Below are a few ideas that have come out of my own experience overcoming problems with writing.
Motivation seems to grow better out of a strong self-concept than one that is shattered.
Then the risk taking that is so important in learning by trial and error can take place because people will be willing to make the necessary errors to learn. Separating Questions of Literacy from Questions of Intelligence and Self-Worth. We need to help students see the difference between their intelligence and their specific language problems. We need to find areas of strength in students' experiences and emphasize those as much as possible. We need to help students connect their feelings of self-worth to their areas of strength, and not to their literacy skills or lack thereof.