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An excellent question. Working with "learning disabilities" requires you to "adapt" your teaching skills, the basics are the same but there is more emphasis on "patience" and employing "strategies". You need to understand what makes the student "tick" ie Do they have a specific diagnosis, Autisim, Asperger's, ADHD etc. What are the fundamental "ingredients" of the diagnosis, attention seeking, dyslexia, challenging behaviours etc. Armed with the right information you can then "adapt" your teaching methods and employ different "strategies" to achieve your aims. It is never easy and "patience" is so important, but it is very very rewarding when you are successful and equally as frustrating when you are not.
I would very much like to teach English but more on a conversational level which I think is my strong point. I have a great deal of respect for anyone who attempts to learn a foreign language as I don't myself, although I have to say that I try and learn: Hello, Please and Thank you in the language of the country I might be visiting, if people know you are making the attempt in their language they will appreciate it and will probably be more helpful as a result.
I haven't dealt with them .I think I saw one case or two who were outstanding .One of the cases is a journalist in a national newspaper, but his ability was incredible.He used to ask me questions with pages numbers and lines number.I myself wasn't able to remember as well as he.This proves that they have unique abilities, but they need someone who can discover these abilities and develop them.
