Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Bonnie, I just got a reply back from my friend on the topic of NLD: " Students with NLD can definitely be apraxic., as many have issues with motor....Make sense????. However, their language skills are good. " Brigett > > > > > > Bonnie, > > > > > > I have some ideas for you. My son is 19 (1 of 4 kids) and has > quite > > significant issues as well. He is in college and is successful. > There > > was a time I wondered if he would ever be able to even hold a job > in a > > fast food establishment. His future was a real worry. > > > > > > I have a lot of questions for you. I am an educational > advocate and > > my personal interest is in kids your son's age because time is > running > > out for them. It sounds like you have done an awful lot for him > > already. > > > I wonder who did his testing? > > > Was he ever seen by a neurologist or a had a neuropsych eval? > > > You say his memory is very good, but have you had it evaluated > to > > see if it is short term, long term, or limited to a certain number > of > > things? > > > Has he been evaluated for executive function disorder? > > > I see that you did " " for dyslexia, have you ever looked > into > > mood Bell? > > > Have you done processing remediation? > > > Has he seen an OT for dysgraphia? > > > Has he been diagnosed or evaluated for dyspraxia? > > > Fast Forward - Ear robics, etc., > > > Modulated music listening therapies? > > > Does he have hypotomia? > > > Have you had him evaluated intensively for neuro-transmitter > > disorders? > > > How is he at Math? > > > Does he use a text to speech or speech to text software? > > > Is he in regular ed classes? > > > Do you know his full scale IQ, verbal IQ and performance IQ's? > > > Do you know anything about NLD? > > > You say that he knows what he thinks and wants to say and > > write....can he then " get it down on paper " ? > > > Does he want to go to college? > > > Have you had him looked at for mitochondrial disorders? > > > > > > As you can see this may be indepth for the message board but I > would > > be glad to talk with you offlist, or on the phone and exchange > ideas. > > Perhaps I can give you some new directions to try. > > > > > > I feel for you. > > > Feel free to contact me offlist. > > > > > > Brigett > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Bonnie, I just got a reply back from my friend on the topic of NLD: " Students with NLD can definitely be apraxic., as many have issues with motor....Make sense????. However, their language skills are good. " Brigett > > > > > > Bonnie, > > > > > > I have some ideas for you. My son is 19 (1 of 4 kids) and has > quite > > significant issues as well. He is in college and is successful. > There > > was a time I wondered if he would ever be able to even hold a job > in a > > fast food establishment. His future was a real worry. > > > > > > I have a lot of questions for you. I am an educational > advocate and > > my personal interest is in kids your son's age because time is > running > > out for them. It sounds like you have done an awful lot for him > > already. > > > I wonder who did his testing? > > > Was he ever seen by a neurologist or a had a neuropsych eval? > > > You say his memory is very good, but have you had it evaluated > to > > see if it is short term, long term, or limited to a certain number > of > > things? > > > Has he been evaluated for executive function disorder? > > > I see that you did " " for dyslexia, have you ever looked > into > > mood Bell? > > > Have you done processing remediation? > > > Has he seen an OT for dysgraphia? > > > Has he been diagnosed or evaluated for dyspraxia? > > > Fast Forward - Ear robics, etc., > > > Modulated music listening therapies? > > > Does he have hypotomia? > > > Have you had him evaluated intensively for neuro-transmitter > > disorders? > > > How is he at Math? > > > Does he use a text to speech or speech to text software? > > > Is he in regular ed classes? > > > Do you know his full scale IQ, verbal IQ and performance IQ's? > > > Do you know anything about NLD? > > > You say that he knows what he thinks and wants to say and > > write....can he then " get it down on paper " ? > > > Does he want to go to college? > > > Have you had him looked at for mitochondrial disorders? > > > > > > As you can see this may be indepth for the message board but I > would > > be glad to talk with you offlist, or on the phone and exchange > ideas. > > Perhaps I can give you some new directions to try. > > > > > > I feel for you. > > > Feel free to contact me offlist. > > > > > > Brigett > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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