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17 Oct 2014, 10:09 am

I forget if I've mentioned this on this thread, but one thing that helped DS significantly was putting the closed-captions on when he watched TV. You can also turn the volume down a bit so that it becomes more like a cue instead of the primary source of information.

Obviously, it's not a fix, but it is a great way to offer both whole-language reading drills and to provide the context for comprehension while doing something they actually want to do.



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17 Oct 2014, 3:17 pm

momsparky wrote:
I forget if I've mentioned this on this thread, but one thing that helped DS significantly was putting the closed-captions on when he watched TV. You can also turn the volume down a bit so that it becomes more like a cue instead of the primary source of information.

Obviously, it's not a fix, but it is a great way to offer both whole-language reading drills and to provide the context for comprehension while doing something they actually want to do.


My son will sometimes turn the captions on for YouTube videos, but it is mainly because the errors in transcription make him crack up. He watches very little TV, as he doesn't really have the attention span/interest in it. I think he has a visual issue with watching live-action, anyway. The few shows he watches are cartoons on PBS or SpongeBob, which he watches not very often, anyway. SpongeBob I think is the only one he will watch all the way through. I think he understands it on the simplest level, if that. Anything social. Forget about it.