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Just about any learning disability or learning challenge can be traced back to a processing problem.
Challenges in processing come in all sorts of shapes. A student can have an auditory or visual
processing disorder, a dyslexic processing style, trouble maintaining attention long enough to
process, speech and language disorders, sensory processing issues, or simply slow processing to name
just a few examples.
Challenges in processing come in all sorts of shapes. A student can have an auditory or visual
processing disorder, a dyslexic processing style, trouble maintaining attention long enough to
process, speech and language disorders, sensory processing issues, or simply slow processing to name
just a few examples.
Just as traveling from home to the market would use multiple pathways, a task needed for work or
school also requires several pathways. If a child needs to listen to their teacher and take notes, they
would need to take in the sound from their ears, translate the vibrations, and interpret the sounds
school also requires several pathways. If a child needs to listen to their teacher and take notes, they
would need to take in the sound from their ears, translate the vibrations, and interpret the sounds
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| Imagine a Road Map |
A great visual for understanding what processing is like is to imagine
a roadway map for a large city. Processing information uses neuro
pathways in our brain just as a trip to the store would use
roadways. Each of the roads drawn on a map is like a pathway found
in the brain. Roads are being made and added daily. There are
literally millions of roads to choose from in the human brain.
a roadway map for a large city. Processing information uses neuro
pathways in our brain just as a trip to the store would use
roadways. Each of the roads drawn on a map is like a pathway found
in the brain. Roads are being made and added daily. There are
literally millions of roads to choose from in the human brain.
Picture a map of your area, and let’s say you needed to go from your home to the market. There
would be a few different routes you could take. This is similar with the pathways in our brain. This
accounts for one of the reasons someone who has suffered with a brain injury or stroke can re-learn
tasks using a different route or part of the brain. A new pathway is created to accomplish the task.
would be a few different routes you could take. This is similar with the pathways in our brain. This
accounts for one of the reasons someone who has suffered with a brain injury or stroke can re-learn
tasks using a different route or part of the brain. A new pathway is created to accomplish the task.
| Many tasks require more than one pathway to complete |
If some of the pathways happen to be blocked, missing, or rerouted it will take
longer to find the way to completion. Just as in our driving example, if there is a
detour or congestion you may get to the market a little later than planned or
longer to find the way to completion. Just as in our driving example, if there is a
detour or congestion you may get to the market a little later than planned or
| How can we improve the situation? |
There are a variety of therapeutic interventions available that can improve the performance of
processing deficits. Many therapies work to retrace processing routes over and over in an effort to
make the pathways clearer and more usable. Integrative movement, also known as Neuro Reflex
Integration, can work to re-establish neuro pathways that were never created strong enough or
rehearsed enough to establish a strong pathway or skill.
With the proper intervention program, a child with processing deficiencies can strengthen their
neural pathways, helping them to succeed in academic, social, and everyday situations in life.
processing deficits. Many therapies work to retrace processing routes over and over in an effort to
make the pathways clearer and more usable. Integrative movement, also known as Neuro Reflex
Integration, can work to re-establish neuro pathways that were never created strong enough or
rehearsed enough to establish a strong pathway or skill.
With the proper intervention program, a child with processing deficiencies can strengthen their
neural pathways, helping them to succeed in academic, social, and everyday situations in life.
into language. Next, the impulses would need to cross the corpus collosum and
travel to the part of the brain that would attach picture of letters and words to
the sounds. Finally, the impulses travel to the motor control of the brain, which
would send impulses to the muscles in the arm and hand so that they could write
words down.
travel to the part of the brain that would attach picture of letters and words to
the sounds. Finally, the impulses travel to the motor control of the brain, which
would send impulses to the muscles in the arm and hand so that they could write
words down.
perhaps never find the market in the time allotted. It doesn’t mean you didn’t try to get to the
market, you just couldn’t. To make things even worse, some people with processing challenges have
deficits in more than one processing area, and each time they try to retrace a specific pathway it
changes for them.
market, you just couldn’t. To make things even worse, some people with processing challenges have
deficits in more than one processing area, and each time they try to retrace a specific pathway it
changes for them.
Program, activity, and symptom descriptions are for educational/informational purposes only. Any recommendations
given are not to be considered diagnosis, medical, or psychological prescriptions. Every parent needs to assume the
responsibility for their own child and make their own decisions as to the techniques and methodologies that will
best fit their child's needs.
given are not to be considered diagnosis, medical, or psychological prescriptions. Every parent needs to assume the
responsibility for their own child and make their own decisions as to the techniques and methodologies that will
best fit their child's needs.
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