down syndrome and little reader program

[krisdr]

How many times do you do a lesson for your child with down syndrome? Do you just do each lesson once like the program is designed or do you repeat several times?

[kmum]

I thought it was recommended to do it twice a day, but don't quote me because I haven't looked up that sort of info since we started over 3 years ago.  I think I remember reading something about twice a day being an easier goal for working parents because they can do it before work, then again after arriving home in the evening.

We do Little Reader at least 2 times a day & often 3 or 4.  We do it before or after breakfast or lunch &, if K insists, around dinner time. She is 4.5 now, so she has learned to use the program independently, so she will sometimes put it on herself.  Originally when we were trying to get into a routine of doing a Doman program, I found that it was easiest for me to do certain activities (Math, physical, memory etc) at the same time as a regular routine activity like diaper changes & meal times. Now it is just habit to do it at that time of day.

I really recommend doing it at least twice a day. It is better to do shorter sessions more often than to do only 1 longer session.  If your child loves it & asks for it often, there is no harm in doing 3 or 4 sessions in a day.

Hope this helps 

[luvn4]

My daughter with down syndrome is 2 and a half and we use the program twice a day.   

[krisdr]

I guess my question is do you need to repeat each lesson more than once for our children. Do you need to spend two days or more twice a day for each lesson?

[kmum]

Yes, you should show it more than once, but not necessarily more than you would with a typical child.  I do think it depends a bit on the child.  If you were doing a true Doman style reading schedule, you would add some new words as well as removing some old words each day.  I am not the most organized person & for me, that was just one more little thing to add to the already full day, so I chose not to do it that way.  When K was very little & just learning words, I used to show the same words for a week - I can hardly remember now, but I think it was about 20 when she was young, up to about 60 or so at a time by age 3.  At the end of the week, I would retire the whole bunch of words & start a whole new set. After the first thousand or so words, I noticed that K was getting bored much more quickly & often learned words after seeing the once or twice. We now do a new set every 3 or 4 days.  I am certain that she knows the words much more quickly than that, but with all that we do in a day with her neurodevelopmental program, twice a week is as often as I am able to change  her Little Reader playlist.  It really doesn't take long, but now that she is needing much more of a challenge, I have to customize most of the files which is the time consuming part.

Hope this helps, but feel free to ask away if you have any more questions

[krisdr]

Kmum, Thank you! I am kinda  lost. My son is mostly nonverbal so I am not sure what he is retaining and learning. You mentioned Doman. Who is he?

[kmum]

Glen Doman - from iahp.org He is the original creator of  (ND) programs.  We are doing our ND program through ICAN.

My dd was also nonverbal when we started at around 6 months of age - it is better just to provide lots of input & not worry about testing. Yiu want reading to be an enjoyable experience so the less you test the better. if you must test, be sneaky. Use words like wave, sit, walk & other actions & see if he responds. Body parts work well for this too. 



How old is your son?

[krisdr]

He is 8 yo. Do you know if Glen Doman is related to Bob Doman of NACD?

[kmum]

At age 8, does be have to show his reading knowledge because he is school aged? If so I would still require as little feedback as possible. keep sessions very short, but frequent & fun.

Yes, they are related. Bob's father was Robert Doman Sr. He & Glenn were brothers. Robert started NACD quite a few years ago. It is not common knowledge as to why they chose to operate seperately.

[krisdr]

I home school him. We had not started any reading yet because of this lack of speech. But I have decided to try and see what happens. He will not use sign. It is very frustrating to him because of motor skills. He is the most self sufficient kid I have ever seen, which is good.

[Lovelightlaughter]

    Hi My daughter is three and although not very verbal the words that she does pronounce correctly are those who she recognises from story time which has prompt us to look into this program.

[emsmummy]

My daughter is 19 months, is she disadvantaged if we were to start now?

[csunshinegirl]

No, I don't think so.  Anytime you start and can be consistent is a good time to start. 

[Tazrules]

I have a three and a half year old and a nine month old, both with Down syndrome.  We just got the reading program and our oldest loves it.  He is signing away and I have just noticed he is forming some of the words with his mouth, but not pushing air through.  Maybe he will talk eventually.  Little miss baby is very verbal and not so interested in looking at the computer.  What an adventure this is. We do the computer program twice a day.

[ayusmom]

My daughter is 22 months and we do the program 2-3 times a day. She would do it 2-3 hours a day if I let her!

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