Once again you son sounds so much like mine. The subscores mentioned were my son’s weak areas especially visual motor integration and block design. I remember block design being in the 4% when initiall tested.
I just had him retested several weeks ago and he tests as average in all these subtests now. His only low area is processing speed but looking at the test and discussing this with the psychologist it was clearly testing visual processing speed.
My son still has some visual problems that we have not conquered. His Dev. optometrist is puzzled as to why we have had difficulty getting him all the way there. He implied that processing speed would improve if we were able to further develop his ocular motor functioning.
We have taken a much needed break but I intend to do some more work on some of these skills in hopes to further improve his visual functioning and processing speed.
Re: Hi Karen
That’s OK, I love seeing my name in lights.
I’m sure all the work we’ve done has helped, but it does frustrate me that even after a year of VT, Interactive metronome and the like, that DS seesm to be relatively weaker in these areas. Of course I’ll post the specifc scores once I get them… but his scores 3 years ago were all in the average range 8-13 except for coding which was a 1. (block design was actually 13, object assembly was 8 and the rest were 9. which are not terrible scores at all)
Anyway, nice to hear from you. Stay tuned….
Re: Hi Karen
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I’m sure all the work we’ve done has helped, but it does frustrate me that even after a year of VT, Interactive metronome and the like, that DS seesm to be relatively weaker in these areas. .[/quote]
Its hard not to get frustrated, but remember, none of those therapies are cures for the underlying neurological issues. They certainly may work to strengthen weak areas, but the brain problem that caused those weaknesses will always be there. These therapies are premised on the theory that new pathways can be forged in the brain to work around a neurological deficit rather than that the deficit will be erased via the therapy. You should feel proud that you have pursued these avenues for your child. I’m sure that doing so has helped a lot and will continue to do so. In the end, it may be that your child learns enough ways to compensate for and work around his issues that they really become non-issues. They will still be there, but they won’t hold him back. Its hard to wait for that day though, isn’t it?
Re: Hi Karen
Hey, Karen
I found the Sonlight.com forums shen I was homeschooling last year
The ladies on the learning challenges boards are a wealth of knowledge about their children and how they learn;they are open to everyone regardless of schooling choice
A lady posted today about her 7 hour neuro exam for her son. I thought some of her thoughts and the drs findings might be interesting to you-you might want to take a look!
http://www.sonlight-forums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57
I didn’t intend to start a new thread. I must have pressed the wrong button. OOOPS.