Hydrocephalus- Educational implications
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Frequently Asked Questions —
Date posted:
February 14th, 2012
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What are the educational implications for students who have Hydrocephalus?
- focus and attention
- thinking and working independently- can become dependent upon verbal prompts
- short term memory - verbal instructions, listening, remembering facts eg additon/ substraction, specific literacy difficulties
- easily distracted
- poor spatial awareness
- difficulty with writing on lines, bar charts, graphs, copying from the board
- symmetry
- recognsing pattern
- difficulty generalising skills learnt in other areas
- benefits from pre and over learning
- literal interupretation of language
- poor concept of passing of time.
- poor fine motor skills
