Re: Reading and Listening program question

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My son did LiFT (listening fitness) last summer (and he's currently doing a

2 week booster) and it was AMAZING. He is like a different kid. He is much

more regulated and it's clear he can process what he hears much more

efficiently. His expressive language and social skills have really developed

as a result.

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of alaine

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:00 AM

Subject: Reading and Listening program question

Happy New Year to everyone!

Just a quick update since we're about 10 weeks into Play Attention w/ .

Definitely seeing improvements, and he wants to do it, which makes things

ALOT easier!

Looking forward to filling in other gaps - his reading progress in school is

pretty slow, so we were thinking about looking into mood Bell for the

summer. But, his focus is also still a huge challenge - part of it is

definitely avoidance behavior, and Dr G thinks there could be some auditory

processing difficulty. So then I started to think about the Dynamic

Listening System (a colleague just finished up that program for her son and

it's worked wonders) first, to help with the listening and processing. Our

speech therapist speaks very highly of both programs, but I figured

would get more out of the reading program once his listening skills have

improved.

Has anyone done either or both? What did you think?

Thanks,

Alaine

[Guest guest]

I  have not heard about the listening program but have the Play Attention

system also and have seen results with that.  The same educational consultant

that recommended this to me a while ago, also recommended a reading program for

my son.  He is not a consutant for this program but just researches things and

finds things that are the best.

It is a program that is call Phono-graphix and is not the same as phonics.  You

can go to www.readamerica.net  website and get information on it there, or

purchase the book for only about $20 or so.   It is called Phono-graphix-

Reading Reflex by Carmen and Geoffry McGuinness.  Do not let the book

overwhelm you, once you get what they are doing the whole book just follows

suit.  They also have complementary workbooks that you can purchase online for

pretty cheap.  It really makes alot of sense and works very well for ASD

kids and kids who have trouble with reading and need remediation.  It helps

kids learn how to decode without learning so many rules.  I am going to use it

with my younger NT child also. 

There are also consultants across the country who do direct work with kids and

coach parents.  We do not have one in our area or I would do this also, but

consult with someone by phone for support when needed. 

This way of learning to read makes so much sense, I wished I learned to read

this way, I highly recommend it.

Angie     

 

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From: alaine <alaineandpaul@...>

Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 7:00:29 AM

Subject: Reading and Listening program question

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

Just a quick update since we're about 10 weeks into Play Attention w/ .

Definitely seeing improvements, and he wants to do it, which makes things ALOT

easier!

Looking forward to filling in other gaps - his reading progress in school is

pretty slow, so we were thinking about looking into mood Bell for the

summer. But, his focus is also still a huge challenge - part of it is definitely

avoidance behavior, and Dr G thinks there could be some auditory processing

difficulty. So then I started to think about the Dynamic Listening System (a

colleague just finished up that program for her son and it's worked wonders)

first, to help with the listening and processing. Our speech therapist speaks

very highly of both programs, but I figured would get more out of the

reading program once his listening skills have improved.

Has anyone done either or both? What did you think?

Thanks,

Alaine

[Guest guest]

Improving listening skills is a key area and various interventions for the

APD aspects of my son's problems at aged 9 saw significant gains, for

example we did Berard AIT (this completely knocked out his hypersensitive

hearing which he had suffered with since a baby) Phonomena (quite boring but he

began to hear the difference between individual sounds Ba/Da etc which he

could not before) Earobics (more user friendly) and Fast ForWord (when he

completed this he said he could hear better and sounds were no longer

muffled) and when he finally completed the listening interventions he actually

started to pick up and read relatively unchallenging material which had heavy

visual support like comics Captain Underpants etc but hey he was doing it

voluntarily and enjoying the experience for the first time in his life!

When we finished all of the listening/attention interventions we worked on

improving vocabulary and comprehension and one of the interventions we used

was mood Bell (in my opinion this is about the most expensive

intervention) and after a honeymoon period we struggled to keep him on course

with

it and when we got to a position where we were having to set up

behaviour/incentive type plans to even get him to turn up we recognised that we

were

simply wasting our money. Who knows maybe the timing was not right for him

because the principles behind the program seem very good but it struck us

that even if your child was not complying or continuing to derive benefit

(based on their collected data from each session) that the centre just

continued to run the programme without intelligent analysis and so ultimately

you

were paying for a programme that based on their evidence was no longer

working!

