It's NOT switching, it's BAD strategies & Lousy Teachers!

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--- , coachdrgridley@a... wrote:

> It occurs to me that the most

>likely cause would be a form

>of dyslexia.

 

Not necessarily.

 

Sometimes people switch numbers and letters just because they are

not paying attention.

 

They don't care.

 

They are bored.

 

They don't see the importance of mastering that task.

 

So, when they make a clean decision to " pay attention " , then that

problem disappears.

 

Other people have not yet wired into their brains with repetition,

the proper sequences.

 

So again, a bit of actual practice will help.

 

Then there are the people that are attempting to use an auditory

strategy when a visual strategy will work much better.

 

People who switch numbers and letters usually " sound out their

words " , or they have a kinesthetic lead system...

 

....both systems of which don't work very well for either numbers or

words.

 

So teach them the visual strategy, where they hook up with

synesthesia the " remembered " sight picture, with the sound of the

word, with the " feelings " of correct or not correct.

 

Then, after they have wired in the new and better strategy with a

bit of repetition, NOW have some reframing done so that they build a

better self-image of their skills and abilities.

 

It doesn't take much time.

 

About 20 minutes to an hour session will turn them into good word

picture makers and good number picture makers.

 

People usually have a learned response of confusion because of

negative past experiences when they were taught wrong by an

incompetant teacher, family member, blab, blab, blab.

 

Then, BECAUSE OF THAT " NEGATIVE/TOXIC " EMOTION, they become switched.

 

Being switched is easy to fix.

 

Having the skills and strategies added to the energetic solution is

a much better answer that will serve them long term.

 

 

 

> But people with other brain problems could reverse numbers, and I

> suppose you could argue that math and language are in different

> hemispheres. But, the expression of numbers in writing is really

a

> language function more than an abstract mathematical ability.