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Read: “I Remembered Not to Forget!” How to Improve Working Memory in Children.

Self-Test: Could Your Child Have a Working Memory Deficit?.

Good Luck! Selective Hearing or ADHD: Next Steps I use this trick with all of my student coaching clients, and it works! So instead of asking your son to repeat back to you what you just said, ask him to do it backwards. Her reasoning? That the brain has to work harder to recall information when it remembers backwards, so it’s more likely to stick. I learned this method from a middle school teacher! She explained that when she wants her students to truly solidify information she has taught, she has them repeat it to her backwards. Encourage him to find a strategy that works for him.Ĥ. Perhaps he can use the Notes App on his phone, set a reminder or an alarm, or even take a picture of written instructions. How is he going to remember? Are y0u asking your son, “How are you going to remember that?” You son needs a scaffolding method to remember information. Your son may need to move around to fully listen and be engaged.ģ. Many children with ADHD cannot auditorily and visually process at the same time. Better yet, write it down.Īnd a tip within a tip.

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And to ensure that your son hears you, make sure you are in the same room and have his full attention.

As much as you can (and I know this is a tricky one), try to find quiet and distraction-free times to impart instructions.

Limit the “oh by the ways” and “don’t forgets.” Your child is running out the door (or you are) and you call out, “Oh, by the way, don’t forget to meet me at 3 pm by the side door of the school!” The likelihood that your child will remember that information is pretty slim. If you’re giving your son multi-step directions or instructions, give them one at a time so he has a chance to process each one.Ģ. Any instructions or requests should be given in bite-sized pieces. So how do you help your child to remember?ġ. When you are telling him something you want him to do later on in the day, he is hearing you… at that moment. So what might look like “selective hearing” is really his brain’s inability to solidify and hold on to information. What is actually happening is that the information or instructions he was given earlier in the day did not “superglue” to his brain. Your student opens up his math homework, looks at it, and says, “I have no idea what this is. At that time and in that moment, he understands what is being taught. I teach parents about working memory with this example: Your student is in math class at 8 am and learning fractions. I equate working memory to a two-lane highway: Information coming in must tether itself to the brain and information must be ready to go out when prompted. It’s the ability to hold on to new information and have it stored in the brain so you can pull it out and use it (even at a later time) when needed. What you are describing is working memory, which is an executive functioning skill often impacted by ADHD. Is it ADHD? Can you help me figure this out?” – Remembering Mom I’ll ask him to do things or remember to check on his sister or even meet me after school and it’s as if he never heard me in the first place. Q: “My son, Jake, is 15 and I am so frustrated that he doesn’t seem to remember anything I say to him.