Well, as you know, I teach using concrete, multi-sensory activities. That way I try to hit the strengths and help the weaknesses. I end up teaching lots of students who are pretty much strong in visual-spatial activities. Weaker in auditory-verbal-sequential skills. And I have had a few students that are the opposite. But I believe this is the first time I have ever worked with this type of learner, so I want to know as much as possible.
This child was a month premature, but was only 2 lbs at birth. But had good muscle tone, and is good at athletics. But has difficulty with fine motor skills, and the Differential Ability Scales shows he has many problems with spacial orientation and memory. He is 12 years old, and struggles in all of his grade 5 subjects. According to the DAS, his best mode is verbal--low average. Visual learning is about the same. But spacial skills are very low.
I have worked with him a little bit, and helped him verbalize as he worked. But he has such an interesting mixture of learning styles that I just wanted to find out if anyone had suggestions for me.
Anita www.learntoreadnow.com
