My little learner
I am struggling with my daughter’s learning deficits.
She just turned 6 and in January she was diagnosed with autism level 2, mixed expressive receptive language disorder (but we were told it may be a delay and covering for ADHD) and anxiety. Since starting guanfacine, she has finally begun remembering what she’s being taught! So far since March she has learned the alphabet, the sounds for the letters and can give a word for each letter. I am over the moon! She’s done 4’s all day preschool and is at the end of full time Young 5’s. And she has 3 older siblings. So she’s had a LOT of practice and tons of exposure to numbers and letters and reading.
Her struggles with the alphabet are straightening out. Now we need to work on numbers. Does anyone have a good way of teaching reading and numbers to a kid who is having a hard time picking them up/processing them/remembering them? I’m thinking games or shows or materials? She is not easy to sit down and teach and can sit about 15 minutes once wrangled into it. I am looking for a new way to present old information, or ideas on something you know about that has really helped with your kid. It breaks my heart to see her lagging behind and we have all summer to gently work on these concepts before kindergarten.
Thanks for any feedback! I know the moms here get it better than anyone out there.