Strategies Teachers Use To Overcome "Learned Helplessness"

This post is a list of strategies for teachers to help their students overcome learned helplessness.  Some examples include:

• Build a daily expectation of communication through specific activities such as choosing the activity during recess, picking a book to read, or identifying where to eat lunch.
• Construct a brief daily report to parents that is communicated by the student.
• Allow natural consequences to occur and provide avenues for repair.  This includes setups that alter the environment to provide less support or sabotage.
• Provide for choice making whenever possible that requires the student to use his or her augmentative communication systems.
• Provide powerful phrases on the device for students to reject or protest something.

Resource:
Dell, A., Newton, D., & Petroff, J. (2012). Computersand Internet to Teach Math. Assistive Technology in the Classroom (). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc.. (Original work published 2008