Guest guest Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 I think that sounds great, . Maggie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 I hope you find something that works for him! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 , I read that ASD kids have brains that file away every single thing (especially details.) The trouble is that they have NO filing system and cannot access the information in their quickly or sometimes at all. It is a disorganized mess in there, but it is all in there somewhere. Kinda like my purse. This also explains why they suddenly hear a word or see a picture and pop out with a phrase that doesn't seem connected at all. Brandt will see a lion and begin talking about Metro Goldwyn Mayer. People look at him like he is an alien. They just can't figure out where Metro Goldwyn Mayer came from. In his brain, he sees " lion " and instantly connects to Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Not your ordinary connection there, but fascinating nontheless. > Leggs > > Yes Yes Yes! This is n, too. My ST thought that if words were like a > file in the brain, then in n's brain the file is open, but he has > difficulty pulling the file he wants, many files come out at random. > > It's frustrating. > > (SAHM in GA) > MSN elizabethloht@h... > n 33, mo, no formal dx > Phoebe, 10 wks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Yikes! You just described what goes on around here. Gail knows her multiplication facts, but can't just spout them off. She has to rummage around in her head to find it. BUT, when the algebra teacher puts a challenge problem up on the board, expecting the class to take days on it, she answers it in mere minutes. When he askes her to show him how she solved it she often confounds the teacher. She's right but he doesn't know how she got there. That is just one example. Each of them do similar things. So far I have not been overly successful in organizing any of them, but time is on my side, lol. I am very persistent, and if all else fails they will grow up and it won't be my problem (presuming of course that they all go on to live independantly - I am being optimistic today) > , This was a AHA! kid of statement to me, too, when I read > it. It explains so much of what I see on a daily basis. What can we > do about it? Try to help them connect the information in a logical > (ie. NT) way. They will need the connection and the organization > explained over and over again because their brains don't > automatically do it. EX:Just because I have the multiplication facts > stored up there doesn't mean that I can find the fact I need when I > get a problem at school. ( " Just give me a minute while I dig around > in here. I know it's in her somewhere! " ) And then, suddenly, out of > nowhere pops a marvelous fact at the appropriate moment and you > think, " What the f# & *? " How can you say the number 76 and he > instantly pops out with " 19 times 4 " ? This from a child who can't > tell you which is more: 91 or 19. Who knows? Leggs> > > BINGO!! That's it > right there! Perfect explanation. I see it in > > each of my kids from on down to . Each manifests a > little > > bit differently but the thought process, or rather lack of thought > > ordering, is inherantly the core problem. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 >>>>>>>> Brandt will see a lion and begin talking about Metro Goldwyn Mayer. People look at him like he is an alien. They just can't figure out where Metro Goldwyn Mayer came from. In his brain, he sees " lion " and instantly connects to Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Not your ordinary connection there, but fascinating nontheless. <<<<<<< This is one of the things that really KILLS ME. These kinds of things ARE fascinating and nothing short of brilliant in my mind. But because OTHER people don't understand it, they will look at our kids and snicker like they are talking nonsense. AND THEY AREN'T!!! It's the OTHER people that aren't using the brains they were given to figure out what's being said!!!! ARRRRGHHH... sore spot. sorry Penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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