[senco-forum] Dyslexia assessments

Hi Barbara,
Well, that's my impression too. I do use a book called "Auditory Processing
Activities" (from Ann Arbor, about £30) which is packed with all sorts of
activities for different aspects of auditory processing. I run several
little groups which I call "Listening Learners" and I try to teach the
children that listening is an active process, it doesn't just happen. They
have to hear what is being said, construct some meaning that makes sense to
them (or "try to make a picture" of what has been said), and then judge
whether or not it seems like something they can believe. I also talk to them
about the "wobbly shelf idea" of Ann Henderson's (i.e. the capacity of
working memory is finite and when it gets overloaded the whole lot "falls
off the shelf") and I encourage them to use rehearsal. The children
absolutely love the activities, but how can I tell if I'm doing any good?
Mary

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Hi, Mary,

That is really the question I wanted to ask. Are their really any  materials

which will improve a person's working memory. Only strategies or  "skills to

support" seem to have any transferable effect to me.

Barbara