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Children with Auditory Processing Disorders or Not?

A brain made from words marking the different brain functions

I went to study special education to help children and adults with learning difficulties. When I started my journey, over 30 years ago, I thought there were many people with learning difficulties. I still think there are, but in the past, I was convinced they were “organic” – physical, possibly genetic – and therefore hard to change.

Now, after seeing so many children and people of all ages, I think that social attitude creates or aggravates the problems in many cases. Many people have small difficulties that are blown out of proportion and labeled as disorders.

Auditory processing disorders are very popular and easily labeled, even among very young children. Every year that passes, I hear about younger and younger kids with auditory processing disorders. Recently, I even talked to a mother whose son was one year old and she insisted he had an auditory processing disorder. I am qualified enough to know that I cannot assess a child for APD at one year of age.

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Published: October 27, 2016 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 26, 2019In: Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: learning styles, learning disabilities, story, k-12 education, academic performance, kids / children, communication, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, special education, health / wellbeing, how to, practical parenting / parents, auditory, change

Be Your Child’s Speech Therapist with Mouth Gym

Girl looking thoughtful

Over the last 30 years, I have had a chance to see many children with speech difficulties. Children who do not speak properly may sound cute at first, but this might become an obstacle as they grow up. At some stage, their parents stress about it and take them to a speech therapist or a speech pathologist.

But parents can fix some of the speech problems very easily. This post includes my tips for fixing one of the major speech difficulties – physical sound production. Hundreds of parents around the world have used them and changed their children’s life. If your child has trouble pronouncing words, you do not need a speech therapist.

Using the suggestions below will do the same for your child.

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Published: September 20, 2016 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: May 24, 2020In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: tips, practical parenting / parents, teaching / teachers, communication, how to, auditory, learning disabilities, activity, fun, kids / children

Children with the Auditory Communication Style

Girl playing the piano

In my child assessments, I check children’s communication styles. I have been doing this for so long that my family members can sometimes identify the kids with auditory communication style right away, because they talk. A lot!

I usually pay attention to the way they use verbal stimulation to memorize things, if they whisper as they work and if they can repeat numbers and sounds. I also check the way they respond to verbal encouragement. Generally, they do much better when they can control their auditory space than when they are restricted.

Auditory kids are very influenced by the sounds around them and are unable to block them. They are very sensitive to arguments, shouting, yelling, crying, whining and scolding. Some of them say they feel pain when their teacher or parent shouts. Communicating with them in a loud voice may cause them to shut down completely. On the other hand, speaking to them in a soft, calm voice supports their learning greatly.

Children with the auditory communication style can learn anything, as long as it is associated with sound effects, a funny voice, an accent or even a lisp.

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Published: June 21, 2016 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: June 21, 2016In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: emotional intelligence, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, how to, practical parenting / parents, auditory, communication styles, affirmations, assessment, k-12 education, self-talk, questions, school, attention deficit / add / adhd, music, acceptance / judgment / tolerance

20 Ways to Stimulate Your Baby Cognitively and Emotionally

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Many people think babies are not interesting in anything since they spend most of the day doing nothing but eating, pooping and sleeping. In fact, your baby’s brain is fully active every second of his/her waking time (some say, even during sleeping time).

Every piece of stimulation your baby is exposed to will be absorbed and registered in their brain. The more you stimulate your baby when he/she is awake, the more synaptic connections will be formed in the brain. The more connections that exist in the brain, the easier it will become for your baby to absorb new information.

It is a never-ending cycle that you can use to your baby’s advantage. The first year of your baby’s life is a critical period. Don’t waste any second of it. Make sure you expose your baby to as much stimulation as you can.

How to Stimulate Your Baby

1. Talk to your baby all the time. Tell them what you are doing, explain your motives, and share your ideas and thoughts.

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Published: August 25, 2015 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: September 24, 2015In: Babies / Maternity, Parenting Tags: attitude, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, baby / babies, emotional development, focus, practical parenting / parents, how to, auditory, visual, food, fun

Common Myths about Kids’ Learning and Success

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Sometimes, kids’ worst obstacles are their own parents’ misconceptions about kids’ learning and success. As a teacher, I have seen many kids struggle on a daily basis to meet the extremely high and unrealistic expectations their parents set for them. These high expectations for children usually go hand in hand with expectations parents set for themselves.

Such extreme standards bring pressure, tension, pain, depression and a great feeling of inadequacy, both for the parents, and the child. Unfortunately, children carry this feeling with them into adulthood, and raise their own kids using the same misconceptions.

Here are some common myths I have heard over the years, about what will bring success and facilitate kids’ learning.

Myth #1: Kids’ learning is improved by pain and punishment

It is true that humans over time have learned through cause and effect. They improve and evolve by seeing the consequences of their actions.

However, using punishment as a teaching tool does not make children learn what you think (not even if you call it “consequences”). They learn to be afraid and to avoid the punishment. The lesson you were trying to teach them is completely lost. This is because the need to avoid pain is stronger than almost anything and they will do whatever they can to avoid it.

