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Post by swmom on Nov 6, 2005 8:36:07 GMT -5
At dd's p/t conference recently, her language arts teacher indicated that dd has great difficulty making inferences. She eagerly participates in class but "is off the mark every time."
Is that NVLD? Could it be anything else?
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Post by pattislp on Nov 6, 2005 20:27:57 GMT -5
Is she a concrete thinker? How is her vocabulary? Inference is one of those HOTS skills. Higher order thinking skills. I know some adults who can't pick up inference.
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Post by Beverly on Nov 6, 2005 23:39:48 GMT -5
My son cannot make inferences at all-in reading or in social situations. This is still true in 8th grade. NLD was questioned as a possibility years ago, in his case it is all part of the ADHD package. I raised an NLD step-daughter for 6 years and she couldn't infer and took absolutely everyting literally inclusing "reading the eye chart" when I took her to the eye doc in 4th grade! That was an eye opener for me.
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Post by swmom on Nov 7, 2005 5:02:31 GMT -5
She is a concete thinker. Her vocabulary is good. She has trouble with tenses though, using the right word to say what she means. I think those things will cure themselves. She is a very good writer, terrible speller.
She is awkward socially, perhaps because of her trouble with making inferences. Doesn't pick up on things that she should by now.
Is there anything you can do to help them with higher order thinking skills, specifically making inferences, especially for social situations?
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Post by Beverly on Nov 7, 2005 7:47:23 GMT -5
www.socialthinking.com/I can't take credit for the link-it was posted on the Social Skills board. It does have some very good tools, mainly for teachers, but useful for parents. I also purchased my son "Jarvis Clutch, Social Spy" which is geared to Middle Schoolers. You may be able to get services from an SLP from what I understand. Especially if the teacher is bringing it up as birng an issue. I have also asked one of the ABA's from my district to give me some of the drills she uses with her Asbergers students. Whenever he asks a question that he knows the answer to, but is too lazy to "find the file", I work toward him finding the answer himself (like...asking what are we doing tonight instead of looking at the calendar). It is sometimes annoying to him to have me answer a question with a question so I have to use that carefully. I have also found some of the "Mind Challenge" and other word problem puzzle books are fabulous for teaching him to look beyond what is written.
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