Re: learning disability question

[Guest guest]

I use visuals but he still doesn't retain it. He has to be told

everyday and several times each day. Thanks for the ideas.

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> Do you use visuals?

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> Calendar. Use a visual to teach the days of the week. Highlight

the weekends and everyday point to the day and say whether there is

school or no school. You can highlight your mom day or dad day too.

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> I still count everything out and use my fingers and I don't have a

learning disabiity, just did not exercise that part of my brain while

growing up I guess. Just a thought.

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> Try to incorporate visuals for new concepts and break concepts down

into smaller parts.

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> learning disability question

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> My son is 8 years old and no matter how many times we explain it,

he

> never knows what day it is and cannot understand the concepts of

> yesterday, today, tomorrow. Everyday he wakes up he has to ask

what day

> it is...school day or mom and dad day. Sometimes he looks at the

shirt

> I give him to figure it out (such as his school uniform shirt).

He also

> cannot do math except with touch math...he can do double digit

with

> borrowing but has to count everything out (such as 5-4=1, 10-9=1,

6-

> 6=0) he does not see the simple patterns in math. He does not

seem to

> be able to make any inferences or logical reasoning of school

work or

> general situations.

> Does anyone else have a child with similar issues? If so, has a

> physician suggested a diagnosis?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi-

You are

practically describing my son when he was 8. He is 10 now and things are

starting to click a little faster. We do have to repeat things a million

times, but we’re able to build on each lesson more now! We found that

putting him on Adderall (low dose) helped him to focus a little better which

helped to retain a little more. We also do memory games with him to help build

up his short term memory ability. We’ve been told that by doing this,

more gets into long term. Its just a long, frustrating road, 2 steps forward-1

back. We are also planning on starting to see a child psychiatrist to see if

different meds would work better. And an audiologist to do an auditory

processing exam to see if there is anything we need to address that way.

Hope this

helps!