HeidiD Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 There is a certain type of LD where the child actually can hear better than average, and they have a hard time filtering out what they hear for the information they need. You might want to look at that, even before you invest in something like LiPS. LiPS is a great program, but if what he needs to learn is how to filter sound, then it will help, but not fix it. CAPD causes this, also. My teenager has perfect hearing but difficulty filtering sounds. He has mild dyslexia and didn't need intensive treatment or intervention for reading. He reads extensively on his own, and has an enormous vocabulary, which helps him fill in the holes when he misses pieces of a discussion, lecture or conversation. My younger child with CAPD is severely dyslexic and needed Earobics, LiPS, etc. to get his reading off the ground. Now we're working on building his vocabulary by extensive front-loading of words, lists, idioms, phrases, word roots, etc. Some days he'll use several workbooks of this type, with some lessons focusing focus specifically on particular areas (eg. science vocabulary or geography, etc.). It's really helping his language processing as well as his reading. And it's relatively cheap and not particularly time-consuming approach. :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorbackmama Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 If you are going to have to teach your son English like a foreign language, it might be helpful to find an actual ELL student in the area and work with them along with your son(s) for $ and/or watching your 1 and 3 year old. I would also try the Grammar Trainer demo, it looks promising. It was designed for autistic children, but is also recommended for children with an auditory processing diagnosis. Hm, I'll check it out! I actually have said to people at times that it's just like he's an ELL student. Now we're working on building his vocabulary by extensive front-loading of words, lists, idioms, phrases, word roots, etc. Some days he'll use several workbooks of this type, with some lessons focusing focus specifically on particular areas (eg. science vocabulary or geography, etc.). It's really helping his language processing as well as his reading. And it's relatively cheap and not particularly time-consuming approach. :hurray: Can you give me some more details on what you're using and how you go about doing this? Do you try to correlate these workbooks with what he is studying in other subjects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiD Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 . Can you give me some more details on what you're using and how you go about doing this? Do you try to correlate these workbooks with what he is studying in other subjects? I don’t bother correlating the vocabulary workbooks - he just does a lesson in several of them each day. Some of the vocabulary books are specifically designed for kids with language difficulties, so the lessons provide context for vocabulary rather than presenting a string of unassociated words. On the face of it, $40+ seems pricey for vocabulary books, but it's still a bargain compared to therapy - both time and money-wise. I've tried to pull together a curriculum for him that addresses academics and remediation simultaneously in the most efficient and painless (and least time-consuming) way possible. Teacher Created Resource materials (short lessons since he has that dyslexic learning style Heather describes) help build reading and vocabulary skills relatively painlessly, and he also reads DK Eyewitness books for history and science. I'm going to try that Concepts and Challenges Science, because I think he's finally ready for something like that (thanks, VinNY). We also have English From the Roots Up (5 minutes a day). A Metacognitive Program For Treating Auditory Processing Disorders - this book addresses most of the recommendations made by my younger son's audiologist, and it's very user-friendly, with structured lessons. http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=2745 Here are some links for workbooks, etc. The Linguisystems and TCR websites have sample pages to help determine the level. This looks like a lot, but these are all short lessons and we don't do all of them every day. Curriculum Vocabulary http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?itemid=10341 http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?itemid=10174 No Glamour Idioms http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?itemid=10580 100% Concepts http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?itemid=10049 Vocabulary and More http://www.edconpublishing.com/proddetail.php?prod=EDTV500B Non-fiction Reading Comprehension http://www.teachercreated.com/products/nonfiction-reading-comprehension-grade-6-3386?lt=search.14.23.1.20 Read All About It http://www.teachercreated.com/products/read-all-about-it-3970?lt=related.6.9 Eyewitness Books http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Greece-DK-Eyewitness-Books/dp/0756630029/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294940063&sr=1-22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Heidi- Those look like some great resources! If your younger child still needs phonics and spelling review, my favorite resource for combining phonics and spelling with vocab/root word work is Marica Hery's Words: http://www.proedinc.com/customer/ProductView.aspx?ID=989&sSearchWord= They have finally added a sample page, it's from the early part of the book that focuses more on spelling. It's too bad they don't have a page from the middle and end as well. It's got a lot in there for the money, you could use it for several years and then work through it again and still learn things. The intro is well worth reading even if you don't buy the book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiD Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Heidi- Those look like some great resources! If your younger child still needs phonics and spelling review, my favorite resource for combining phonics and spelling with vocab/root word work is Marica Hery's Words: http://www.proedinc.com/customer/ProductView.aspx?ID=989&sSearchWord= They have finally added a sample page, it's from the early part of the book that focuses more on spelling. It's too bad they don't have a page from the middle and end as well. It's got a lot in there for the money, you could use it for several years and then work through it again and still learn things. The intro is well worth reading even if you don't buy the book! Thanks Elizabeth. This looks really good. I have the original book, but never used it because even though I love the concept, there were no worksheets. The new edition looks much easier to implement. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorbackmama Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks for that list of resources, Heidi!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks Elizabeth. This looks really good. I have the original book, but never used it because even though I love the concept, there were no worksheets. The new edition looks much easier to implement. :) Yes, it is much easier to use. However, in some ways I prefer the original--it's so small, yet so much info packed in there. The new book is almost 3 times as long. But, it's great being able to print out 10 worksheets and hand them out to my group classes, I used to either have to do the exercises from the book on the board and it took a while or I'd have several children crowding around the book or they would have to take turns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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