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 […]
Today’s auditory processing FREEBIE: Rhyming Words!!! This task works on training the auditory system to listen to words that are similiar but differ at the very least by the initial sound. Want to make the task a bit harder? Have your student/child think of more words that rhyme with the example word. Create lists of […]
This week is all about spreading Christmas cheer and speech materials! I made a series of Auditory Processing materials with a holiday theme! Today’s FREEBIE is: Initial Sound Match-Up **For personal use only; not for redistribution! Feel free to tell your friends to come here to get their FREEBIE. Communication Station: Speech Therapy, PLLC reserves […]
In the spirit of Christmas I made some great holiday Auditory Processing FREEBIES that will be given away this coming week. 1 freebie for each day!!! What GREAT activities are awaiting you? Well check out the week’s activties below! Monday 12/3/12: Tuesday 12/4/12: Wednesday 12/5/12: Thursday 12/6/12: Friday 12/7/12: Enjoy your week of freebies and happy […]
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