Leverage what students do well and enjoy to address their learning challenges¶

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Description¶

After identifying specific strengths across the whole child framework, teachers are prompted to brainstorm how those strengths can support growth areas: "How can I leverage what students do well and enjoy doing to address the challenges they face and improve opportunities for learning?" The template repeats this leverage question in both its academic and SEL sections, asking how identified strengths can be used to mitigate student challenges.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Prior identification of specific strengths across content, cognition, SEL, and student background

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• PreK-12 students with IEPs

Target Learning Goals¶

• Using strengths to support growth areas in academics and SEL

Affordances¶

• Learner Variability Whole Child Framework

Related Strategies¶

• Leveraging Strengths to Address Learning Differences
• Identifying and Addressing Self-Regulation Strengths and Challenges
• Leveraging Strengths to Improve Relationship Skills
• Strength-Based Strategies for Responsible Decision-Making
• Leveraging Strengths to Address Attention Challenges
• Strength-Based Approach to Social Awareness
• Strength-Based Approach to Self-Awareness

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Digital Promise. (2023, February). The IEP project: A strength-based, whole learner teacher guide. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/169