As a mom of a 9 yr. old ld son I am very interesting in what as an adult you feel helped you the most in learning particularly reading.
I will do anything for my son and if there is anything that can make his learnin to read easier I will do it. He is already being tutored and it helps.
Thanks
Re: ?what helped you most
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Re: ?what helped you most
What helped me the most was my parents telling me that I was smart. Not ever treating me like a lesser person. Helping me focus on the areas in which I was strong. They were and still are VERY positive in almost every aspect of my life.
One over thing that helped with the reading part was video games. Alot of the RolePlaying games have tons of reading. And it was reading I liked and wanted to do. Not all games are like this, so dont let your son trick you. : )
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What helped me was learning the basic structure to a paragraph which then quickly generalised for me to identify the basic structure of the story. I could tell you what a noun, verb and adjective was but I couldn’t really remember it and the stories were very confusing. Not suprising because I couldn’t identify where the story stopped and started.
I learned to identify the main point of the paragraph (usually at the start), the supporting information (the middle) and the closing statement (the end). Once I learned this and applied it all the time reading got easier for me. I had to discover this on my own when I was 20. I’ll give you an example:
The compueter revolutionised learning and communication in the 20th century(main point). It has evloved over the years from being the size of an office to the size of a watch present day. It continues to invade the fabric of society ranging from labor to recreation.(supporting information) There are great hopes and fears for what the next stage of computer eveolution will be. (closing statement).
This is an approach that I still have to use occasionally but usually I do it without realising that I have.Another option may be looking into assistive software such as the Kurswell 2000 software (called read and scan software that will read text that has been scanned and produce the words through the speakers, it also highlights the words as it reads them. There is also the Dragon 5 software that is voice activated software (will produce words into a word program that can be printed). Inspirations software is known as “thought webbing” software, it assists children/adults organise their points they want to make say for an essay, etc. You can find these at www.microsceince.on.ca, I think the only really expensive one is the Kurswell program but there are cheaper versions out there.
Try identifying with your son whers his problems are specifically. It may be hard because he probably isn’t aware of some of them either. Does he learn better visually or auditorily. Does he fully understand the concept of reading. That was/ is a big one for me still. Recently at my work they changed our forms for medical rounds in the their structure, it took me 2 weeks to understand them again. Concept formation is something overlooked alot (I.e. what does reading mean to him, what is it’s purpose). It may sound silly but as a child I learned to get by through by telling teachers what I thought they wanted to hear and not really understanding it fully.
If it helps I had alot of trouble with school growing up. My public school principal wanted to send me to a segregated highschool, I went to a regular highschool. It took alot of hard work at locating most of my deficits, your son probably has some that he/you may not evenbe aware of. I graduated from College near the top of my class and have some University certifications. I now work as a Rehabilitation Therapist and in a Childrens Treatment Facility, married with 2 kids(son inherited LD from me).
If you want any more info let me know,
Best of luck, Brad
I AM NO EXPERT BUT I DO HAVE A 41/2 YEAR OLD I AM ATTEMPTING TO TEACH TO LEARN TO READ. I HAVE THE LD I HOPE HE DOESNT, BUT MINE WAS SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED BY SEVERE CLOSED HEAD INJURIES ** PICTURE ASSOCIATION IS HELPING AND MY PATIENCE WITH HELPING HIM SOUNDING OUT THE WORDS, AFTER AWHILE I TAKE THE PICTURES AWAY AND HE BEGINS TO RECONIZE THE WORDS. *** *** I DON’T KNOW YET IF HES ONLY MEMORIZING THE WORDS, LETTERS AND SPELLING AS THEY APPEAR UNDER THE PICTURES BUT HES BEEN DOING IT SINCE HE WAS 18 MONTHS OLD. SHOCKED ME BUT I GOT IT WHEN EVERY TIME HE SAW A STOP SIGN OR A EXIT HE KNEW WHAT IT SAID IT FELT GOOD, BUT HE DOE’NT READ STRAIGHT OUT YET. TRY THE ASSOCIATION AND SOUNDING THE OUT, PLAY BACK GROUND MUSIC HE LIKES WITHOUT WORDS WHILE HE STUDIES, TRY TO MAKE IT FUN NOT A TASK. LATER MARION, LISA.