Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Does anyone have experience w/ helping a child w/ visual memory problems? My son who is 11 is having a difficult time w/ spellling, writing, drawing, due to his poor visual memory. I don't really understand what he is lacking, but this is what his OT said was causing his poor skills in writing. How do you make this better? How can I address it at home so he is getting more trials of this type of material and he can make some gains? Thanks in advance, Stacie in MN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Stacie, Another poster was right in saying that your son should be evaluated by a neuropsychologist for his memory skills, but if these deficits have already been established (by a qualified psychologist), there are programs that can address memory. One that I can think of right now involves showing the child a card with a picture (or a letter, number, etc.), having him label what's on the card, removing or turning the card over, and having him recall from memory what was on the card. Once he masters this skill for one card, you work up to two cards, and so on. When there is more than one card in an array, you can try turning over the cards and asking him to find such-and-such an item (so he has to remember the position of the item in the array of cards). Also, you could have him try to draw what he just saw and then (as soon as he's done drawing) show him the picture/symbol for immediate feedback on his accuracy. These are just some ideas for exercising visual memory - in order to find an intervention that targets your son's difficulties precisely, you would, as was mentioned before, need to make sure his memory skills have been assessed appropriately. But I hope these ideas are helpful. Best of luck! > > Does anyone have experience w/ helping a child w/ visual memory problems? My son who is 11 is having a difficult time w/ spellling, writing, drawing, due to his poor visual memory. I don't really understand what he is lacking, but this is what his OT said was causing his poor skills in writing. How do you make this better? How can I address it at home so he is getting more trials of this type of material and he can make some gains? > > Thanks in advance, > Stacie in MN > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Just wanted to share a couple of easy ideas for working on visual memory. We played a game where I would hide an M & M under a cup, and my son could have the M & M if he could tell me the correct color. We had different variations of the game, for example, two M & Ms under a cup, or different color M & Ms under a few cups, and distractor activities worked in. You could also try Memory. My son has a tough time playing memory with playing cards, because he's a little clumsy and the cards tend to shift around too much. He loves the computer versions of Memory, such as those on PBS Kids' website: http://pbskids.org/georgeshrinks/fun/flash/flip_match/george.html or http://pbskids.org/caillou/games/memory.html. Geraldine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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