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EAL Nexus resource
Learning and behavioural difficulties
Subjects:
PHSE/Citizenship/Learning for Life
Age group:
12–14
Topic:
Diversity in UK society
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes.
Source | This resource was originally developed by Izzy Dogliani and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
©British Council 2015
Instructions for learners
Work in pairs. You will be given a card describing
a young person who has a specific learning or
behavioural difficulty.
Read the card carefully together. Then put it
face down and try introducing yourself as that
young person, e.g.
My name is …
I am good at …
I have …. This means I …
Discuss:
What kinds of things could the school do to help
that young person?
Things that a school can do to help a disabled
young person (which includes people with a
learning or behavioural difficulty) are called
Reasonable adjustments
There are different types of reasonable
adjustments, for example:
 being flexible about school rules, policies or
procedures
 providing different equipment
 extra teaching
 additional time to complete particular tasks.
Copy the table:
Learning or
behavioural
difficulty
Things the
Reasonable
person struggles adjustments (how
with
the school can help)
Instructions for learners
Between you there are nine different
common conditions. Some of the people
described have the same learning
difficulty as each other, but the
problems they experience are different.
Working around the class, try and get as
many as possible in your grid in 20
minutes.
Benjamin Zephaniah
Poet
Dyslexia
Ben was
based on…
Cher
Singer
Dyscalculia
Cherry was
based on…
Jennifer Aniston
Actor
Dyslexia
Jennie was
based on…
Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
Dyspraxia
Dan was
based on…
Susan Boyle
Singer
Sue was
based on…
Autism
Richard Branson
Businessman
Dyslexia
Ricky was
based on…
Albert Einstein
Scientist
Al was
based on…
Asperger's Syndrome
and dyslexia
Bill Gates
Computer entrepreneur
and charity worker
Billy was
based on…
Asperger's Syndrome
(this is an Autistic
Spectrum Disorder or
ASD)
Agatha Christie
Crime novelist
Dysgraphia
Aggie was
based on…
All of her books were dictated to a scribe.
Will Smith
Actor
William was
based on…
Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
Robin Williams
Actor
Rob was
based on…
Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
David Beckham
Footballer
Dave was
based on…
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder
(OCD)
Cameron Diaz
Actress
Cam was
based on…
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder
(OCD)
Charles Darwin
Scientist
Charlie was
based on…
Speech
impairment
Julia Roberts
Actress
Speech impairment
Julie was
based on…
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart
Composer
Wolfie was
based on…
Tourette’s
Syndrome (TS)