The more painful the punishment, the less they will learn of what you are actually trying to teach them.

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Published: August 20, 2015 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: June 24, 2019In: Kids / Children, Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: research, creative / creativity, school, learning styles, education / learning, skills, social skills, practical parenting / parents, success, intelligence, teaching / teachers, fun, how to, k-12 education, fear, academic performance, auditory, kinesthetic, visual, imagination, action, kids / children, beliefs, tips

Hyperactive Kids

Over many years of work, I have seen many kids whose parents claimed they had ADD (Attention Deficit disorder) and/or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and wanted to know what I thought about giving them Ritalin.

Luckily, I am not a doctor and I do not need to prescribe medication to kids, but when parents want my opinion, I usually say, “Try as many other things as you can before you consider Ritalin”.

In fact, this happened to me again recently.

Luke is a 6-year-old boy who came to see me because he was diagnosed with (are you sitting down?) ADD, ADHD, autism, Asperger Syndrome, ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). The doctor was pushing the parents hard to put him on Ritalin, but his mom did not like the idea. She changed his diet and said there was a significant improvement at first, but felt that after 6 months of a strict diet, the effects had worn off and he was becoming more agitated and getting into trouble at school again.

This post is part 4 of 19 in the series From the Life Coaching Deck

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Published: September 3, 2010 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 19, 2021In: Parenting, Beautiful people, Health / Wellbeing Tags: communication styles, k-12 education, odd, kids / children, attention deficit / add / adhd, special education, behavior / discipline, choice, health / wellbeing, hyperactive, practical parenting / parents, auditory

How to Help Your Kid Drive

For a while, I have been thinking about this. What a shame! Do you know how many times I hear these stories that say to myself, “I wish everyone could hear it”? Sometimes, I hear shocking things and I think, “I’m fortunate, because people go through much tougher things than me in their life”. I have enough material for thousands of stories, and I mean real life stories, although some clients’ stories are so unreal they sound like fiction.

This week, it hit me big time. Some of the stories I heard from my clients made me cry – one made me cry of sadness and the other made me cry of joy. So I made up my mind to share with you some of those stories. I will write more about the joy and happiness and less about the sadness and I will keep my clients’ privacy, so the names, professions and even gender will not be their real ones, but the essence of the stories will remain powerful.

The first story is about how one of my clients helped her son pass his written driving test after 6 failures.

This post is part 2 of 19 in the series From the Life Coaching Deck

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Published: June 28, 2010 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Beautiful people Tags: academic performance, kids / children, teens / teenagers, success, how to, auditory, Life Coaching, communication styles, story

Auditory Musicians

Last Friday, our entire family went to listen to a Jazz concert, which was part of a series of concerts organized by a university’s performing arts department. One of the members of the band was my son’s percussion tutor at the recent MOST residential camp, as well as the composer of the most exciting music pieces my son plays in his school’s percussion ensemble. We decided to go and finally see this guy our son admires so much.

The performance lasted about an hour and while we were listening and watching them sit on stage with a beautiful grand piano, double bass and a drum kit, Gal said to me, “Just look at them and you’ll be able to tell their communication style”.

It was very funny, because all three of them played for about an hour 6 or 7 Jazz pieces they had composed themselves and they played the whole time with their heads tilted to one side.

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Published: October 1, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: kids / children, practical parenting / parents, music, auditory, communication styles, learning styles, relationships / marriage, k-12 education, academic performance, kinesthetic

Super Auditory Kid (MacGyver Pro)

Little boy playing with a guitar in the back yard

Martin (not his real name) came with his mom to an assessment with me. He stood at my door, the cutest redheaded 5-year-old, with a cheeky smile. He looked down, but whenever he lifted his head, I could see that his eyes were smiling.

We sat at the table and I gave him a matching game and what do you know, I met another MacGyver, but this one was the first and unique in his kind – MacGyver Pro.

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Published: August 7, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: August 31, 2020In: Education / Learning, Beautiful people, Kids / Children Tags: education / learning, auditory, kids coaching, communication styles, learning styles, listening, assessment, k-12 education, kids / children

Little MacGyvers: Kids Who Talk to Themselves

Little boy talking to his image in a mirror

When I sit in my car, driving the kids to school or just on my way to the supermarket, I like watching people in their cars. Some funny people talk to themselves. Yes, I know. It may look like they are on the phone, but I am talking about the crazy people that actually talk to themselves.

I call these people “MacGyvers”. Do you remember the TV series with this guy who was narrating the whole time? We heard his thoughts all the time wherever he went.

This happens to me a lot. I see people on the street moving their lips while they walk. As funny as it looks, these people have an advantage.

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Published: April 18, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: August 31, 2020In: Education / Learning, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: auditory, happiness, communication styles, learning styles, family matters, kids / children, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, practical parenting / parents

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