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Hello In order to figure out which particular skill or skills are to train you need to understand why exactly was it hard for your son to answer questions about a story that was read to him. There could be problems with auditory attention working memory language development and/ or verbal reasoning just to name a few. In the summary section of your report the deficient skills have to be highlighted. If you have troubles finding them you need to contact the psychologist who did the assessment and clarify that. Since your child was diagnosed with ADHD there are likely some issues with attention. For kids with this condition it is very hard to focus on verbal information alone. Try to give him something to focus his eyes on too while you are reading a story may be the text of the story or an outline the questions that he will be asked afterwards or some pictures related to the story. Try to present him with shorter portions of the text and see if it helps. Try to give him possible answers in a multiple choice format so that he does not have to formulate the answer and uses his recognition memory versus recall. This way you can isolate the skills that you want to practice and help your son experience success with it so that he feels more confident about this activity. However if language is delayed or verbal reasoning is low you need to tackle these skills. You’d also need to adjust the difficulty level of your training to your child’s current level and go from there. It might not be the same level as what they are doing in class. Finally you can look into some computerized training programs. For example Cogmed is a brain training program that has been shown to improve attention and working memory leading to better academic skills. Hope this helps

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