In a message dated 13/01/2010 13:01:32 GMT Standard Time,

alaineandpaul@... writes:

Happy New Year to everyone!

Just a quick update since we're about 10 weeks into Play Attention w/

. Definitely seeing improvements, and he wants to do it, which makes things

ALOT easier!

Looking forward to filling in other gaps - his reading progress in school

is pretty slow, so we were thinking about looking into mood Bell for

the summer. But, his focus is also still a huge challenge - part of it is

definitely avoidance behavior, and Dr G thinks there could be some auditory

processing difficulty. So then I started to think about the Dynamic

Listening System (a colleague just finished up that program for her son and

it's

worked wonders) first, to help with the listening and processing. Our speech

therapist speaks very highly of both programs, but I figured would get

more out of the reading program once his listening skills have improved.

Has anyone done either or both? What did you think?

Thanks,

Alaine

[Guest guest]

Thanks, ladies! I'll look into both!

Alaine

[Guest guest]

Hi..there is AUDITORY INTEGRATION TRAINING  , administered by many therapists

in California. I know Sharda Ramlackhan from Lowell, massachussettes..My son has

really shown integrated and a kind of coming - together behaviour..do check..and

best of luck! Love, Gargi

From: alaine <alaineandpaul@...>

Subject: Reading and Listening program question

Date: Wednesday, 13 January, 2010, 6:30 PM

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

Just a quick update since we're about 10 weeks into Play Attention w/ .

Definitely seeing improvements, and he wants to do it, which makes things ALOT

easier!

Looking forward to filling in other gaps - his reading progress in school is

pretty slow, so we were thinking about looking into mood Bell for the

summer. But, his focus is also still a huge challenge - part of it is definitely

avoidance behavior, and Dr G thinks there could be some auditory processing

difficulty. So then I started to think about the Dynamic Listening System (a

colleague just finished up that program for her son and it's worked wonders)

first, to help with the listening and processing. Our speech therapist speaks

very highly of both programs, but I figured would get more out of the

reading program once his listening skills have improved.

Has anyone done either or both? What did you think?

Thanks,

Alaine

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[Guest guest]

>

>

> thanks for that, would you say that lindamood bell program gave any benefits

> at all ­ during that first initial period that your son was compliant would

> you say that you saw gains and were they permanent?

>

> Natasa

>

>

>

>

>

> Improving listening skills is a key area and various interventions for the

> APD aspects of my son's problems at aged 9 saw significant gains, for

> example we did Berard AIT (this completely knocked out his hypersensitive

> hearing which he had suffered with since a baby) Phonomena (quite boring but

> he

> began to hear the difference between individual sounds Ba/Da etc which he

> could not before) Earobics (more user friendly) and Fast ForWord (when he

> completed this he said he could hear better and sounds were no longer

> muffled) and when he finally completed the listening interventions he

> actually

> started to pick up and read relatively unchallenging material which had heavy

> visual support like comics Captain Underpants etc but hey he was doing it

> voluntarily and enjoying the experience for the first time in his life!

>

> When we finished all of the listening/attention interventions we worked on

> improving vocabulary and comprehension and one of the interventions we used

> was mood Bell (in my opinion this is about the most expensive

> intervention) and after a honeymoon period we struggled to keep him on course

> with

> it and when we got to a position where we were having to set up

> behaviour/incentive type plans to even get him to turn up we recognised that

> we were

> simply wasting our money. Who knows maybe the timing was not right for him

> because the principles behind the program seem very good but it struck us

> that even if your child was not complying or continuing to derive benefit

> (based on their collected data from each session) that the centre just

> continued to run the programme without intelligent analysis and so ultimately

> you

> were paying for a programme that based on their evidence was no longer

> working!

>

> In a message dated 13/01/2010 13:01:32 GMT Standard Time,

> alaineandpaul@... <mailto:alaineandpaul%40verizon.net> writes:

>

> Happy New Year to everyone!

