Awareness of Students with Diverse Learning Needs,
What the Teacher Needs to Know, Volume 1

Classroom Considerations

A number of factors may contribute to slow progress in school:

• Long absences from school over the years for medical treatment.
• Poor mobility and poor hand control.
• Sensory impairment e.g. visual, tactile.
• Little effort to extend muscle use.
• Varying degrees of learning disabilities, particularly in arithmetic, or any subject area requiring good visual-spatial skills.
• Lack of confidence and lack of interaction with other children.
• Distractibility.