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Post by overjoyedenrich on Aug 11, 2021 13:42:05 GMT
My job is to tutor students to read.
My best success is teaching from zero to the start of stage 5 letters and sounds in just 14 hours of contact. I think I know what I'm doing... and yet I repeat this to myself over and over because of failing with ADHD students.
I have a few students with whom I just can't seem to reach. They're both also diagnosed autistic as well but the hard thing is attention.
What I do is show the students how reading can help their lives. They understand this, and this drives them for a short while but then it wears off. However, they tend to hide that they're not paying attention. I relate things to their interests but this doesn't seem to be enough.
It's very frustrating.
I'm using multi sensory, interactive games. I let the student lead what they want to do sometimes off the back of the recommendation to follow their interests. I then try to guide that into something that will help them read.
Always looking for new ideas.
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Post by ADHD in Denial on Aug 12, 2021 19:45:26 GMT
Your probably already doing something similar to this. I was taught to read by my mum placing word cards around the room (could be the playground) and I had to run and fetch each one and then read the word. She knew I wouldn’t sit still to learn like my sisters did. Creative solution from a mother with undiagnosed ADHD. Fortunately this meant I learnt to read before I started school. Did mean the Dyslexia wasn’t picked up until college and the ADHD middle age 😂. NB ADHD and Dyslexia often go hand in hand which is also worth thinking about, it’s not always clear cut which is which as there’s so many overlaps.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2021 13:52:26 GMT
Good shout regarding dyslexia.
I don't have it but I've come across a few people who do have it but don't realise and they often say things like 'I don't really like reading.' presumably because it's very difficult for them but they're not diagnosed / unable to articulate it.
Personally, books were an escape for me so I enjoy reading but these days, in the effort-attention-value hierarchy, books are kinda last place.
Maybe consider trying to make learning to read a mere side effect of some perceived greater objective where progression is impossible without it. To speed things along, consider a leaderboard of some sort that everyone is sorta accountable to.
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