word / sound finding problems / long term memory processing speed

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Does anyone have any information about this / idea how this should be managed in school etc. Should the school be able to pick up a child with this issue or should the child be referred to an educational psychologist?

Thanks in advance.

can you explain in more detail please? How old is the child?

To the OP.
I had this with grandson when he was younger. He is however, home educated so we weren't offered any help because of this.
I'm sure someone will be along to help you who is knowledgeable about the subject.

Has the child been assessed by SaLT?

I'm not sure if this is the type of difficulty you mean

Word finding is the ability to access vocabulary from the long-term memory. These activities can help develop word finding skills and can be used in lessons for the benefit of all pupils

Activities to develop word finding skills

1. Action songs ? naming parts of the body (eg. 'One Finger One Thumb Keep Moving', 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes').
2. Classroom labels using symbols ? naming different areas, objects etc.
3. Draw a person ? name the body parts drawn.
4. What is it? ? identify classroom items by their use and name them.
5. Tell me ? in pairs, one pupil describes an everyday object by function and the other pupil has to name the object.
6. Feely bag ? one pupil has to describe an object by feel to the other pupils who must try to name the object.
7. What's misisng? ? pupils look at a picture of a person and draw in the part that is missing, then name it.
8. Mime time ? one pupil chooses a picture of an object, then mimes how it is used for the others to guess and name.
9. Naming bingo ? pupils take turns to pick up a picture card and match it to their baseboard, but they only keep the card if they can name the object on the card.
10. What am I doing? ? ask the pupils to name specific actions (eg. clapping, hopping, sitting).
11. Listen and name ? ask the pupils to listen to sounds made by specific objects and then name the object (eg. clock, telephone).
12. People who work for us ? show the pupils some object clues and ask them to name the objects and guess who would use them for their job.
13. Where do I live? ? match an animal to its home and name both animal and home (pictorial).
14. How many things can you draw and name ? in a bedroom, toy shop, garage, farm, etc. Relate this activity to particular areas of the curriculum being taught.
15. Picture web ? ask the pupils to draw pictorial reminders around a picture of an item that they have difficulty in remembering.
16. Pairs ? pictures that have semantic links (eg. knife/fork).
17. Word for the day ?choose a new concept word, then display it, both pictorially and written, use it in different contexts, relate it to experiential learning and check for recall at the end of each lesson, at the end of the day and at regular intervals throughout the week. This can help reinforce new vocabulary related to class-based topics.

Great stuff, mrz