Organizational Skills for Students with LD: The Master Filing System for Paper
"I lost it."
"I think it's at home."
"I can't find it anywhere!"
Teachers who have students with learning disabilities are used to hearing these words. Notebooks, homework, and pencils seem to vanish on a daily basis.
Yet effective organizational skills are essential: they allow students to maximize their time on task and feel more in control of their learning. See this article about the "Master Filing System," which can help students with LD and executive functioning weaknesses keep their materials in one place.
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