Saturday, February 23, 2013

Visual Spacial Problems ?

As I drove into reading this past week I had three books I started to read. I guess this is the ADD part of me that can't stick with one book. I guess it's about finding the information that fits the children I'm working with. A book I borrowed from a co-worker had been very helpful. Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger's Syndrome, by Kathryn Stewart, Ph.D.Sally I believe has Visual-Spatial  Problems.
It is the ability to use information from the visual fields to understand the world around you. Visual-spacial processing deficits affect how information gained through the visual field makes it into memory. Information gained through auditory channels is more likely to make it into memory. This makes a lot of sense to me. Sally has to be told what to do and it's even written out for her. Because her behavior is the main thing her aide needs to deal with sometimes the written part of her directions are not done for her.
Also I now realize that Sally worries about when the bell is being rung at the end of class to signal the children that class is over and it's time to clean up. Many times she asks when I going to ring the bell or "where is your bell Mrs. Zacchia?". For some reason she either starts to apologize to me or has held her ears when I ring the bell. I'm going to try something else with this class to see if it makes a difference. Perhaps turn on the red light on my street light to signal class is over.  
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