My son had a psycho-educational evaluation done at school. He shows low language scores and low memory scores. He is at risk for recalling learned material and learning new material. We went to Cooper Learning Center and the physician stated that my son might be on level 1 reading materials for a period of 1 to 2 years.
I asked the physician about board games, since my son plays the memory games and monopoly jr., really well and there is no indication of a memory problem.
He stated that board games are using a different part of the brain. The specific area is auditory memory and recalling sentences.
I'm not sure if I always saw a memory problem with my son. When he started learning his phone number at age 4, it took 2 years of constant calling and redialing our house phone using our cell phone. Should I have noticed a problem with memory and retrieval at that time.
But, again, I don't always see it. He does fine with video games, board games or any kind of game. The only place I see a problem, is with schoolwork and reading.
So maybe this part of the brain with games can overcompensate for the part of the brain that has difficulty learning? Can this learning disability be overcompensated by using the part of the brain that plays games? I sure hope you find a solution. Let us know what works.
[Modified by: annette10dance on August 14, 2008 09:36 AM]
Annette