>

> Just a quick update since we're about 10 weeks into Play Attention w/

> . Definitely seeing improvements, and he wants to do it, which makes

> things

> ALOT easier!

>

> Looking forward to filling in other gaps - his reading progress in school

> is pretty slow, so we were thinking about looking into mood Bell for

> the summer. But, his focus is also still a huge challenge - part of it is

> definitely avoidance behavior, and Dr G thinks there could be some auditory

> processing difficulty. So then I started to think about the Dynamic

> Listening System (a colleague just finished up that program for her son and

> it's

> worked wonders) first, to help with the listening and processing. Our speech

> therapist speaks very highly of both programs, but I figured would get

> more out of the reading program once his listening skills have improved.

>

> Has anyone done either or both? What did you think?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Alaine

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I take my son to an Orton Gillingham tutor because he shows all the signs of

dyslexia.  They teach sounding out words by various multiseneory methods. They

start with the high frequency sounds, first because children with auditory

processing issues usually have the most difficulty processing low frequency

sounds.  I also got trained in The Therapeutic Listening Program which helped

him a lot. He no longer puts his shoes on the wrong feet (a common sign of

dyslexia.) His spacial awareness has improved as well.

Modified high and low frequency sounds loosens up stiff ear muscles - which were

made stiff by ear infections and/or long term allergies.

From: Neno/Natasa <neno@...>

Subject: Re: Reading and Listening program question

Cc: goldsmull@...

Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 3:19 AM

 

>

>

> thanks for that, would you say that lindamood bell program gave any benefits

> at all ­ during that first initial period that your son was compliant would

> you say that you saw gains and were they permanent?

>

> Natasa

>

>

>

>

>

> Improving listening skills is a key area and various interventions for the

> APD aspects of my son's problems at aged 9 saw significant gains, for

> example we did Berard AIT (this completely knocked out his hypersensitive

> hearing which he had suffered with since a baby) Phonomena (quite boring but

> he

> began to hear the difference between individual sounds Ba/Da etc which he

> could not before) Earobics (more user friendly) and Fast ForWord (when he

> completed this he said he could hear better and sounds were no longer

> muffled) and when he finally completed the listening interventions he

> actually

> started to pick up and read relatively unchallenging material which had heavy

> visual support like comics Captain Underpants etc but hey he was doing it

> voluntarily and enjoying the experience for the first time in his life!

>

> When we finished all of the listening/attention interventions we worked on

> improving vocabulary and comprehension and one of the interventions we used

> was mood Bell (in my opinion this is about the most expensive

> intervention) and after a honeymoon period we struggled to keep him on course

> with

> it and when we got to a position where we were having to set up

> behaviour/incentive type plans to even get him to turn up we recognised that

> we were

> simply wasting our money. Who knows maybe the timing was not right for him

> because the principles behind the program seem very good but it struck us

> that even if your child was not complying or continuing to derive benefit

> (based on their collected data from each session) that the centre just

> continued to run the programme without intelligent analysis and so ultimately

> you

> were paying for a programme that based on their evidence was no longer

> working!

>

> In a message dated 13/01/2010 13:01:32 GMT Standard Time,

> alaineandpaul@ verizon.net <mailto:alaineandpa ul%40verizon. net> writes:

>

> Happy New Year to everyone!

>

> Just a quick update since we're about 10 weeks into Play Attention w/

> . Definitely seeing improvements, and he wants to do it, which makes

> things

> ALOT easier!

>

> Looking forward to filling in other gaps - his reading progress in school

> is pretty slow, so we were thinking about looking into mood Bell for

> the summer. But, his focus is also still a huge challenge - part of it is

> definitely avoidance behavior, and Dr G thinks there could be some auditory

> processing difficulty. So then I started to think about the Dynamic

> Listening System (a colleague just finished up that program for her son and

> it's

> worked wonders) first, to help with the listening and processing. Our speech

> therapist speaks very highly of both programs, but I figured would get

> more out of the reading program once his listening skills have improved.

>

> Has anyone done either or both? What did you think?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Alaine

>

>