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Four suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Support participation and confidence
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Present information in different ways
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Support processing and organisation
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Provide options for students to create, learn and share
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Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13

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