
Asperger Syndrome Support Group
Asperger syndrome - also referred to as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's, Aspergers or just AS - is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills, normal to above normal intelligence, and standard language development.

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my 15 yr old daughters starting exams on monday and i am wanting tips to help her study and not get to stressed out
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Get her to talk her notes into a tape-recorder. Then she can listen to them as she reads. That covers both the oral and visual areas.
Teach her to take a watch for exams. That way she knows how much time is left and can space out the answering of questions.
Take her study notes and get her to tell them to you...you can prompt her when she misses something.
Sleep!!! No long nights or late-night studying. That is crucial! No one remembers anything when they are tired.
And lots of support.
Good luck!!!
I have also found that it helps if I read the chapters to her..and discuss high points that she needs to remember. I relate the information to something she is familiar with so it forms a picture in her mind.
With Math, repetition and examples seem to be helpful. I also make associations to familiar things so she can remember which theory to use...You know in math they can write division, multiplication, etc in so many different ways that it is sometime hard for those on the spectrum to remember all the different signs (i.e., to multiply it may show a raised dot, pharentheses, or an x) etc. One time a techer wrote test problems with a pharentheses after the problem number and my gdaughter thought that the problem number was part of the problem itself...and therefore she missed everyone of the problems. Simple, but the teacher just did not understand what had happened that her student missed the problems.
try to mention all these special thinking patterns to her teachers so they will understand how they can either be helpful or complicate the situation.
Hope this helps...Gram