My 11yo daughter only seems to understand half of the conversation anyone has with her. You can ask her a question and her instant reply is "the sky is blue". She will find anyway out of having a conversation with someone and when she does have a conversation, she uses words out of context and changes the subject constantly. We have tried public speaking courses. Nothing has worked..Any ideas on how to fix this problem or at least make it so she will say more than yes or no
Does she have the same type of conversations with kids her age or is it adults? And is it a conversation about something she's even interested in?
Have you had her hearing tested by an audiologist? She might have a hearing loss in one or both of her ears.
Is she not answering appropriately because she didn't hear the question or is it because she didn't understand the question? Is she just answering instantly because its a reflex to answer when spoken to or thinks it is expected without actually taking the time to process what has been asked of her? If you have had her hearing checked and it is within normal limits you might want to look for an auditory processing issue. But have her hearing checked first. Marty
And if you find that her hearing is fine, proceed IMMEDIATELY to a language pathologist! She might have a language processing disorder for which therapy is required. Not to try to scare you or anything, but this could have serious implications for the future. (I used to work in special ed in public school, and worked with a lot of speech pathologists -- this language disorder is rare, but it can happen.)
