The Therapy Group - Learning Solutions at Home» Processing? http://learningsolutionsathome.com Bringing Innovative Learning Solutions to your door Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:58:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Neurological deficits and dyslexia http://learningsolutionsathome.com/index.php/neurological-deficits-and-dyslexia/ http://learningsolutionsathome.com/index.php/neurological-deficits-and-dyslexia/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:24:08 +0000 The Therapy Group http://learningsolutionsathome.com/?p=168 Two commonly held beliefs about dyslexia are that children with it are prone to seeing letters or words backward, and that the problem is linked to intelligence. Both beliefs are incorrect. The problem is a linguistic (of language and the processing of language) one, not a visual one. And dyslexia in no way stems from any lack of intelligence. People with severe dyslexia can be brilliant.

The effects of dyslexia, in fact, vary from person to person. The only shared trait among people with dyslexia is that they read at levels significantly lower than typical for people of their age.

A child with dyslexia will struggle with age appropriate reading, cognitively processing information heard or read and recalling/retrieving information learned.

If we understand that the effects of dyslexia are caused by processing errors in the brain or faulty wiring, it follows that we can eliminate or vastly improve those effects by addressing the problems neurologically.

The past 5-10 years have seen an explosion in research focusing on the relationship of cognitive functioning, processing of information and the neuro-plasticity of the brain. Scientists and neurologists have determined that the brain possesses the ability to “re-wire” around damaged or non-functioning areas and to build new neuro-pathways to improve performance.

A neurologically based program designed to strengthen the brain’s ability to process, store and correctly retrieve information would be the first intervention recommended by The Therapy Group.

]]> http://learningsolutionsathome.com/index.php/neurological-deficits-and-dyslexia/feed/ 0 Language Processing? http://learningsolutionsathome.com/index.php/language-processing/ http://learningsolutionsathome.com/index.php/language-processing/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:23:06 +0000 The Therapy Group http://learningsolutionsathome.com/?p=166 “Language processing” or “processing” is a term you’ll see often in our posts.  First, let’s clarify that language is much more than the spoken word. Language is the information received by the brain, stored and recalled when needed. Language is conversation, auditory and visual cues, written directions and so much more.  Processing is what your brain does with language.

If you think of your brain as a huge file room with rows and rows of filing cabinets, when information (language) is received whether it be something you saw or heard or read or felt that information is stored in your file room. For some people and for a variety of reasons the filing system used by their brain is not the correct order.

Imagine if your employer told you to go to the file room and retrieve an important file, you open the first filingLearning to process information. cabinet to find none of the files are in alphabetical order. In fact the filing system makes no sense to you at all. How long do you think it will take you to find that all important file?

For people with processing deficits the filing system chaos in their brain can make even the easiest task difficult or at the very least laborious.

The programs used by The Therapy Group help to re-order that file system and strengthen the neuro-pathways (routes) from information intake to the correct file cabinet.

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