I also saw the slumped shoulders, the downcast eyes, and the shame in the faces of students who felt profoundly inadequate. Working with struggling students I saw a multitude of learning challenges. Then again, coming from a background in educational therapy, my initial instinct is to look for causes that may be difficult to see. When your children or students clearly aren’t listening to a word you’re saying, do you automatically assume they are being willfully defiant? You might be right. There were way more factors than the below post will get into, but the fact that he may have been a visual thinker is one piece of the puzzle. Read below to find out more about visual thinkers and how we can meet their needs in the classroom. It didn’t come easy for him and took too much time to process.Īs I read the guest post below by Cherice from Inner Pieces Gallery, I am reminded of this student and the struggles we had last year. He didn’t have any learning difficulties and the only academic area was below grade level was writing. He, a second grader, would roll around on the carpet, throw things, distract other students, and just basically be a pain. He had all inke skills, but it was like pulling teeth to get him to apply his skills in the classroom. I had a student last year who was super smart.
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