#summerspeechtips #aim2achieve Many parents contact our office with concerns regarding Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Children with CAPD often have difficulty processing and remembering language-related tasks. Some signs and symptoms include: -Difficulty processing and remembering language-related tasks but may have no trouble interpreting or recalling non-verbal environmental sounds, music, etc. -May process thoughts and ideas slowly and have difficulty explaining them. -Misspells and mispronounces similar-sounding words or omits syllables; confuses similar-sounding words (celery/salary; belt/built; three/free; jab/job; bash/batch) -Distracted by background sounds/noises -May misinterpret or have difficulty remembering and following oral directions. Some strategies you can use to help your child include: -Show rather than explain -Supplement with more intact senses (use visual cues, signals, handouts, manipulatives) -Reduce or space directions, give cues such as “ready?” -Reword or help decipher confusing oral and/or written directions -Teach abstract vocabulary, word roots, synonyms/antonyms -Vary pitch and tone of voice, alter pace, stress key words -Ask specific questions as you teach to find out if they do understand -Avoid asking the child to listen and write at the same time (Excerpted from the LDA of California and UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute "Q.U.I.L.T.S." Calendar 2001-2002) Have you used any of these strategies to help your child? Do you have a different strategy that has been working? Let us know in the comments below!
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:33:16 +0000
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