how to improve ur child's working memory?

[beanbear]

Chenonceau:

Beanbear... you may wanna flip this book - http://www.amazon.com/Islands-Genius-Bountiful-Autistic-Acquired/dp/1849058733. I am not saying that your child exhibits the savant syndrome because she is normal in every other way. However, one of the chapters in this book discusses the phenomenon of musical genius. The description sounds a lot like your DD. Apparently, the musically talented get bored with traditional teaching methods.

I took a while to post this because I couldn't for the life of me remember where I came across this. It finally came to me this morning.

Thanks Chen, I will check this out.

[Neosan60]

at home u can do simple memory games like memorizing poker cards all facing down & then opening them two by two to remember their color/shape/number.

if u have extra investment, u can try certain brain gym centres.

[elderflowertea]

U can try to do cognitive training. Play memory games, etc. I have attended a training on brain training before.

[HAPPYH]

elderflowertea:

U can try to do cognitive training. Play memory games, etc. I have attended a training on brain training before.

How do u find the training? Useful? TIA

[reiann]

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There are different types of memory too. Your daughter may remember things she learns in a more physical way, but not through hearing, for eg. My daughter remembers what she reads much better than what she hears, so she also has trouble remembering what teachers say. You might want to help her find ways to use the things she does well to remember info delivered by a different mode.

I do agree that many kids are forgetful, inattentive etc and still well within the normal range. I don't know about 24hr-mum's daughter, but mine is out of the normal range, unfortunately. We were told by the educational psychologist that she was unable to give an IQ result because the working memory and processing speed scores were too low compared with other elements in the test.

To give some examples, my daughter has very poor memory for info given verbally. You can ask her to do 2 things, and she will forget one or both within seconds! Carrying on a conversation with her takes a lot of patience (which most people don't have) as you have to wait as long as 5-10 seconds before she replies to each question, and sometimes the reply is \"What did you say?\" She is not rude or purposely inattentive, although we scolded her a lot in earlier years because we didn't realise her problems, but she really can't process or 'hold on' to the info. For such kids, parents and teachers do have to cut them some slack and help them find ways to cope. And they also have to be resigned that these kids cannot be high achievers in school as they are not equipped to cope with a lot of classroom interactions and activities and exams.

Thank you so much for posting this. I’m just suddenly realizing what it is about my son! Now it all makes sense!

[bbbay]

To me, if our child can grow up and learn to take good care of themselves, take good care of family, at ease with themselves, other thing in life are secondary. Many “higher achievers” can’t achieve the above.


I was diagnosed with having auditory processing difficulties only at mid forties. Being aware and accept the limitation, changes everything. I now no longer benchmark myself against other people, get frustrated when I am not able to process as fast as others during meetings. I now focus on offering concise , alternate perspective, which l realised are lacking in my work place.

Albert Einstein was a average student.
Couldn’t speak a full sentence until 5 years old. Was he rich man? No. I read he didn’t even know how much salary to ask for for his job at Princeton. Was he famous? Yes definitely. But I am sure fame didn’t count as much to him. But he was definitely enjoying what he did best in his career - the famous theory of relativity. It was an added bonus that the world recognised his works. If not, at least he knew he was having good time.

[Liew Nga Wing]

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I was diagnosed with having auditory processing difficulties only at mid forties. Being aware and accept the limitation, changes everything. I now no longer benchmark myself against other people, get frustrated when I am not able to process as fast as others during meetings. I now focus on offering concise , alternate perspective, which l realised are lacking in my work place.

Have you seeked any medical treatment for your auditory processing difficulties?

[bbbay]

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2055092\" time=\"1641628288\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2055092 time=1641628288 user_id=195250]
Have you seeked any medical treatment for your auditory processing difficulties?[/quote]

It is in the same domain as dyslexic/ADHD. it is not debilitating. Just don’t expect yourself to process info the same way as others. And it is exactly this different way of processing info that offer different perspective. And sometimes it can be useful to others.

[sharonkhoo]

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It is in the same domain as dyslexic/ADHD. it is not debilitating. Just don’t expect yourself to process info the same way as others. And it is exactly this different way of processing info that offer different perspective. And sometimes it can be useful to others.

And like those conditions, there is a continuum. Since you only were diagnosed as an adult, I expect your condition is on the milder side, and you obviously coped very well. Some people will find it more difficult to cope, but they will also learn to cope better (with or without external help) as they got older. Yes, teaching them to understand themselves and develop coping strategies will help a lot - it's a gradual process as they get older.