Baldowrie
I referred to a medicinal response, because you made this statement:sorry lost me, when I state that she should be drugging her child?
Baldowrie
Chilli monster I would prefer that medically trained staff diagnosed these differences!
Medically trained staff, are trained to respond medicinally. If you want a Learning qualified Professional, there is little point going to a Paediatrician or GP, with a view to anything other than a referral (unless they have gone on to specialise/qualify in this area). Learning Processes are cognitions and if you want to effectively respond to cognitive deficits, or understand learning differences, you would be well served visiting a cognitive or educational psychologist who specialises in the area you would like addressed.
Speech is a neuro function. A speech therapist considers motor functions to explore potential developmental delays and thought process responses that can assist in diagnosis. Damage to certain parts of the brain through injury, maladaption or delayed development can inhibit motor skills and affect both short and long term memory and encoding. Identification would lead to referral, collaboration and/or a dual response from other professionals who have spent years developing their understanding of the particular focus area.
Baldowrie
BaldowrieWhen did I state he had CAPD?
You also drew the following conclusion, which was the one I felt was not your call to make:He sounds more like he has a milder, much milder form of what my son has which is thought to be Central Auditory Processing Disorder.
Baldowrie
Is a Parental Diagnosis any more legitimate than a Teacher Diagnosis? Ultimately, it comes down to someone with some awareness noticing a problem and activating a constructive response. There is nothing more frustrating that watching a dyslexic struggle, as their confidence and self esteem falls through the floor. Teachers and teaching contributes enormously to how kids accept or tackle their differences. It can make or break a child.Right he is NOT dyslexic!
If a child does not trust and have faith in their teachers, they often have difficulty trusting themselves, and can enter into external attribution - where they attribute all their problems to someone else and deny any responsibility for their part in things. Denial is a really self-defeating attribution, because without internal acceptance, they can spend the rest of their lives fighting a system that becomes the blame for their every problem, never internalising ownership of the problem, and more importantly -rarely truly enjoying the success of overcoming it.
I honestly hope your little one can come to trust in those who teach, Baldowrie and develop genuine respect for those who have often spent many, many years studying in a particular area, because they truly believed they could/can make a difference. Long term study takes massive commitment and involves ongoing professional development. Jack and Jills of all Trades are great for the little problems life throws our way, but when you have a big problem it is an absolute blessing to have someone who has dedicated their time, money and self to exploring that problem in detail, and can respond objectively and constructively.
My daughter is dyslexic. Tonight we attended an Awards Presentation. I wish I had photographed the thrilled grin on her face, when it was announced she had won Awards for Academic Excellence in ITC, Home Economics, Agriculture and Graphics, and an overall Excellence Award for Very High Achievement across the majority of subjects. It was hard not get emotional, as she stood up there all grown up, and I flashed back to those countless hours of repetition, memory link building, and creative learning exercises. Tonight she overcame all those nagging thoughts that there was something wrong with her, and the frustration of things taking longer and seeming harder for her. She experienced and owned a major triumph, because there tends to be an acceptance in late diagnosed dyslexics (who never received intervention) that "they never did well either". She smashed through that stereotype tonight and I was so very proud of her.
I gave thanks for her second grade teacher too, who knew nothing of dyslexia when Bon entered her class all those years ago. That lady spent the next two years learning about it with my daughter. They shared their understanding and together we all grew, because my need to understand sent me into further study too. My daughter visits the grade 2 students now, prepares special learning plans for the little ones 'she understands', and is walking proof that dyslexics can and will achieve academically with early teacher identification, intervention and professional support.
We can't discount or diminish a teachers role in learning - they are just too important. So, that's where I was coming from. I hope I make sense, and again - I apologise if I have misinterpreted something.
