FFrroomm AABBCC ttoo AADDHHDD Eric Tridas, MD AApriill 33 && 44, 22000099 The Hawai’i Branch of the International Dyslexia Association The Developmental Web Development Educational & al Profile Developmental Academic–Occupational Behavioral Behavioral & Behavioral–Emotional Profile Cognitive SSoocciaal Intteeraaccttioon Health Health Medical EEnnvviirroonnmmeenntt EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall DDeevveellooppmmeennttaall WWeebb Contributing Factors ttoo CClliinniiccaall PPrreesseennttaattiioonn Developmental Profile VISUAL PROCESSING AUDITORY INPUT TACTILE-KINESTHETIC S U E N A T EE NN L SHORT TERM V O U TI TI M E WORKING NI N SI AT G E L/ R O T A LONG TERM C AT TI N E U Q E S ORAL OUTPUT WWRRIITTTTEENN Visual Perceptual Problems • IMAGINEHOWCONFUSINGITWOULDBEIFEVERYT HINGYOUREADLOOKEDLIKETHIS! •• OORRII FFTTHH EEWWOORR DDSSBBEE GGIINNAA NNDDEENN DDII NNPPLLAACC ESTH ATDON’NTM AKES ENSET OY OU? • TAHW FI EHT SRETTEL EREW DESREVER, or OOUUTT FFOO OODDRREERR • w re o n al pa T oset aelv e gg e. e ds m c er h h d t Language Processing • Phonology • SSeemmaannttiiccss • Morphology • SSynttax • Discourse • Metalinguistics • PPrraaggmmaattiiccss Tactile-kinesthetic Processing • Impacts Fine Motor Function – Progresses in a proximal-distal fashion – Affected by: • Sense of body position or movement • Visual sppatial pprocessingg • Verbal-motor integration • Motor planning • Motor seqquential memoryy • Monitoring • Tone • CCoooorrddiinnaattiioonn Memory • Short Term • AAccttiivvee wwoorrkkiinngg • Long Term Short Term Memory • Holds information for a few seconds • LLiimmiitteedd ssttoorraaggee ccaappaacciittyy • Depends on: – VVollume – Modality • VViisuall, AAuddiittory, TTacttiille - KKiinestthhettiic – Attention Working Memory • Intermediate duration • Holdingg an idea in mind while developpingg, elaborating, clarifying, using it – Recalling answers while thinking of the question – Complex math problems – Reading (summarizing/comparing while decoding – SSellecttiing collor whhiille remembberiing whhatt you are drawing