Howdy Regina:
Regina Finan wrote in a message to Mike Martin:
RF> Not quite sure if it is the  ADD or other learning problem.
Please keep in mind, learning is not a problem, especially from what you told 
me.  However, we each have our own best learning styles.  Finding what works 
for Jonathan is your goal.
RF> Math is his very strong point.  The  only
RF> other problem he has in Math is explaining how to get an
RF> answer or  where it came from.  He can quickly do the
RF> problems mentally better than  doing it on paper.
RF> So maybe this is a visual problem.  Taking a graph  and a math
RF> problem he looks at it and comes up with the answer in 2
RF> sec.  then you ask him how he got the answer and his face
RF> goes blank.  His  reply is always "I dunno I just know it". 
RF> Its kinda scary, cause he  knows alot of tricks in Math and
RF> it is so natural that he just can't  remember which ones he
RF> used (if any).
It may not be all that unusual for a gifted child to be able to explain how 
he derived an answer that appears obvious to him.  Expressive language is a 
highly refined art that many people do not achieve.
RF> I am assuming also that because  his
RF> learning problems with explaining things are a probable
RF> cause to it  that will change as he practices his writing
RF> (stories and paragraph's  as well as speeches).  Because he
RF> has a problem with this he has a  oral speech class. 
RF> Telling stories or writing them down is difficult  because
RF> he must put them in order of events.  Extremely difficult
RF> for  alot of ADD'ers.
Our schools today place a very high priority (and rightfully so) on language 
skills.  You've not said much about Jonathan's reading abilities, put you 
have said enough that I sense an expressive language problem.  Focus on 
Jonathan's strengths.  If math is his strength, then he is quite probably a 
very analytical concrete thinker.  If this is so, he may not comprehend 
stories. Try to have him write math stories, such as word problems initially. 
 Later, you can grow into charts and graphs.
Best of luck to you!
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