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Sound Therapy and Learning Connections Programs can help if your child exhibits the following:
- Difficulty staying focused at school
- Short attention span
- Easily distractible, especially by noise
- Oversensitivity to certain sounds
- Misinterprets questions or requests
- Difficulty in sound discrimination
- Confuses similar sounding words
- Needs repetition and clarification more than usual
- Poor short-term memory
- Poor long-term memory
- Must read material several times to absorb content
- Tires easily
- Unable to follow one or two instructions in a sequence
- Speech lacks fluency and rhythm is hesitant
- Difficulty recalling exact word usage
- Poor spelling
- Difficulty with reading, especially out loud
- Uncoordinated body movements
- Poor posture, including slouching and slumping
- Fidgeting
- Confusion of right and left
- Messy handwriting
- Difficulty with organisation and structure.
- Low frustration tolerance
- Difficulty making and keeping friends
- Tense and anxious
- Poor self-image or low self-confidence
- Inordinately tired at end of school day
- Low motivation, minimal interest in school, little desire to participate
- Difficulty setting goals and priorities
- Difficulty in beginning and completing projects
- Does not complete assignments
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