Autism and Dyslexia/Dyscalculia

[Guest guest]

I am working with a student who has a PDD-NOS diagnosis. He is very

bright, VERY verbal ;-) and has a whole lot of energy. His

comprehension to listening activities is very good, and he has very

good imaginative play skills. I am having trouble teaching him to read

numbers and letters as well as sight words including his name and

words on the Edmark PC program. I am using ITT, 1:1. He is progressing

VERY slowly and inconsistently, and gets frustrated, He is very

motivated to start work and we seem to have paired well. He is on or

level when it comes other math aspects which do not require numbers;

same with reading aspects (such as story comprehension) that do not

require letters/words. He has been working on the same goals for the

past year (rec/exp id letters, own name, numbers)when he was in pre-k

(with a different teacher), I now have him for K. I have been working

with him using Edmark since the summer and he is just starting lesson

17 (my other students all thrive with the program), I am worried that

he may have other needs that I am not see or understand to help him

reach his full potential. I am thinking maybe dyslexia and/or

dyscalculia. Does anyone have insights how I could better help this

student? I am VERY concerned by his lack of progress. Please help.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Could the problem be related to his visual integration, ie., visual

reception and/or processing, of " seeing " amenable to vision training

(can't exactly remember if that's what it's called) or Irlen lens

treatment (not a favorite of mine, per, specialized colored eye

glasses) or, I guess, there must be a whole lot of other things that

you could try related to vision differentiation and processing

issues, of getting his eyes " tested, " thereof?

Seeing is differentiating in that respect.. . Is the child a visual

learner in other respects that you have found, or what? ...

There are many tests, including not so typical tests (by " seeing "

specialists, I think I've heard them called) that can point to a

problem associated with vision and seeing, but I just don't have a

lot of technical information at my fingertips on that. All this

came to mind seeing and reading your request, thereof, of seeing?

Something like that.. .

" I " would want to check that out first.

Mike,

I ABA

ABA for Understanding .

>

> I am working with a student who has a PDD-NOS diagnosis. He is

very

> bright, VERY verbal ;-) and has a whole lot of energy. His

> comprehension to listening activities is very good, and he has

very

> good imaginative play skills. I am having trouble teaching him to

read

> numbers and letters as well as sight words including his name and

> words on the Edmark PC program. I am using ITT, 1:1. He is

progressing

> VERY slowly and inconsistently, and gets frustrated, He is very

> motivated to start work and we seem to have paired well. He is on

or

> level when it comes other math aspects which do not require

numbers;

> same with reading aspects (such as story comprehension) that do

not

> require letters/words. He has been working on the same goals for

the

> past year (rec/exp id letters, own name, numbers)when he was in

pre-k

> (with a different teacher), I now have him for K. I have been

working

> with him using Edmark since the summer and he is just starting

lesson

> 17 (my other students all thrive with the program), I am worried

that

> he may have other needs that I am not see or understand to help

him

> reach his full potential. I am thinking maybe dyslexia and/or

> dyscalculia. Does anyone have insights how I could better help

this

> student? I am VERY concerned by his lack of progress. Please help.

>