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People with FASD may be very good at many things. They may be loving, affectionate, friendly, artistic, musical, work well with animals and plants, be very loyal and show a great determination to succeed in life. Learning strengths vary by individual. Strengths can be enhanced by the quality of a child’s environment and learning experience.
Some Common Learning Strengths
- Visual learner: learns by being shown, rather than being told
- Learns best one-to-one
- Operates well with multimodal learning – hear, see, touch
- Hands on, concrete, experiential, learns by doing
- Learns well when integrated with other activities.
Some Common Learning Challenges
People with FASD can have a range of symptoms that may affect their ability to learn and retain information. For example, they may appear to learn a new task one day and not remember it the next. Other common problems include having trouble:
- Understanding abstract concepts i.e. math and money
- Thinking/reasoning
- Learning from experience
- Understanding consequences of their actions
- Remembering.
People wth FASD may have special needs that require
life-long help regarding:
- Managing money
- Making decisions
- Creating a context of safety
- Understanding timelines
- Educating employers.
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