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eLearning Series: Learning Disabilities
The Bottom Line On Learning Disabilities
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How
To Improve Your Child’s Auditory Memory
Research
on APD, or auditory memory problems is an ongoing process. There is apparently much to learn regarding
this disorder. Determining the best treatment for individual
cases is the primary objective. There are many treatments available
today for this condition, although some of which are not available
commercially. Any method of treatment that could be used should
be under the strict guidance of a trained professional or team
of professionals.
Here are some
tips for parents to help their children overcome
auditory memory. These tips are generally what the trained
professionals use in overcoming this disorder, by way of treatment.
The first order of business must be to ready the environment,
for the child to maximize their focus and listening levels.
You could start by reducing any possible disturbance in concentration
or focus, by eliminating and noises that would be in the background.
Next, you could place the child in a seat that has no visual
distractions, such as near a window or doorway. For maximum
focus and attention, make sure you have the child face you
when you are addressing them. The child must be spoken to directly,
and not in a second person format. The next step will be actually
getting the child to listen to you while focusing. Some simple
ideas for the child to follow can be posted on a board or on
the wall. The child will need to face the speaker. If it is
needed, they can move closer. Posture would be a good thing
to work on, as well. Feet straight on the floor and back erect
will be a good indication that the child is prepared to listen
to you.
Distractions
are usually the cause of the disorder to flourish. Taking time to ensure that all distraction is removed is the
right step to take, in order to gain the child’s attention.
Making it clear that distraction is a major problem to the
child will, in turn, help the child identify what and where
the distractions are actually doing to their concentration
levels. It would not be a bad idea to establish some key words
in the listening program that you will set up for the child.
The reduction of frustration will be the first order of business.
Finding a way to change the delivery of instructions will help
in this matter. Eliminating as much distraction as possible
could take some extreme measures, in order to gain their complete
attention. Try lowering the telephone ringer, keeping all radios
and televisions off and the doors and windows of the room you
have chosen shut. Sometime touch, as in tactile reception,
is a very good method of gaining needed attention. Try gentle
touch with soothing words. If you can get the child’s attention,
the best way to keep it is to appease their senses, by using
hand gestures and more expression when you speak, you will
keep them locked in your position.
Given that the child has difficulty processing information,
allow a few brief moments in between complex directions. By
breaking down your sentences to smaller segments, you make
it easier for them to take information in and retain it. When
you have given direction and are awaiting response, if you
give a little more time, you will make a world of difference.
The response time on someone with this condition is slower
than normal. They have so much more to process than an average
child without a learning condition. When they are at a position
to set themselves to calendars, day planners, lists, or agendas,
it would be a good idea to show them how you set your calendar
and how to follow it. This way they will have something to
reference by. Helping them remember that they follow a schedule,
will in turn give them something to keep tightly in mind. This
after all is the very reason you are doing this to begin with.
To help them with the condition of auditory memory problems,
and gain a level of self-esteem will make a big difference.
Taking the time to help your children when they have this type
of trouble remembering things is just the first step in a long
journey, by helping them remember you are helping them get
by in life.
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by SolveYourProblem.com
: 2006
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