Examples of Goodness of Fit
Type of Learning Disability Poor Fit Good Fit
Auditory Processing Deficit
  • Difficulty processing information taken in through the ears
  • Understanding oral instructions
  • Differentiating similar sounds
  • Hearing one sound over a background noise
Auditory Processing Deficit
  • Anything where verbal information is relied upon
  • Job examples that might be a poor fit: call centre operator, telephone operator, dispatcher
Auditory Processing Deficit
  • Jobs where strengths can be utilized eg. visual ability
  • Job examples that might be a good fit: graphic artist, welder, tool & die maker, accounting clerk
Visual Processing Deficit
  • Difficulty receiving or processing accurate information from their sense of sight
  • Have difficulty picking out an object from a background of other objects
  • Problems seeing things in correct order
Visual Processing Deficit
  • Anything where lots of attention to visual information has to take place. eg. administrative assistant, shipper/receiver, technical writer
Visual Processing Deficit
  • Jobs where oral memory or verbal abilities might be strengths eg. public relations, child care worker, cook or chef, auto repair, welder, front dest clerk, recreational director, roofer, flight attendant, tour guide or personal support worker
Organizational Processing Deficit
  • Difficulty with time management
  • Problems with focussing (easily distracted)
  • Difficulty organizing tasks and activities or physical items eg. desk, space
Organizational Processing Deficit
  • Jobs that require a lot of organization and attention to detail eg. accounting clerk, dispatcher or teaching
Organizational Processing Deficit
  • Jobs where risk taking or employment that require creativity eg. sales, marketing or an artist

The following chart produced by the New York State Education Department gives some excellent strategies that can help individuals with learning disabilities achieve a good employment fit.