Time+Management

When it comes to educating students, regardless of age, gender, race or potential abilities, teaching appropriate time management is a vital and important tool. This is particularly important for students who have special needs or a disability.

Teaching time management can turn a stressed and struggling students day into an easy and insightful one. Common practices for encouraging time management for students with special needs involve allowing extra time for certain activities, but providing deadlines for others to prevent laziness, providing a certain place for the student to work or think at any time, and also allowing the student short breaks between work for the student to clear their mind and blow off steam.

I believe that creating a good atmosphere and influencing children in regards to time management at an early age will provide the best results. Proper time management should be taught to all students, particularly those with a disability or learning difficulties, from a late primary stage (year 3 onwards) as this will provide adequate time to positive influence the students in regards to managing their time well before they reach secondary school. If all of these techniques, and more, are used within the classroom then it is highly likely that the particular students grades will, over time, improve greatly.

REFERENCES:

http://specialed.about.com/cs/teacherstrategies/a/Strategies.htm (first accessed on the 7th of July, 2011)

http://www.ldonline.org/article/Teaching_Time_Management_to_Students_with_Learning_Disabilities (first accessed on the 7th of July, 2011)