My son is 4yrs old and has been receiving speech therapy since he was 18 months old. He has auditory memory delays and articulation problems. We are working on the articulation but I told to wait till he goes to KDG to work on his memory problems. I want to help him now . He is far behind the others already in his preschool for letter, number and color recognition etc . Any suggestions, I am new to this? I don’t think I should wait. thanks
This is a new therapy that seems to be really good for children with certain kinds of auditory problems. I’d see about getting him tested to find out if he qualifies for it. If so, this would be my first choice of therapies. The website has some really good information (you have to dig a little for it, and it tends to be dry, but it’s really good) about auditory problems, how they can affect vestibular development, and how they can impact the ability to learn. Website is http://www.neuroacoustics.com
If you can’t do NeuroNet, check out Balametrics at http://www.balametrics.com. NeuroNet incorporates Balametrics into its program.
At this early age the focus usually needs to be on aggressively addressing any and all sensory/motor delays in order to establish a firm foundation for cognitive skills acquisition later. You would not want to skimp on these kinds of therapies in order to work on memory. However, you might want to start him on Audiblox also. You would need the book, video, and starter kit of manipulatives (about $80). Audiblox has exercises that work on developing both visual and auditory short-term memory. Website is http://www.audiblox2000.com
You could also consider doing the pre-FastForWord program (I forgot the name) from Scientific Learning. He’s probably too young for FFW itself. Website is http://www.scilearn.com
Mary