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To assist with language processing based difficulties: a)
The child is generally likely to require extra attentional cues to
process instructions or questions and to organize her answers.
This is increasingly important when a depth of processing
(integrating materials from a story or lecture, etc.) and abstraction
(drawing conclusions, making inferences, etc.) is required.
Checking in on her interpretation of information presented is
likely to be required. b)
Shortening and simplifying verbal directions, will be very
important as the child has struggles with verbal attention and memory.
Also she struggles with complex receptive processing, so it will be
important to avoid multi-step instructions as much as possible. c)
Summarized repetition of key instructions will similarly help to
compensate for missed information. d)
The child is likely to require extra assistance with generating
(brainstorming), chunking and sequencing ideas.
Some structuring to help her plan out and think through a response
before answering may be beneficial. Providing
a model of the answer can be of assistance.
With The child it may also be necessary to redirect her when her
reasoning becomes tangential or she changes topic midstream.
Where appropriate, incorporate her responses or provide a summary
of what you ‘heard’. e)
When the child is struggling, shorten and simplify verbal
directions, provide concrete visual and verbal cues, and make questions
more detail specific as she does better with this approach.
When description is important, providing a model or an appropriate
response could be helpful. |
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Estes Moustacalis, Ph. D., C. Psych.
Oakville Psychologist