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Characteristic-Strategy Graphic Organizer

To Organize Needs & for Intervention Purposes
Complete the graphic organizer to demonstrate alignment of effective strategies as they relate to
the disability characteristic that requires support for the student to be successful in school. Added
descriptions are helpful in using this graphic organizer as a reference.
Disability Category: Learning Disability
Possibly / Common Strengths:
1. Perseverance
2. Empathy
3. Courage
4. Assertiveness
Instructional or Behavioral Strategies
student may be taught to use for school success

Common Disability Characteristics

A) Information processing difficulties

Academic
A-1 Foldable Good instructional strategy to help
students with learning disabilities comprehend content
area materials, and to retain and recall content area
information.
A-2 Sticky Note Strategy Students can place a certain
color sticky note on their paper to let the teacher know
that they need help. Students could also use sticky notes

B) Difficulty remembering skills

learned

whenever they have a any kind of question to ask.

B-1 Graphic Organizers (Representation) Helps
students integrate concepts together, and identify the
overall meaning of a problem by making connections.
B-2 Cornell Notes Students use this as a guide when
writing key facts, and determining the important
information. Students are able to highlight important
notes/key words or phrases that stand out to them to help
them remember information.

A) Inattentive

Social / School (Skills)

A-1 Response Cards Great strategy to use to prevent
students from tuning out, and increases the chance of
students staying on-task during class

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discussions/activities.
A-2 Behavior Specific Praise Helps students who are
often engage in off-task behavior, and encourages
B) Low Self-Esteem

motivation and proficiency of students.

B-1 Positive Self-Talk Helps students become more
positive when completing school assignments, and allows
students to finish at their own pace without feeling
overwhelmed.
B-2 Team Building Helps students build selfconfidence, increases communication, and participation
in class discussions.

A) Challenging Behavior

Behavior / Organization
A-1 Check In/Check Out (CICO) Helps self-monitor a
students progress, gives students more structure and
accountability to where they are able to receive
rewards/incentives for good behavior.
A-2 Good Behavior Game Helps reduce disruptive
behavior of the student and promotes reinforcement when

B) Social/Emotional Issues

following the rules by giving rewards.

B-1 Journaling Helps students express their feelings
and emotions on paper to their teacher or other peers, and
build their confidence without the feeling of being
judged.
B-2 Music Movement & Rhythm Helps students
facilitate socializing and communicating with their peers
through various activities.