(and others) Re: Hyperlexia

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Others: Scroll down a few paragraphs for more about what we have done with our

hyperlexic son, if you want to skip the " " part...

Hi ,

The older edition we have comes WITH the CD containing all the pages in book.

In the last year or so, they have changed their system so that you buy either

one or the other, but don't get both for the same price. I think they did this

to prevent unethical (coypright violation?) reselling of one while keeping the

other.

On the homeschoolclassifieds site, there is a button that will take you to

paypal in order to purchase.

I just also listed a software from Linguisystems that we are finished with. No

Glamour Sentence Structure.

http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?id=10397 We started this when we

were about 2/3 of the way through Scissors, Glue, Grammar, when he had mostly

gotten the hand of the WH questions. My son went through this quickly, and

actually only made one mistake in the whole program. I thought it must just not

have been an area he was struggling with, and a waste of time, but as it turns

out, he went from being able to answer simple questions (like from Scissors

Glue) in a simple, complete sentence format, to adding descriptive details to a

sentence correctly. E.g. from " The girl is catching the ball. " to " The girl in

the red shirt is catching the baseball. "

This might seem like a small shift, but about a year ago, I read Visualizing and

Verbalizing and thought, " That's what our son needs so that he can understand

stories (especially read-alouds, which are difficult for him). " So I spent the

last year with him at home trying to get him to where I thought he could

actually do the very first stage of VV, conveying a picture in detail to another

person. I don't know if he is quite ready for VV yet, but I think this has

brought him very close. However, it is recommended for older kids (grades 2 and

up).

In summary, Scissors, Glue, Grammar, I wholeheartedly recommend, but on the

Sentence Structure Software, that is more up to what you think your child's

personal strengths/weaknesses are. Thankfully, the Linguisystems site gives

extensive enough sampling of their materials so you can get an adequate idea of

what is best for your child, though it can be overwhelming to look at their

material.

An additional item that we are currently using, and therefore NOT selling is:

Follow Me! Linguisystems, out of print, but an excellent resource if you can

find it. I got this because my son could do complex tasks like division, but

had difficulty with instructions related to simple concepts such drawing a line

between the problem and the correct solution.

Something to look out for, and I did not know this until my son was evaluated,

was that he also showed weakness in picture comprehension, which would explain

why he always felt he needed the written words. Statistically, I don't know if

this is common with hyperlexic kids, but it did stand out for my son over and

against some of the kids with more severe autism who rely on the picture

communication. I can't stress enough the importance of vocabulary, vocabulary,

vocabulary. They just aren't tuned into the same wavelength that most kids are,

and even though my son had NO delay in actual speech, and has always had

FLAWLESS pronunciation, their obsessions and stims seem to limit their NATURAL

vocabulary development because the fixation prevents the normal stuff from

seeping in through osmosis like it does for other kids. For example, even though

I read heavily to all three of my children together, I think the only thing my

Aspie ever saw was the numbers on the page (and of course he could identify all

the letters). When my youngest was still nursing, he would pop off to answer

simple questions that the Aspie couldn't answer. Seriously, I don't think he

understood a singe story we read until he could read the words himself. They

easily develop the vocabulary around what they are interested in, and it really

masks the deficiency in other areas. My 6yo has now learned to ask when he

doesn't know what words mean, but sometimes we are astounded by the simplicity

of the words he doesn't understand.

Also, he is just now beginning to be able to summarize for us stories (whether

real life or from a book) with a beginning, middle, and end, a VERY important

ability to watch out for and develop, and again which most kids do quite

naturally. My normal 4yo can spin tales as tall as they come, and no one had to

teach him how to do that.

Okay, I hope this " novel " is helpful!

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> > > From: Roxanna <MadIdeas@>

> > > Subject: Re: ( ) Hyperlexia

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> > > Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010, 8:02 PM

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> > > I don't know of anything that is active still. I just got a book from

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> > > the library, " When babies read " but honestly, my brain is so stuffed

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> > > lately I can't read it. lol. I wonder what happens when these kids

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> > > then sorta fade away. My ds is 13 yo and if anyone ever wants to chat

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> > > " hyperlexia " , I would enjoy the conversations. Just post!

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> > > I agree it sounds like hyperlexia. My ds (4.2) is like that. He started

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> > > reading and writing before 3 and now does so in Chinese too. He can use

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> > > to music, etc. But he does not talk or play with his peers, until

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> > > recently. Roxanne has some good previous posts and also check

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> > > http://www.boards2g o.com/boards/ board.cgi? user=ParentsForu m

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> > > I haven't found any group just for hyperlexia that is active and local

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> > > yet. If you guys are interested we can search together. Please let me

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> > > know if you find anything else interesting.

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