By Tara Carman-French
Try This Month: Change the Input
Learning disabilities don’t mean a lack of intelligence. They mean the brain processes information differently.
Many struggles happen not because material is too hard—but because it’s delivered in one rigid way.
This month, we experiment with changing how information comes in.
Try this month:
Pick one learning task and change the format:
- Listen instead of reading
- Watch instead of listening
- Speak instead of writing
- Use visuals, color, or diagrams
- Use text-to-speech or voice-to-text
You’re not avoiding learning. You’re accessing it in a different way.
For children and students, this can be deeply validating. When learning suddenly feels easier, confidence grows.
This builds on shrinking tasks. When input matches the brain’s strengths, tasks feel more manageable from the start.
Next month, we’ll shift from learning and productivity to regulation—because no strategy works well when the nervous system is overwhelmed.
I would love to hear how this Try This Month worked or didn’t work for you. Drop us a comment on our social media or connect with us directly at [email protected].
