I have been told that one of my students (that I have been tutoring, teaching and put up for BAT) has Central Auditory Processing Disorder. I have asked around and a couple of teachers, including an audiologist has expressed concerns about it being a “real” separate disorder. The general feel is that setting it off in its own category is “bunk” and it comes under the category of “processing problem” along with other learning disabilities. Others feel that it is a disorder in itself and is just commonly found in kids with other learning problems, too. What is your take on this argument and what are some classroom stratagies to help this child? She is in the fourth grade where expository text is becoming more common–- reading to learn. She is a little more than one grade level below her peers and has trouble with retention of more than 2 days (like the weekend) especially in reading.
HELP!
Stacey Trytek
United Community Schools
Re: Central Auditory Processing Disorder
I have a 9 year old son with CAPD and I tried to get to that website you put on here and it can’t be found, could you post again please. Thank you Liz
Re: http://pages.cthome.net./cbristol/ -- corrected website
Sorry. I left out a / on the original post.
Mary
Re: Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Has anyone heard of the “Fast Forward” program? It is on Scientific Learning.com
It addresses CAPD
CAPD encompasses a very specific set of auditory processing disorders. It is often ill-understood because the auditory system is extremely complex and the research becomes highly technical quickly. Much of the research is fairly recent and has not had time to “trickle down” to non-specialists. Most audiologists do not have the training necessary to conduct CAPD evaluations.
It is not wise to lump CAPD with all other processing problems. For one thing, interventions for auditory processing disorders are completely different from interventions for visual processing disorders! For another, different subtypes of CAPD respond to different academic remediation approaches.
A really good website with information about CAPD is http://pages.cthome.net.cbristol/. I would recommend checking out the links there, including the one about subtypes of CAPD and the one about classroom modifications that can be beneficial for CAPD children.
Mary