• Building relationships with students by creating a safe environment and through positive reinforcement

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• Fostering understanding of student's strengths in order to increase self-confidence and self-motivation

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• Modeling organization skills and encouraging establishment of a system or routine for homework, test prep, and project completion

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• Helping students to develop planning and organization strategies for homework, short and long term projects and test prep

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• Teaching effective time management skills and study strategies for greatly reducing homework time

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• Identifying strategies to manage distractions and improve focus, concentration and sustained attention

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• De-emphasizing students' limitations and teaching coping mechanisms

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• Expanding student self-advocacy and encouraging independence

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• Developing reading comprehension strategies across all academic subjects

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• Developing strategies for problem solving

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• Teaching metacognitive approaches (thinking about thinking) including self-monitoring and mindful reflection on outcomes

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• Encouraging active studying strategies to improve retention

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• Using apps and other tools to support students with improving retention and recall of information