1) Students identified as having slower than average speed of information processing may need a variety of supports in the classroom to get the most out of the learning environment. When and if lecture is necessary in the classroom, these students will benefit from having additional written materials to back up the lecture, or access to a recorder to capture and replay audio instructions or notes.

2) Differentiated instructional strategies to address the needs of these students would include frequent checking for understanding and modulating the speed of content delivery accordingly. These students may need additional time to complete assignments that require a great deal of information processing, such as mathematics. Take care, though, as teachers should not slow down instruction to such a degree that students are not being challenged or that they lose interest.

3) These students will do best in an instructional setting that doesn't require them to frequently learn entirely new procedures and formats. Stability and predictability will help these students be able to focus on and keep up with the content at hand.

4) Instructional strategies like working in groups or with peer tutors, that allow these students with attention deficiencies to share the cognitive load with their peers, will likely improve engagement and academic performance.

5) Continue using ACTIVATE brain training programs. Each brain training computer game in ACTIVATE is specifically designed to gauge and provide a gradually increasing challenge to any student’s processing speed. In Pirate Pete’s Packing Panic, for example, the screen can fill with as many as six fast-moving tiles that have to be organized in a matter of seconds – the speed and complexity of the game increases in relation with the students’ success in completing the task – ensuring that every student is challenged at the appropriate level, and given the opportunity for targeted processing speed exercise.