![]() ![]() They spend so much time just trying to find a way to hold their bodies up (leaning, laying, fidgeting, kneeling, walking around….) that they are distracted by their own discomfort as they try to listen to what is being said. These children may be laying on the floor but when you ask them a question, it turns out they were listening the whole time! In some cases, because they can’t keep their eyes on the speaker, the visual information completes for their attention and they are truly unable to listen.Ĭhildren who present with deficits in postural control have difficulty keeping their bodies still when they are unsupported. Studies done among children with ADHD show that their cognition is actually inhibited by not moving – So for a child with this profile, keeping his/her hands and feet still while listening actually interferes with how much he/she is able to take in from the lesson.įor children with functional visual deficits, trying to keep their “eyes on the speaker” may compete with their ability to listen to what the teacher is saying because of the effort it takes them to use their eyes functionally to take in information from their environment. One must have a good “listening attention” in order to learn and process information.Īs an occupational therapist specializing in sensory integration and certified in multiple auditory programs including the Tomatis Method, Integrated Listening Systems, Therapeutic Listening, and The Listening Program I have had the privilege to work with many children who struggled to integrate information from their body and their environment to be able to demonstrate “good listening” skills. It is the desire to focus on sounds and ignore others. ![]() Alfred Tomatis believed listening is an active process involving a cognitive decision to use your hearing for the purposes of learning and communicating. We also listen with our brain, eyes, mouth, hands, feet, and even our seat.” Dr. When we try very hard to listen we need to use more than our ears. Truesdale of Burnt Hills-Balston Lake Central Schools in Scotia, NY states, “When we hear a sound, we use our ears. In a research article titled “Whole Body Listening: Developing Active Auditory Skills,” by Susanne P. Sounds great, doesn’t it? And for many children, it is! Now ask yourself – As the parent of a child who may not be a “good listener” and who may have diagnoses such as sensory processing disorder, learning, disabilities, ADHD, and Autism, can my child really do all these things at once without help? Michelle Garcia Winner is very well known for her program Social Thinking and teaching the concept of whole body listening: 1. #Whole body listening how toBut has your child’s teacher actually ever taught her class how to listen? Some have secret signals, some have warning systems, some use jars of crystals for group positive reinforcement. As a child in a busy classroom how many times do you hear: “Pay attention,” “Quiet down and listen up,” “I’m not going to tell you again You should have been listening to the instructions,” “Didn’t you hear me?” Teachers use many different strategies to gain the attention of their students and get them to listen. ![]()
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