A learner with difficulty organizing space - e.g., closets, desks, kitchen cabinets -- may live and function in a state of disorder or may never be able to find things quickly and efficiently.

Writing

If the person exhibits poor sentence structure, Dr. Cooper suggests trying: the five threeword sentences; word part exploration; and expanding drafts.

• helps adults with low literacy skills
• teaches simple sentence structure and parts of speech
• allows the person who writes only a little to write in a manageable and measurable way while enabling him/her to learn the structure of simple sentences

• helps adults who are working on expanding their vocabularies
• teaches prefixes, suffixes and parts of speech
• enables the person to explore using the same root word with different prefixes and suffixes, noting changes in the words' functions

• helps adults who only write short sentences
• teaches how to write sentences with more details
• provides adults with a technique for increasing details in their writing

Another suggestion is to teach learners to systematically question themselves regarding capitalization, appearance, punctuation, and spelling errors in their written products, as well as correct them, before completing the product. Each basic subskill should be taught independently and practiced a great deal prior to expecting students to use and incorporate it within their writing.
Mnemonics can be very useful in helping learners remember the steps they need to focus on during the editing process. Use of an acronym will also remind the students to check for each step independently. A common example is COPS: Capitals, Organization, Punctuation and Spelling.