This week I talked about some of the auditory memory tasks I use in therapy to help improve memory recall for auditory information. So today I’m sharing an quick freebie that offers a list of associated words as well as 3, 4, 5 digits for immediate and delayed recall. This list is meant for a […]
Last week I talked about a few of my go to visual memory activities and today I’d like to share some of my go to auditory memory activities I use for students who struggle with working memory and memory recall while also exhibiting underlying or comorbid language deficits. For those of you familiar with auditory […]
Ok I’ve read several threads on speech therapy pages discussing how our scope of practice as SLPs do not “cover” working on memory skills. “It’s a psychologist and the special educator’s job. It’s not my problem. Dismiss.” Hold on there buckaroos! I am going to beg to differ here for a few reasons. We have […]
Gail Richard, PhD, CCC-SLP, presented on Treatment Decision Dilemmas and Strategies for Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) in July at this year’s ASHA schools conference. Below is a recap of what I found interesting and important to share from this presentation. I broke this up into two blog posts. This is part two, focusing on treatment of APD! […]
Gail Richard, PhD, CCC-SLP, presented on Treatment Decision Dilemmas and Strategies for Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) in July at this year’s ASHA schools conference. Below is a recap of what I found interesting and important to share from this presentation. I broke this up into two blog posts. This is part one, focusing on assessment of […]
Recalling Sentences With Increasing Length I made this quick worksheet for one of my clients who has demonstrated some auditory recall and working memory issues in the past. After I read each sentence to my client with his eyes closed (he depends on visual input so much he gets distracted sometimes), I had my client […]
Today I have a wonderful guest blog from Smart Speech Therapy, LLC’s Tatyana Elleseff, on differential diagnosis between Auditory Processing Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (hyperactive, inattentive type, and/or combination). This blog first appeared on June 6, 2011 on Smart Speech Therapy, LLC’s blog. Click on this link to go to original blog post. Summary: This article […]
The final Auditory Processing FREEBIE this week is an Auditory Memory Recall activity which is separated into three specific skills: 1) digit recall, 2) word recall, 3) sentence recall. Each card has 3 levels of complexity. Download your copy at the bottom of this blog. Children with auditory processing deficits will sometimes struggle […]
Today’s Auditory Processing FREEBIE: Listening for Key Words! Many children with auditory processing difficulties cannot process complex auditory information. This task teaches your student/child to listen only for the key words (i.e. most content laden words) that will help him/her understand and recall information presented. Feel free to use the answer choices or have your […]
Another Processing FREEBIE: Auditory Closure Exercises! This task trains a child with auditory processing difficulties to listen to a statement, or story and use the context to complete the statement with the missing word. You can have your students/child try to complete the sentences independently or add the answer choices for those who cannot independently […]
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