Trouble understanding Stories/Movies

: Does this student understand what is said to them? When you speak to the student, do they understand and give a sensible response?If so, it may be that the student has some attentional issues or some processing issues when they listen to a story or try to listen and watch to a film.Read a very short story to the student. Are they able to comprehend a shorter story or a less complicated story?I’ve found that the ability to listen to a story varies widely from student to student. Not all students are read outloud to at home. Some students who are used to the experience of being read outloud to have the skill down pat. Those who haven’t been read outloud to have trouble knowing what to do when read outloud to. I’ve had to break it down into simplistic, component parts. I’ve actually found that I need to “teach” kids to listen. I’ve had to say… “Now try to actually hear the words I’m going to speak…”Maybe it would help to get very literal with this interesting student.Good luck.What does it mean when a student does not understand a book that you
: are reading. In the middle, the student will just say that he is
: confused and does not understand what is happening. Is the story
: too complicated? Is it a language problem? This child is the same
: way when he watches a movie. He does not understand the plot. Then
: he daydreams through most of the movie because he has tuned out.
: Any help would be appreciated. Susan

: If so, it may be that the student has some attentional issues or some
: processing issues when they listen to a story or try to listen and
: watch to a film.: Read a very short story to the student. Are they able to comprehend a
: shorter story or a less complicated story?: I’ve found that the ability to listen to a story varies widely from
: student to student. Not all students are read outloud to at home.
: Some students who are used to the experience of being read outloud
: to have the skill down pat. Those who haven’t been read outloud to
: have trouble knowing what to do when read outloud to. I’ve had to
: break it down into simplistic, component parts. I’ve actually
: found that I need to “teach” kids to listen. I’ve had to
: say… “Now try to actually hear the words I’m going to
: speak…”: Maybe it would help to get very literal with this interesting
: student.: Good luck.This student is read to at home but the parent is always reading books below grade because they are the ones that the student can understand. When the child reads on his own, he can only read for about 5-10 minutes at a time. The books being read in class are at least two grade levels above the class grade level. This child also has slight attentional difficulties. Thank you. Susan
: What does it mean when a student does not understand a book that you

PASSWORD>aaI221mi7wL3IThis could be a language based LD or perhaps a problem with hearing or CAPD but I would bet my money on ADD-Inattentive. All the symptoms are there, the immaturity, the inattention and spacey behavior are all indicative of ADD. If a book is really interesting to him can he focus? Or is it all the time he can’t focus even if he is interested in the subject or not. One of my students is ADD. She can not sit through a movie without constantly interrupting her mom and brother for updates to what is happening because she can’t pay attention to the movie. However, if it is a good book that she is interested in she can focus and do the work. She is on meds now, before the meds her attention was deplorable. Now I can get through to her and she is concentrating and finishing her projects and assignments and finally enjoying her schooling.

: This student is read to at home but the parent is always reading
: books below grade because they are the ones that the student can
: understand. When the child reads on his own, he can only read for
: about 5-10 minutes at a time. The books being read in class are at
: least two grade levels above the class grade level. This child
: also has slight attentional difficulties. Thank you. SusanI’d suggest then that his attentional issues are more than slight. Why can he only read for 10 minutes at a time? Sounds like attentional issues. Sounds like when the story being read out loud requires attention to follow the plot, he gets lost. When he has to organize details in his head to make sense of a book or a film, he can’t organize those details and/or attend to the details and the organization of them.I once was told by a pediatric neurologist that when we see a student with “slight attentional issues”, we’re often only able to see the “tip of the iceberg” of real issues that lie underneath the surface.Sounds like an interesting kid. Good luck with him.

: I’d suggest then that his attentional issues are more than slight.
: Why can he only read for 10 minutes at a time? Sounds like
: attentional issues. Sounds like when the story being read out loud
: requires attention to follow the plot, he gets lost. When he has
: to organize details in his head to make sense of a book or a film,
: he can’t organize those details and/or attend to the details and
: the organization of them.: I once was told by a pediatric neurologist that when we see a student
: with “slight attentional issues”, we’re often only able
: to see the “tip of the iceberg” of real issues that lie
: underneath the surface.: Sounds like an interesting kid. Good luck with him.The other intersesting spin is that this child has a superior intelligence. It makes the whole process so frustrating for him as well as myself. He is able to pay attention for long periods if the topic interests him. Thanks.

: I’d definately have the child evaluated by your school speech-language pathologist.

: I once was told by a pediatric neurologist that when we see a student
: with “slight attentional issues”, we’re often only able
: to see the “tip of the iceberg” of real issues that lie
: underneath the surface.That was certainly true for us! My son was dx’d with mild ADD in 1st grade because of mostly what appeared to be attentional problems in school. When things got much worse by the end of 3rd grade, we had a full private neuropsych eval done, and discovered that his real problem is NLD. Funny thing is that when his underlying NLD issues were addressed with an appropriate IEP, we almost completely stopped hearing about his inattention. In fact,his last report card (middle of 4th grade now)was full of glowing reports of his class participation for _every_ teacher. He was inattentive because he was lost, not lost because he was inattentive.Karen

: I once was told by a pediatric neurologist that when we see a student
: with “slight attentional issues”, we’re often only able
: to see the “tip of the iceberg” of real issues that lie
: underneath the surface.That was certainly true for us! My son was dx’d with mild ADD in 1st grade because of mostly what appeared to be attentional problems in school. When things got much worse by the end of 3rd grade, we had a full private neuropsych eval done, and discovered that his real problem is NLD. Funny thing is that when his underlying NLD issues were addressed with an appropriate IEP, we almost completely stopped hearing about his inattention. In fact,his last report card (middle of 4th grade now)was full of glowing reports of his class participation for _every_ teacher. He was inattentive because he was lost, not lost because he was inattentive.Karen

: I once was told by a pediatric neurologist that when we see a student
: with “slight attentional issues”, we’re often only able
: to see the “tip of the iceberg” of real issues that lie
: underneath the surface.That was certainly true for us! My son was dx’d with mild ADD in 1st grade because of mostly what appeared to be attentional problems in school. When things got much worse by the end of 3rd grade, we had a full private neuropsych eval done, and discovered that his real problem is NLD. Funny thing is that since his underlying NLD issues have been addressed with an appropriate IEP, we have almost completely stopped hearing about his inattention. In fact,his last report card (middle of 4th grade now)was full of glowing reports of his class participation from _every_ teacher. He was inattentive because he was lost, not lost because he was inattentive.Karen