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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 112988" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Thanks for the insight, Trinity.</p><p></p><p>SRL, thanks for the link. I only logged on briefly because I really must go out (a client to visit, urgently - she's sending me frequent emails and I only live a kilometre away). I'll check it out in detail later on and post in detail there. A good suggestion.</p><p></p><p>Weatheringthestorm (and maybe trinity) - if there is a possibility of a reading disorder where it's connected to the eyes not properly tracking from left to right (a common subset of dyslexia, as well as in other disorders) I developed a cheap little therapy:</p><p></p><p>You buy one of those clear plastic balls which has another, decorated, ball inside it floating on clear fluid. These balls are distinctive - when you roll them, the inner ball (which is weighted) stays showing the same face all the time. I like the eyeball ones especially. You roll them, and it looks like na eyeball is SLIDING across the table, not rolling, because it's constantly staring back at you. Get an eyeball one if you can, I think "making eye contact" with it would make this work faster.</p><p>But if you can't get one of these, any bright-coloured ball would do.</p><p></p><p>The trick - you get the child to roll the ball from left hand to right hand, along the edge of the table where he is sitting. The child catches the ball with his right hand, passes it back to the left UNDER THE TABLE and repeats. </p><p>The aim of this exercise is to re-train the brain to get used to tracking left to right. (Note: Readers of Arabic should roll the ball right to left).</p><p></p><p>To train the brain takes repetition. The more repetition, the faster the brain re-programs. You're not only working on external eye muscles, you're also working on the visual cortex of the brain. Depending on how severe the problem is, you may need more, or less, repetition.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion - small brackets of maybe 5 to 10 rolls, as many times a day as the kid can stand but at least three times a day. And they must maintain eye contact with the ball.</p><p></p><p>It shouldn't be too hard to develop a computer package to do the same job, maybe in a more fun way. Perhaps before a simple reading exercise, the computer could re-train the brain to track correctly, before giving the reading task.</p><p>Maybe something to get difficult child 3 developing? I suspect IT is his potential career path...</p><p></p><p>Gotta dash.</p><p></p><p>Client awaits.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 112988, member: 1991"] Thanks for the insight, Trinity. SRL, thanks for the link. I only logged on briefly because I really must go out (a client to visit, urgently - she's sending me frequent emails and I only live a kilometre away). I'll check it out in detail later on and post in detail there. A good suggestion. Weatheringthestorm (and maybe trinity) - if there is a possibility of a reading disorder where it's connected to the eyes not properly tracking from left to right (a common subset of dyslexia, as well as in other disorders) I developed a cheap little therapy: You buy one of those clear plastic balls which has another, decorated, ball inside it floating on clear fluid. These balls are distinctive - when you roll them, the inner ball (which is weighted) stays showing the same face all the time. I like the eyeball ones especially. You roll them, and it looks like na eyeball is SLIDING across the table, not rolling, because it's constantly staring back at you. Get an eyeball one if you can, I think "making eye contact" with it would make this work faster. But if you can't get one of these, any bright-coloured ball would do. The trick - you get the child to roll the ball from left hand to right hand, along the edge of the table where he is sitting. The child catches the ball with his right hand, passes it back to the left UNDER THE TABLE and repeats. The aim of this exercise is to re-train the brain to get used to tracking left to right. (Note: Readers of Arabic should roll the ball right to left). To train the brain takes repetition. The more repetition, the faster the brain re-programs. You're not only working on external eye muscles, you're also working on the visual cortex of the brain. Depending on how severe the problem is, you may need more, or less, repetition. My suggestion - small brackets of maybe 5 to 10 rolls, as many times a day as the kid can stand but at least three times a day. And they must maintain eye contact with the ball. It shouldn't be too hard to develop a computer package to do the same job, maybe in a more fun way. Perhaps before a simple reading exercise, the computer could re-train the brain to track correctly, before giving the reading task. Maybe something to get difficult child 3 developing? I suspect IT is his potential career path... Gotta dash. Client awaits. Marg [/QUOTE]
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