Teen with language-based learning disability

[Anonymous]

…among other things. She is 16 and does not seem to acquire much new vocabulary (despite having a good memory) and there are basic, common sense things she doesn’t know that at her age…she just absolutely should. For example, I just learned that she does not know what a license plate is and I was a bit gobsmacked. She’s a sophomore in high school and doesn’t pick up things by osmosis in the way that other kids do - everything needs to be explicitly taught but that becomes overwhelming. She really wants to be a writer one day but that will be very challenging under these circumstances - as will social interaction.

Anyone else experience this with their child, and what helped?

[Anonymous]

what is her language based learning disability and how was she diagnosed?

does she have an irp or 504 plan?

[Anonymous]

She has an IEP. She has a low-processing speed.

[Anonymous]

Could it be ASD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could it be ASD?

This doesn’t sound like ASD.

[Anonymous]

My child has a lbld, she learns by experiencing things. So for car related vocab, she needs to sit in the car and accomplish something by using the different parts of the car and repeat this so it sticks. Ie, registration sticker that goes on the license plate, she can put it on. Tons of kids learn this way.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you want to get her tested?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child has a lbld, she learns by experiencing things. So for car related vocab, she needs to sit in the car and accomplish something by using the different parts of the car and repeat this so it sticks. Ie, registration sticker that goes on the license plate, she can put it on. Tons of kids learn this way.

+1 My DS (16) as a LBLD and apraxia of speech. He's very similiar to the PP. Even when he learns the word for something, sometimes he struggles to recall it and will, instead, describe it. It has nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with how his brain works. He's also in a team taught IB English-11 class. His language isn't 'typical' but he's becoming a better writer and he just did his oral presentation. It was really good. I don't know why your DD couldn't be a writer.

[Anonymous]

I’d seek additional testing, sounds like you might have some other things going on here.