5.4 Identify and support learning preferences

The act of completing the paper to identify SMART goals, or tasks, may also reveal any learning preferences. These could be affinities for visual images, audio, speaking thoughts, touch/feeling-based learning, or combinations of these, such as in podcasts and videos. Facilitating learning preferences can be another way in which you can support a learner with mental health issues.

For example, if your learner is found to have a visual preference for learning then you might encourage the use of colour or symbol coding, underlined subheadings, or images that can be easily recognised, to enhance their feelings of comfort, safety and inclusion or make learning easier.