Behaviors

Behaviors Students May Have Who Experience Learning Difficulties:

• Poor organization
• Habitually tardy to turn in assignments
• Loses books, reports, etc.
• Anxious
• Overwhelms easily
• Sloppy
• Incomplete assignments; too brief
• Works without signs of personal investment
• Doesn't follow instructions
• Overdependence on aid
• Very easily distracted
• Freezes up
  

This Causes Teachers to Assume that a Student is:

• Lazy
• Arrogant
• Disrespectful
• Uncaring
• Not working to potential
• Inattentive
• Excuse-prone
• Rule-breaker/Rule-tester
• Uncooperative
• Just needs to try harder
  

What Students with Memory Difficulties are Probably Feeling:

• Inadequate
• Awkward
• Unpopular
• Defensive
• Alone
• Confused
• Like “everyone” is always staring at them
• Angry
• Depressed
• Unsafe emotionally and physically