Offers suggestions for teaching dyslexic students from a graduate student who teaches composition and is himself dyslexic. Recommends the following strategies: one-on-one help, study skills assignments, individual strategies, step-by-step process, oral discussion, topics of interest to the student, and questions to build confidence. (PA)

Notes the increasing number of learning-disabled (LD) students in college writing classes and the serious lack of research and training in how best to deal with their writing problems. Makes 25 suggestions for classroom management to help alleviate some of the problems that LD students face. (SR)

This article profiles a group of college students with learning disabilities, outlines strategies used to help those students in their 100-level expository-writing class, and illustrates persistent writing problems with three student writing samples. This study revealed that, even with explicit support, students whose learning disabilities had an…

Describes a writing instruction project called the "landmark method" that fosters writing skills in students with learning disabilities. Outlines specific strategies that have proven effective in teaching writing to students with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. (HB)

Describes a student with learning disabilities and how teaching methods emphasizing accommodating the student helped him find success. Illustrates how accommodating for learning differences can result in student success. (HB)