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Thank you!! Do you know of any books that help build comprehensi
Many thanks for your response. This has been very helpful. If you ever have any good authors or books on ADHD and learning disablilities strategies for the teenager, I would love to know of them! What my 15 year old son struggles with the most is "too much" information given at one time, and he can't retain it as quickly as the schools cirriculum expects him to. He has reading and comprehension disorders and our high school has no remedies for helping to educate those types of students so that they learn successfully at their own pace. Basically I'm told from the educators that they "can't hold up for him" and he'll just have to learn his own way of studying. Is that the only answer?. The high school (IEP) does give him extra time for homework (which just sets him back more sometimes) and tests, and he is allowed breaks, but this does not seem to be the anwer on how to get him to remember his "mounds" of daily lessons in such a quick amount of time (the high school works on trimesters, 2-1/2 month learning periods before exams). So eventually he looses interest, has panick attacks and depression, and by exam time...completely wants to give up because he is so overwhelmed and doesn't remember half of the information needed for the exam. At this point, the teachers are pretty much giving us "copies" of PAGES of what will be on the test, which is helpful, but again, he is expected to "remember" the answers, which to me, is not learning, but total recall. This brings us back to the same problem we started out with...having to remember answers in a few days. Our doctor said there are ways we can practice visual memory at home (flashcards, ect.) so if anyone knows of any books or ideas to help remedy this, I'm open for any ideas! Thank you!
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