MY son was diagnosed with Non verbal learning disability by the school psycologist however the reading I have done I think he falls under a CAPD catergory.Does anyone know what I should do with my findings.And is CAPD a new disability I am new to the term.
Tracy
Re: CAPD vs Non verbal learning disorder
Here are two other good CAPD sites that may be helpful for you to get additional information.
http://www.iser.com/caparticle.html
http://www.theshop.net/campbell/central.htm
Re: CAPD vs Non verbal learning disorder
CAPD is not a new disorder, but it’s rarely diagnosed in a public school system setting. In my hometown (Dallas), my son was tested by both an audiologist and a LD expert at Children’s Medical Center. I like this approach because the audio testing didn’t seem to test cognitive ability. Remediation that workd for us was Fast ForWord (www.scientificlearning.com ). It’s based on scientific studies that helps reteach a person how to hear. It’s rather fascinating … and it worked for my son. Good luck.
Re: CAPD vs Non verbal learning disorder
If there is an APD present (as others have said, an audiologist needs to test for this), you may want to look at info on semantic-pragmatic disorder. It is similar in some ways to NLD, but NLD has more visual processing problems, and SPD has more auditory problems. Did you have IQ testing done yet? NLD scores would show higher auditory performance scores with lower visual performance scores. SPD has higher visual performance scores, and lower auditory scores. I have info on both SPD and NLD on my web page, if you’d care to take a look. Also, some CAPD and other related disorder links.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/5136/index.html
Schools aren’t equipped to diagnose CAPD. You should really take your son to an audiologist who specializes in CAPD (most don’t have the training). Try going to http://pages.cthome.net/cbristol/ which has a search engine to find CAPD audiologists by geographic area. (Click on first link and scroll down to almost the bottom of the page to find the search engine.)
If you call the audiologist’s office, they can usually tell you what to do in order to get your medical insurance to cover the eval (although there may be some medical insurance that does not cover it).
Most schools rely on the audiologist’s recommendations when drawing up a 504 or IEP. The auditory system is extremely complex, and different types of CAPD require different educational approaches.
It is very important to find an audiologist who specializes in CAPD eval’s. If you go to a regular audiologist, you will not get the kind of exam that is needed to determine whether CAPD is or is not a problem.
Mary