Combining Writing and Self-Regulation Strategies: The SRSD Approach
Students who present with learning disabilities often experience difficulty with writing. These difficulties result from limitations in terms of writing strategies, skills, and knowledge, and in motivation (Graham, Harris, & McKeown, 2013). The Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) approach is based on what has been learned about students with learning disabilities and other students in difficulty (Harris, 1982). The goal is to teach the strategies, skills, and knowledge that students need in order to write, while supporting them to be motivated, with the overall goal of improving their written production. Taking the specific needs of each student into account is central to this approach. It can be used with an entire class, small groups, and individual students, from Grade 2 to secondary school.
