Organizational Skills and Strategies

Dyslexic students and adults often have poor organizational skills.

Sometimes this means that they go through life forgetting homework, meetings etc.

Others knowing that they have a problem with organization can over compensate and can be obsessive about organization and find it difficult to function if their environment or work space is disturbed.

 

Tips

• Have a copy of your time table on the wall with pictures of things that have to be taken to school each day. The hook arrangment above is a good idea.
• Colour code subjects books and files English blue and Maths red for example.
• Have a Monday to Friday in and out tray.

Homework

Organizing homework can cause the dyslexic person real difficulties see the BDA tips on Homework.

In the work place dyslexic people may need support and help if they are to work to the best of their ability. See Adult and Employers' pages for more details.