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    Compensatory Strategies to Help A Student with Language Processing Difficulties Follow Oral Directions Easier 1.

    Adults should speak in shorter sentences. E.g. May need to give directions in 1-2 steps at a time, with one detail per step maximum.

    2. Encourage Student to Repeat Key Words of the Direction Quietly (Reauditorization): This helps the student remember the direction long enough to process more of the direction correctly. 3. Add Multisensory Input (Visual & Kinesthetic) to the Spoken Direction: This can be done by pointing to separate fingers as speaker chunks key parts of the direction. Adding extra brain sensory input helps many students. It also requires the speaker to slow down and speak in chunks.

    4. Say Key Words With Extra Stress, Loudness, so the student is focusing and understanding. 5. Encourage Older Students to Write Down Key Words, Then Check With A Peer or the Teacher for Accuracy. This is a much better strategy to use than asking for repetition, as at a glance, others can see where the problems with processing occurred. It also puts the onus of responsibility back on to the student to help themselves. 6. Explain/Rephrase When Student Clearly Doesnt Understand. 7. Consider if the Student is Having Difficulty with Counting Rules About Where to Start Counting From When Serial Vocabulary (First, SecondLast) Are Used. 8. Consider if the Student has Difficulty With Left/Right Orientation. They may need to learn some mnemonic phrases to remember which side is right or left or they may need to consider what direction an objects front is facing. If they have such difficulties, adults need to be facing the same direction they are for the child to master something demonstrated (e.g. during art or gym instruction).

    Compiled by: Ms. Colleen B. Wawrykow, MSPA, RSLP Registered Speech/Language Pathologist, Certified in SLP by CASLPA

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