Post by misty on Jan 7, 2007 0:00:07 GMT -5
katiekat........... Thread Started on Sept 23, 2006, 10:41am
I have a concern about Sean that really worries me. He seems unable to retain information and/or relay it. It's become much more of an issue since he started kindergarten. I have researched LDs high and low or the internet but cant seem to find anything that this fits into.
After school the other kids run out and tell their moms what they did that day-when I ask Sean he says he cant remember. I will ask him specific questions to make it easier on him like what did you have for snack, did you go outside and still he doesnt know, cant remember or says I remember but dont know what its called.
Also when I get worksheets home from school and go over them with him again he cant remember what he learned. Yesterday they learned about the flag-how many stripes and stars so I asked him how many stripes? I dont know. I say there are 13 stripes. 30 seconds later I ask again-already he has forgotten .I say 13 stripes 10X in a row then ask again- he doesnt know.
We went to my friends house yesterday,she moved in July but he has been there at least 10 times when we pull up he has no idea where we are "I dont know whose house this is" I try to give him hints but he cant remember until he actually sees her. Sometimes 1/2 hour after he eats lunch he will tell me I forgot to give him lunch. When I tell him I gave him lunch he cant remeber what he ate. I am at a loss.
He spoke early as a baby and has a great vocabulary and speaks clearly this is what always throws me when I think I found something that describes him. Any ideas?
misty
It sounds like a Low Working Memory. Shannon has that too & the psychologist that tested her said that was her major concern & would pose more problems than the ADD & LD's together. The only thing I know to do is go over & over & over & Over the SAME things until they leave the Working memory & become internalized into long term memory. Its a slow, painful process, but the only way I know of (so far) to improve it.
It seems to come along with ADHD sometimes but its classified in with LD. When I googled "Low working memory LD" I got a lot more info than when I left the LD off.
leigh
Oh my goodness, Katiekat. I was just about to sign off and saw the title of your thread here and HAD to respond. I'm dealing with concern right now over my TEN year old's memory. He has always had a terrible memory. He never had anything to tell me about school in the early years, and he struggled with everything it seemed.
LATELY, though, the concern I've had convinced me to see the school psychologist (she actually manages over a large number of schools in this county).
Over the summer, my son would say things that indicated he either had no memory of something recent.......or he was just making zero sense. A FEW times, he actually said the words, "My short term memory is bad." At first I thought he heard that from somewhere and just thought it was cool to say, but now I know something else is going on.
Example: We drove past a McDonalds over the summer while on the way to a different McDonalds. He said, "We aren't going to that one, are we? It stinks in there." I told him that wasn't true at all. He said, "Yes it is. Ian (his friend) said the last time he went in that McDonalds, it was really stinky in there." Well, I was at a stop light. I kind of turned around and started going on about how I'm tired of him not thinking for himself and that he needs to learn to come to his OWN conclusions about things. THEN I said, "So listen. Don't tell me that McDonald's is stinky because Ian said so." My son then said, "I didn't say Ian said it's stinky." He was so insistant about this, that I actually enlisted my FIVE year old's help. "Didn't he say Ian said it's stinky?, " I asked. He said, "Yeah. You said that." He still insisted he didn't say it. Finally, though, he just said, "Really?" OMG!
Then there's the fact that he studies with me for his tests, knows EVERYTHING the night before the test, then makes a 75 on the test......having made the most ridiculously careless mistakes and writing things in blanks that make no sense at all.
So I'm right there with you. I have to say, I'm ADD (diagnosed "hyperkinetic" around 35 years ago), and my ten year old was diagnosed at age 5, and this is the first time I've heard the phrase "Low Working Memory." I'm going to look it up. The psychologist said there were a number of tests that could be done and that we'll be monitoring this concern with the teachers this nine weeks in school. I guess I'll know more later.
I have a concern about Sean that really worries me. He seems unable to retain information and/or relay it. It's become much more of an issue since he started kindergarten. I have researched LDs high and low or the internet but cant seem to find anything that this fits into.
After school the other kids run out and tell their moms what they did that day-when I ask Sean he says he cant remember. I will ask him specific questions to make it easier on him like what did you have for snack, did you go outside and still he doesnt know, cant remember or says I remember but dont know what its called.
Also when I get worksheets home from school and go over them with him again he cant remember what he learned. Yesterday they learned about the flag-how many stripes and stars so I asked him how many stripes? I dont know. I say there are 13 stripes. 30 seconds later I ask again-already he has forgotten .I say 13 stripes 10X in a row then ask again- he doesnt know.
We went to my friends house yesterday,she moved in July but he has been there at least 10 times when we pull up he has no idea where we are "I dont know whose house this is" I try to give him hints but he cant remember until he actually sees her. Sometimes 1/2 hour after he eats lunch he will tell me I forgot to give him lunch. When I tell him I gave him lunch he cant remeber what he ate. I am at a loss.
He spoke early as a baby and has a great vocabulary and speaks clearly this is what always throws me when I think I found something that describes him. Any ideas?
misty
It sounds like a Low Working Memory. Shannon has that too & the psychologist that tested her said that was her major concern & would pose more problems than the ADD & LD's together. The only thing I know to do is go over & over & over & Over the SAME things until they leave the Working memory & become internalized into long term memory. Its a slow, painful process, but the only way I know of (so far) to improve it.
It seems to come along with ADHD sometimes but its classified in with LD. When I googled "Low working memory LD" I got a lot more info than when I left the LD off.
leigh
Oh my goodness, Katiekat. I was just about to sign off and saw the title of your thread here and HAD to respond. I'm dealing with concern right now over my TEN year old's memory. He has always had a terrible memory. He never had anything to tell me about school in the early years, and he struggled with everything it seemed.
LATELY, though, the concern I've had convinced me to see the school psychologist (she actually manages over a large number of schools in this county).
Over the summer, my son would say things that indicated he either had no memory of something recent.......or he was just making zero sense. A FEW times, he actually said the words, "My short term memory is bad." At first I thought he heard that from somewhere and just thought it was cool to say, but now I know something else is going on.
Example: We drove past a McDonalds over the summer while on the way to a different McDonalds. He said, "We aren't going to that one, are we? It stinks in there." I told him that wasn't true at all. He said, "Yes it is. Ian (his friend) said the last time he went in that McDonalds, it was really stinky in there." Well, I was at a stop light. I kind of turned around and started going on about how I'm tired of him not thinking for himself and that he needs to learn to come to his OWN conclusions about things. THEN I said, "So listen. Don't tell me that McDonald's is stinky because Ian said so." My son then said, "I didn't say Ian said it's stinky." He was so insistant about this, that I actually enlisted my FIVE year old's help. "Didn't he say Ian said it's stinky?, " I asked. He said, "Yeah. You said that." He still insisted he didn't say it. Finally, though, he just said, "Really?" OMG!
Then there's the fact that he studies with me for his tests, knows EVERYTHING the night before the test, then makes a 75 on the test......having made the most ridiculously careless mistakes and writing things in blanks that make no sense at all.
So I'm right there with you. I have to say, I'm ADD (diagnosed "hyperkinetic" around 35 years ago), and my ten year old was diagnosed at age 5, and this is the first time I've heard the phrase "Low Working Memory." I'm going to look it up. The psychologist said there were a number of tests that could be done and that we'll be monitoring this concern with the teachers this nine weeks in school. I guess I'll know more later.