To set the scene... Our almost-10-yr-old autistic son scores very high (above grade level) on word attack and oral reading, at grade level for spelling, but below 1st percentile on overall comprehension and following written directions. His language therapist suggested that we start using Closed Captioning to help boost his skills and provide visual support to compensate for his auditory processing and language processing disorders. We started doing this at home and he loves it.
While we were at Disneyland this week, we used Closed Captioning at a couple of pre-shows, and Reflective Captioning inside the theaters. The CMs were WONDERFUL about helping us with this. They had us sit directly in front of the Reflective Captioning light, near the middle rows of the theater one time and in the very front the other time. My question is, does it really matter where you sit in the theater? Is it really proper to have it directly behind you? It seemed like my son kept having to move his head out of the way of the words, but he is kind of wiggly anyway. I am hoping the experts here can help us out.
(BTW...He starts his intensive summer language processing/reading/math program for autistic kids on Monday... 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, 10 weeks, one-on-one, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.... wish us luck!)
While we were at Disneyland this week, we used Closed Captioning at a couple of pre-shows, and Reflective Captioning inside the theaters. The CMs were WONDERFUL about helping us with this. They had us sit directly in front of the Reflective Captioning light, near the middle rows of the theater one time and in the very front the other time. My question is, does it really matter where you sit in the theater? Is it really proper to have it directly behind you? It seemed like my son kept having to move his head out of the way of the words, but he is kind of wiggly anyway. I am hoping the experts here can help us out.
(BTW...He starts his intensive summer language processing/reading/math program for autistic kids on Monday... 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, 10 weeks, one-on-one, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.... wish us luck!)