[SENco-forum] Re APD indicators and other info - and Testing-URGENT

She may be primarily a kinaesthetic learner ( learning by doing) as many
with dyslexia are, but most use other means of input i.e. visual/ auditor as
well. My friend is blind so replace visual input with tactile. He uses
kinaesthetic - muscle memory- to locate his coffee cup.  Although he may
'feel' around for it the first & second time after that he has a muscle
memory to help him remember where he placed it.  so he can reach to the
table, pick it up and drink as if he were sighted.  Many people often do not
realise that he is totally blind.  If you were to close your eyes and sign
something it would look very like your signature when you have your eyes
open.  That is muscle memory and we use it all the time and may learn this
way, but it is unlikely that this is what she needs all the time.

  The key is multisensory teaching, sometimes referred to a kinaesthetic
learning but really as Ruth said is the ability to teach all 3 modes and
using them singularly or in combination as necessary for each task.  For
example I cannot visualise well but it is an area that can be worked on and
improved just as APD sometimes responds to listening therapies.  The
problems do not go away, but there are coping strategies for when the weak
areas need a bolster.

Sharon

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