My son has audiotorial processing issues please answer?

Question

My son is almost 9 (in july) and is in second grade ( he was retained in kindergarten) after 3 years with asking the school to test him ( which they did each year) this year it finally came back as he is borderline dyslexic and has audiotorial processing issues, He is now is RSP for a 1/2 hour a day and does very well in there, However he continues to fail each and every spelling test he takes and still has very poor sentence structure. Any ideas you can give me to help him would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Is he in special ed? If tehy did testing, he is suppose to be. If he is in special ed, he is suppose to have an IEP plan.

The way to get help for this is to write to district sped director and request a formal IEP meeting to discuss and agree upon things that will help him with this.

Whatever is agreed upon MUST be written into the IEP plan or the school won't do it.

Before the meeting, make a list of all problems with written examples that prove the problems.

And, make a list of things you think will help.

Parents are an EQUAL member of the IEP team and can make requests.

When a child has an IEP plan (special ed)  the school is suppose to help with ALL problems the child has. THey can't pick and choose.

Answer 2

some people swear by therapeutric listening programs (ie. Tomatis) to improve auditory processing-but there is no real data on its validity-an Occupatinal Therapist maybe able to give you more info

It will take time-be patient.

An alternative reading method may be helpful sucah as Orton Gillingham or Wilson

Answer 3

Have you considered consultation with the school's Speech Language Therapists? As your son seems to have auditory processing problems and phonemic awareness may be effected consultation with a Speech Language Therapist seems reasonable. They can help you identify strategies for spelling and may provide additional insight into your son's struggle.

Have you taken your child to an audiologist to explore the possibility of CAP-D (Central Auditory Processing Disorder). This is not something the school can do. CAP-D is a medical diagnosis and does not fall under the categories specifically for IDEA. As your son has already been identified for sped it does not matter that it is not considered a handicapping condition. You could access your insurance and independently pursue the evaluation to aid in planning strategies for your son's academic career. The diagnosis might provide insight and enable you to pursue additional services outside of the school system by accessing your insurance.

Good luck

Answer 4

find out who the head of special needs programming is for your school system and contact them. Let them know what the situation is and see what help they can offer you. Also try your family doctor they may also be able to point you in the right direction. Good luck I hope you find something that works for you and your son!

Best wishes!

Answer 5

Both my daughter and I are dyslexic, I was diagnosed the same time she was, which explained my poor schooling, I learnt as much as possible about dyslexia, including strategies on how best to support the her within the classroom and at home. And this is one of the reasons I became a Youth & Disability support worker.

Here some tips that we found helped

Keep a dictionary on hand to check words that we don't know or new words, and write them down in a note book to help remember them.

A list of the most commonly misspelt words, as well as list of words that dyslexics often mix up, because the sound the same, but are spelt differently e.g which, witch, flour, flower etc. I laminated them and put her name on them.

Teachers to write each paragraph in different colours, so students can keep track of were they are if copying from the board. (some teachers were more than happy to do this, other not so).

For reading try different coloured overlays, to see if it make reading easier. My daughter wear Irlens lens which we noticed made a huge difference.

Learn the letters of the alphabet using bright coloured magnetic letters, and learn their placement in the alphabet, and practice spelling basic words.

For higher primary school years and through to high school etc

Again use of dictionary, list of most commonly misspelt words etc.

Class handouts to be on coloured paper, for my daughter and I its a cream or buff colour (you may have to try different colours).

Where possible use a computer to do assignments etc, ensuring we use spell check to keep spelling mistakes in check.

When given an assignment start them as soon as possible, so you do a little bit each day, rather than leave it until the last minute.

I stressed to her teachers that it was unfair to make her do a spelling test, as she could easily spell them for me at night, but in the morning she had forgotten where to place the letters in sequence to form the word correctly. She would work quietly, copying sentences etc from a book or list of most commonly misspelt words, to practice hand writing, (her hand writing is/was atrocious) while the others were doing a spelling test.

I hope these tips help, and I wish you both all the best