Here's the latest update on my 3 boys.

Peter: Just brought home his report card and he made the High Honor Roll at his middle school with a GPA of 3.715, way to go Petey!

Mitchell: Will move home on the 21st from school, for good! Yeah!

John: Has just been diagnosed with both an "auditory memory disorder" and a "language processing disorder". This explains his problems learning to read and his apparent inability to distinguish between different phonetic sounds, because they sound the same to him. In these two areas he tested over a year behind his age. However, in some of the "higher executive" cognitive functions he tested at an 8-10 yr old level! Because of his extremely high intelligence, many of the symptoms of his disorders have been masked as he is able to "compensate" with other skills. So what does all this mean? In most cases, people with these disorders struggle learning to read and have difficultly taking notes in class or following verbal instructions. Once we can get him past the difficult task of actually learning to read, he should be able to do just fine in school as he'll be able to rely on his visual memory. Think of someone who may need to have someone else take notes for him, but can rock in any subject that he can study the book, handouts or pre-written notes. We just have a long road of therapy ahead of us to get him past these initial hurdles.

Oops, 4 boys .....

George: Is still furry & fun and snoozing on the couch.