Underlying Skills
Learning Links Center recognizes and develops the underlying skills students need, including the following:

 

Beginning to read:
Auditory Analysis, Auditory Blending, Auditory Discrimination, Sequential Processing, Auditory-Visual Association
Spelling:
Auditory Segmenting, Auditory Analysis, Sequential Processing, Long-term Memory, Visualization, Auditory-Visual Association
Math:
Working Memory, Processing Speed, Long-term Memory, Divided Attention, Logic and Reasoning
Word Math Problems:
Computations, Logic and Reasoning, Visualization, Divided Attention, Comprehension
Problem Solving:
Logic and Reasoning, Visualization, Divided Attention, Comprehension,
Reading Comprehension:
Fluidity of Reading, Visualization, Sequential Processing, Vocabulary, Auditory-Visual Association
Listening Comprehension:
Auditory Processing, Working Memory, Sustained Attention, Auditory-Visual Association
Knowledge of Assessment Test Taking:
Long-term Memory, Comprehension
Speed of Completing a Task:
Processing Speed, Working Memory, Sustained Attention, Divided Attention
Sports (i.e., football, baseball, tennis, soccer, basketball):
Sensory-Motor Integration, Visual Span, Visual Processing, Simultaneous Processing
Card Games:
Working Memory, Logic and Reasoning, Divided Attention
Jigsaw Puzzles:
Visual Discrimination, Visual Manipulation, Working Memory, Simultaneous Processing
Remembering Names:
Working Memory, Selective Attention, Long-term Memory, Visualization, Auditory-Visual Association