Breaking down the Barriers: Strategies to Assist Apprentices with a Learning Disability. Occasional Paper

Apprentices with a learning disability can face significant barriers to completing their training. This paper explores what these apprentices, their lecturers and disability support staff see as the most effective strategies for helping them to overcome these difficulties. Instructional approaches which accommodate students' learning styles, individual tutoring and supportive relationships were endorsed by all groups as effective. This research was undertaken by a novice researcher in the Community of Practice scholarship program, which is funded through NCVER's Building Researcher Capacity initiative. Appended are: (1) Questionnaire; and (2) Focus group questions. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)