Visual Processing and Visual Memory Skills Crucial for Learning
Think about it. Just about everything that is learned in our world today comes through our visual senses (our eyes). We interpret visual images and symbols. We pick up on nonspoken nonverbal cues, such as…
Principles of Working Memory and Exercises to Improve
Working Memory General Principles Discuss the meaning of a story or text immediately after it is read. Ask the student to elaborate on what was read. Memory for information will be improved if the student…
Orthographic Phonological and Automaticity Crucial for Learning
Orthographic /Auditory Processing Orthographic mapping describes the way in which written words are imprinted into long term memory. If words are not mapped, students may experience difficulties in recognizing words instantly by sight. To assist…
Better Outcomes for the Mild Moderate Intellectually Disabled
Mild Intellectual Impairment These two conditions may be the most alarming for some parents and educators to hear. Fearing the worst, many think it is a lifelong sentence to unproductive and unfulfilling lives. This is…
Learning Efficiency and Memory Keys to Critical Thinking
Learning Efficiency Holding the ability to learn new information efficiently and to process information effectively for working memory and long term memory storage are keys to developing critical thinking skills. Why? Learning efficiency pertains to…
Keep Gifted and Talented Brain Growing
Gifted and Talented In our own lives as parents, coaches, auntie’s and the most favored trusted adult, we have all marveled in seeing gifted and talented youth and young adults consistently perform well above expectations.…
Executive Functioning Personality Center of the Brain
Executive Functioning Executive Functioning processes occurs in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain (the forehead) and is the main area that separates humans from animals, reptiles and other species. It is where we take in…
Auditory and Cognitive Processing Key Brain Functions
Auditory and Visual Discrimination (Developing Auditory Discrimination Skills in First Graders, Central Washington University, M. Weinman, 1966, p. 14-18, p. 21-28) 1. Teach the child to differentiate between gross sounds. 2. Teach child to identify…