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Such strategies can improve the writing skills of students with learning disabilities and are equally effective for individuals who just need extra help.

Evoke’s Academic and Writing Strategies program teaches students, step-by-step, a variety of evidence-based strategies that help them manage the writing process and improve what they write. The program assists students with every phase of the writing process, from brainstorming, goal setting, and writing an effective sentence and paragraph, to proofreading and revision—strategies that have been researched and proven to work with students at all levels, especially those who are challenged by learning disabilities. Together, student and academic strategist will identify the greatest roadblocks to the student’s writing and choose the strategies that will best address their challenges.

The writing process demands a lot from our brains, requiring us to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

Many students with executive function challenges, ADHD, and learning disabilities have a difficult time organizing their writing. Learning to write is a process that necessitates the development of several skills including working memory, grapho-motor skills, attention, orthographic knowledge, executive function skills, processing speed, visual-spatial abilities, language and reading skills, problem-solving and thinking skills, and metacognition. These are areas where neurodiverse learners often have deficits.

At Evoke, students work one-to-one with an academic strategist and are provided with the explicit strategy instruction required to enhance their writing skills and boost their confidence.