Oral Expression Formulating thoughts  Organizing thoughts  Mis-speaking (malapropisms)  Speaking coherently and easily  Memory "Executive" Function - holding thoughts to store, think about/process  Short-term memory  Long-term memory  Top Thinking Skills Age appropriate awareness  Sequential thought  Organized thought  Planning and goal orientation  Understanding and following directions  Time relationships  Spatial (space) orientation  Map reading directions  Abstract/critical thinking  Concrete to abstract thinking Study Skills Sequencing and organizing, planning, goal setting, and follow through  Scheduling  Note taking  Outlining  Reviewing  Memorizing  Top Attention Focus Distractibility  Inattentiveness  Impulsivity  Over activity  Attention span  Concentration  Top Directional Confusion Reversals or confused sequence:  in reading  in writing  in math  Mis-speaks  Distractions or Distortions "Irlen" syndrome  "Disorientation" (Davis)  Refinement of Receiving the Sounds (Phonemes) Speed of Processing Sounds Rhythmicity Sequential Thought The Kurtz Center also provides special enrichment or enhancement training. This is for persons with little or no difficulties but who want to improve in efficiency and effectiveness of learning, study, test taking, etc. Top