• Get support for yourself through your administration, colleagues and community.  Seek the help of special educators and learning disability organizations.  Draw on their expertise.  Do not be afraid to acknowledge what you don’t know.

• Have a home/school communication book.

• Make PE activities less daunting.  Avoid ‘team choosing.”

• Teach the student breath control to relieve stress and anxiety.

• Monitor frequently. Maintain a supportive attitude.

• Have pre-established consequences for misbehaviour.  Enforce classroom rules consistently.

• A ‘mini-max’ technique is best – take minimal steps for maximum practice and effect.

• Keep your education ongoing.  Attend conferences, read books, visit websites, take classes.

• Rewards should be frequent and important, but only when deserved.

Time, not money, is the coin we spend on children!