How to help remembering?

[Pemby]

Hello everyone,
This is my first topic as I have just found the forum... It's a lot to read but can't wait so ask for some tips...
I am a mother of a dyspraxic child. My son is 13 and we have been struggling all his life with his health and abilities. I can become a teacher by now, easily! But just this year he was finally diagnosed - after years of desperation and frustration - with dyspraxia and ME in addition.
I have got lots of books by now. But would be really grateful if you could tell me what helps you to remember things! As his greatest concern which causes a lot of stress is a fear not to remember, a fear of forgetting what he learnt.

The problem is also that he looks like a very healthy, tall and strong 18-year old, not as a disable 13-year old... though he has a physical disability too. So teachers usually do not take it serious. Even when the child is walking with a stick and genuinely can't remember what he was doing 15 minutes ago!

Thank you in advance,
Yulia

[Osymandus]

Dicatphones , but if his like me you can end up forgetting what you said or even where you put it .
Memory issues and learning are going to be individual you'll have to get assistance to find the strategics that work and maybe a mixture , i have huge problems with acranims , and memory stories (whereyou use a story to remember what related to an idea to remember things )).

This may also help (with writing and note taking) http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews ... dThreeStar

Im stil llooking for technigues myself so it takes a while
Good luck

[Pemby]

WOW! I could never imagine anything like this! This smartpen is really impressive!
Thanks a lot for this, I will read about it more and get it for the next school year.

[NobodyElseWill]

Dyspraxia and M.E what a challenging and confusing combination. My friend has M.E and Dyspraxia and she always find her dyspraxia makes her M.E a lot worse and she relapses quite frequently. She's hoping to get help from Social Services to help her manage better and also has a live in girlfriend with her all the time.

[Remus]

I'm quite a visual learner so pictures/movies help me remember things. I remember when I had my English exam, I did really well on Romeo and Juliet because I remembered the scenes from the movie.

[NobodyElseWill]

Same here I can remember plots from televisions shows really well and movies as well and a lot of my favourite movies like Step Up and My Sister's Keeper i can almost remember parts of the script.

[agsiul]

I don't know if you're still checking this but I'm a teacher and I do a lot of work with visual and pattern memory with my kids so that at least they will get some things right like with counting sequences, days of the week, months, seansons, tables, mind maps for factual texts and writing. Unless he is having major problems with maths he won't need most of this but the mind maps can be great as a reminder of what he want's to write. It also proves that he knows the stuff which can be very helpful in exams. Also .....something else....can't remember what I was thinking. Might have to come back to you. There is a really good book from Tony Buzan: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Maps-Kids- ... 0007151330 that would be worth checking out to help.