- Often prefer hands-on ways of learning
new ideas.
- Sometimes ask to see ideas on paper.
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- Use the concepts in a practical hands-on way or role-play.
- Provide information visually where possible.
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- Resist new ideas or ways of doing things
and may have difficulty adjusting to
changes on the job.
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- Help learners develop a daily routine.
- Model how new tasks can be broken down into manageable chunks to make
tasks simpler.
- Encourage them to complete tasks one step at a time.
- Build in praise and constant feedback.
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- May have good ideas that seem
disjointed, unrelated or out of sequence.
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- Teach strategies to help organize information.
- Encourage learners to take time prior to speaking to organize thoughts.
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- Pay too much attention to detail and miss
the big picture or idea when encountering
specific situations at home or at work.
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- Use a form of mind-mapping to look at all aspects of the task or situation.
- Teach and model problem solving.
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- “Shoot from the hip” when arriving at
decisions.
- Don’t use a structured approach to weigh
options.
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- Help learners explore various solutions to problems.
- Model problem-solving strategies and integrate into training activities.
- Encourage them to stop and think.
- Practise role-playing to prepare learners for various situations.
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- Approach situations without a game plan,
acting without a guiding set of principles.
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- Model effective action planning – involve learners right from the beginning in
assessment and training plan development.
- Begin with small and realistic projects to practise and model.
- Encourage learners to refer to their plan and check off each task as they
complete it.
- Encourage them to stop and think.
- Utilize mnemonics to help remember steps to effective planning.
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