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Dear Friends: The next two weeks I will be writing about processing speed. This week I will focus on how processing speed can be evaluated, the causes of a slow processing speed, and the 5 ways that a slow processing speed can impact learning. Next week, I will be sharing 7 powerful strategies for student success as well as reasonable accommodations in the classroom. Have you ever noticed that it takes some students longer to make sense of questions, generate an answer, copy from the board, complete a project, or get everyday tasks done? While some learners can quickly absorb information and complete tasks, others require a greater amount of time. Processing speed, or the speed at which an individual makes sense of incoming information from the senses and then generates a response, is a cognitive task that impacts learning. How Can a Student Be Tested for Processing Speed Deficits? There are a number of psycho-educational subtests that measure processing speed such as Coding, Symbol Search, and Cancellation on the WISC intelligence test as well as Paired Cancellation and Rapid Picture Naming on the Woodcock-Johnson - Test of Cognitive Ability and Test of Oral Language. However, one must be aware of the fact that these subtests also measure other areas of cognition such as visual processing and making a fine motor response. Therefore, there is always the possibility that a student with poor scores on these subtests has, for example, visual processing or fine motor deficits that are pulling scores down. As a result, when interpreting these measures, it is important to rule out weaknesses in areas like visual processing and fine motor dexterity. It should also be noted that these subtests do not evaluate, for example, the speed of auditory processing or gross motor processing. Therefore, scores that suggest a slow processing speed should not be generalized to all areas of cognitive processing. The Cause of Processing Speed Deficits: When a student struggles with a slow processing speed, it may be caused by one or more sensory processing area such as visual processing, auditory processing, verbal reasoning, sequential processing, or motor processing to name a few. What’s more, the cause of a delay can reside in any one or combination of the following sequences: Receiving and perceiving information through the senses. Making sense of that information in the brain. Producing a response or action. How Does a Slow Processing Speed Impact Students? Students may miss important information if the stream of sensory input is at an overwhelming pace. For example, if a student cannot keep up with the flow of content, like a damn that is overwhelmed by a large rainstorm, information spills over one’s memory banks and remains unprocessed. As a result, notes can be sparse and understanding of concepts can be limited or incomplete. Learners may take longer to complete homework. Unfortunately, for these students, school work can consume much of their free time and many can become overtaxed and overwhelmed. Students may find it difficult to complete assignments and tests within the allocated time. Because these learners need more time to process, many of them require extended time to show their true knowledge. Learners may struggle to keep up with a lecture and record the information as notes. Modern-day note-taking requires students to listen, read presentations, and write. If anyone of these processes is slow or labored, it can make the note-taking process extremely challenging. Students may find it difficult to reason with information when under time constraints. Some students just need more time to think about content, make sense of it and make personal connections. Activities that can strengthen processing speed CLICK image to learn more. Learners may have a hard time keeping up with the flow and comprehension of both verbal and nonverbal communication. I hope you found this helpful. Next week, I will continue on the topic of processing speed, and I will be defining 7 strategies for success. In addition, I’ll also be discussing reasonable schooling accommodations for those that struggle with this difficulty. Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning and Dyslexia Materials. She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Learning Specialist Courses. Blog: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 GSL Blog: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news Stores: www.GoodSensoryLearning.com/ Courses: http://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/ Newsletter Sign-up: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/694000
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Dear Friends: This is my second post on processing speed. Last week, I addressed the definition, causes, assessment options, and revealed 5 ways that a slow processing speed can impact learning. This week, I will discuss 7 power strategies for student success as well as reasonable accommodations in the classroom. A Quick Review: Processing Speed: The speed at which one makes sense of incoming information from the senses and then generates a response. Tests such as the WISC intelligence test and the Woodcock-Johnson IV Test of Cognitive Ability and Test of Oral Language offer subtests that assess some types of processing speed. A slow processing speed can be caused by any of the following: difficulties receiving and perceiving information through the senses, problems making sense of that information in the brain, and/or challenges producing a response or action. A slow processing speed can impact the understanding of oral and written concepts, note taking skills, homework completion, test-taking skills, reasoning with information, and completing classroom assignments in a timely fashion. How Can Processing Speed be Increased for Struggling Learners? Help students to learn memory strategies so that they can secure learning and access information from their memory banks at a faster pace. Play games that require players to work quickly in a time limit. Here are a few of my personal favorites. Executive Card Games Bundle Spot It Hey What’s the Big Idea Blink MPower Use online test preparation sites like Quizlet that can help students practice the content so that the brain develops the myelin sheath needed to transmit information along the nerves. Quizlet even offers a few game-like activities (Gravity and Match) where students can try to improve their speed of processing with the information they are learning. Use a metronome or play upbeat music or a timer. A metronome is a device that produces a beat, a click, or other sound at regular and consistent intervals. Slow beats can be calming, and a fast beat can increase processing speed and energy level. The trick is to use a metronome that allows a student to pick their own speed and sound preferences. If you are trying to increase processing speed, then the metronome can be increased slowly over time. To learn more about this as well as online metronome options CLICK HERE. In addition, a timer can be used to motivate some learners to stay on task and increase speed of processing. What’s more, if a student enjoys competing against themselves, then tasks can be broken into chunks and students can try to improve their speed of completion for each chunk. Develop the weak cognitive processing areas that slow down learning. When we make sense of the information that we see and hear, many people with slow processing struggle with weak visual and/or auditory processing. To address any deficit areas of processing, one can do activities to exercise these skills. We offer cognitive based products that address: Visual processing Auditory processing Executive functioning Working memory Teach students efficient ways of completing tasks. Switching back and forth between assignments, for example, is a very inefficient way to complete homework. Instead, one can teach students the benefits of maintaining their attention on a single task until it is finished. Help learners manage distractions that pull their attention away from their work. For example, pings from social media, bleeps from a mobile phone or background noise from a TV or computer device can distract attention and slow processing speed. Therefore, helping students to create distraction-free environments can help them to focus their attention and improve processing speed so that they can get through assignments at a faster pace while improving their learning capacity. Reasonable Accommodations for Students with Processing Speed Deficits When processing speed is documented to be a significant deficit and it impacts a student’s academic achievement, students can get reasonable accommodations as defined in an IEP or 504 plan. The following are a list of possibilities: Provide extended time for tests and assignments. Offer instruction at a slower pace and check for understanding. Provide a copy of the teacher’s notes. Give fewer homework problems. Allow extended time on standardized tests such as the ACTs and SATs. Help the student to use assistive technology such as voice to text, text to voice, and organizational apps such as Google Keep and Inspiration. Monitor the students planning, time management and organizational skills. I hope you found this helpful. Cheers, Erica Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning. She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Learning Specialist Courses. Blog: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 GSL Blog: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news Stores: www.GoodSensoryLearning.com/ Courses: http://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/ Newsletter Sign-up: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/694000
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