I am working with a teacher at a cluster school who has a child with severe visual memory deficits due to ongoing medical treatment involving high doses of steriods. He is currently a 2nd grader functioning in the high end of low average IQ. Other that traditional multi-modal teaching strategies, does anyone know of any particular methods/programs, materials or links for information on how to best reach this child? Any help would be appreciated.
Eileen Walls
Re: severe visual memory deficits
Eileen,
I am not a teacher, but a mother with a child (2nd grader) with visual processing disabilities. Her visual memory has improved with treatment form a Vision Therapist. One of the more simple techniques her teacher has used to help with writing (for example) is to use visual cues in the form of index cards. This works for any form of writing; daily journal (keeping track of her activities throughout the day…drawing a picture of the activity, or using a word or words for the activity. Then when it is time to write, she has a log of her day. This works for story writing as well. She uses the index cards to form the story…she can move them around to change or re-direct the flow of the story.
In testing, or question & answer…she always works best with multipal choice or cues. When prompted this way, she is able to express what she knows.
If you want to email me off-list, I can give you the name of the vision therapist who may be able to give you some specific sources for materials to use. Also, the Frostig Center in Pasadena is a great resource for answers to these sorts of questions.
Catherine
Eileen,
I am not a teacher, but a mother with a child (2nd grader) with visual processing disabilities. Her visual memory has improved with treatment form a Vision Therapist. One of the more simple techniques her teacher has used to help with writing (for example) is to use visual cues in the form of index cards. This works for any form of writing; daily journal (keeping track of her activities throughout the day…drawing a picture of the activity, or using a word or words for the activity. Then when it is time to write, she has a log of her day. This works for story writing as well. She uses the index cards to form the story…she can move them around to change or re-direct the flow of the story.
In testing, or question & answer…she always works best with multipal choice or cues. When prompted this way, she is able to express what she knows.
If you want to email me off-list, I can give you the name of the vision therapist who may be able to give you some specific sources for materials to use. Also, the Frostig Center in Pasadena is a great resource for answers to these sorts of questions.
Catherine