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Semantic pragmatic disorder - teaching spellings

Colin-pilot

Hi all, I am after some advice and tips. My son is 11, he is enjoying schooling but is struggling. The schools are providing great support, however, he is required to learn spelligs each week and he is tested. I have been trying different ways to help but I at a lose.

I am not sure if it's because he mispronounces the words and this leads to an incorrect spellings, although this does not apply when is pronounces the word correctly and stills gets the incorrect spelling.

Typical words he is required to learn:

according, national, programme, beautiful.

Any tips tricks great appreciated.

thanks

Parents

  • As NAS fact sheets will tell you (though I seek proof) people on the autistic spectrum have good memories. Well its a diagnostic distinction from dyspraxia, where memory may be bad, but this distinction is complicated by other conditions. Reality is - people on the spectrum have long memories, and remember too much from the distant past.

    Even so, the memory capacity, if it is there, can be an asset.

    Work on improving his memory. A tray of objects or a picture with lots of details which he sees for a minute, and then has to write down everything he saw is one way. 

    In terms of spelling the more practice he gets at this the better his memory. Rather than trying to work out the spellings from the sounds he will build up a store of remembered words.

    Memory seems to be a potential advantage. Help him acquire it and develop it and use it to the full.

    It will help through school, though by university memory alone isn't enough.

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  • As NAS fact sheets will tell you (though I seek proof) people on the autistic spectrum have good memories. Well its a diagnostic distinction from dyspraxia, where memory may be bad, but this distinction is complicated by other conditions. Reality is - people on the spectrum have long memories, and remember too much from the distant past.

    Even so, the memory capacity, if it is there, can be an asset.

    Work on improving his memory. A tray of objects or a picture with lots of details which he sees for a minute, and then has to write down everything he saw is one way. 

    In terms of spelling the more practice he gets at this the better his memory. Rather than trying to work out the spellings from the sounds he will build up a store of remembered words.

    Memory seems to be a potential advantage. Help him acquire it and develop it and use it to the full.

    It will help through school, though by university memory alone isn't enough.

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