Homeschooling Auditory Processing Disorder Kids for SUCCESS
Homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids provides a great school environment!
Did you know homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids is often an ideal solution due to your ability to control noise that interferes with learning?
Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) is a learning disability that can cause a child to have significant issues with learning. This is particularly true in a typical classroom where auditory input and background noise are difficult to control.
Conversely, homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids enables you to make sure background noise is much more limited. The calmer, quieter environment often leads to better educational outcomes.
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is defined as follows by the National Institute of Health as: “Auditory processing disorder (APD) describes a condition in which people have trouble making sense of the sounds around them.”
“Auditory processing is a term used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets the sounds around you. Humans hear when energy that we recognize as sound travels through the ear and is changed into electrical information that can be interpreted by the brain. The ‘disorder’ part of auditory processing disorder means that something is adversely affecting the processing or interpretation of the information.”
“Children with APD often do not recognize subtle differences between sounds in words, even though the sounds themselves are loud and clear. For example, the request ‘Tell me how a chair and a couch are alike’ may sound to a child with APD like ‘Tell me how a cow and a hair are alike.’ This kind of problem is more likely to occur when a person with APD is in a noisy environment or when he or she is listening to complex information.”
Homeschooling Auditory Processing Disorder Kids Through Specialized Instruction
Children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder often exhibit difficulties with language-based learning tasks. These tasks include listening to instructions, lectures, reading, communicating with or understanding others. Needless to say, auditory processing disorder can make many aspects of daily learning seem confusing to your child.
Auditory processing disorder often causes difficulty with learning how to read, but there are programs to help your child. The primary program that comes to mind for homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids is FastForword.
**FastForword is an expensive program which is usually administered by a ‘clinical’ professional. FastForword is a well known product with a good track record. Lately, Gemm Learning has been providing an online, consultation model for providing FastForword. This can be an awesome option for homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids.
SciLearn (the company) also provides a product called “Reading Edge” that is for K-2 students. This program helps with initial reading skills, phonemes, and auditory skills. It can be beneficial for homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids.
If your child has CAPD, you might want to consider teaching him or her American Sign Language as well. In many states, ASL can count for Foreign Language credit on a high school diploma. ASL will open doors of communication that might otherwise be limited for your child. For additional information on this, you might find the CAPD page on the Deaf Bilingual Coalition’s site of interest.
**Earobics is an inexpensive program that can be used for homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids or for tutoring. It is best used with headphones to provide clarity. Our kids used this program and liked it quite well. There are different levels for different ages. For older children, you’ll want to be certain to get the version for adolescents and adults. Earobics uses a game-based format that is entertaining, which makes it easy to get kids to use. Unfortunately, Earobics is discontinued, but sometimes you can find a copy on Amazon.
Below, we’ve gathered a list of uplifting resource sites that should help with homeschooling auditory processing disorder kids. There are sites for specific methods of remediation which may be of interest to you.
CAPD Info Sheet – National Center for Learning Disabilities
Center for Hearing, Speech, and Language
Center for Central Auditory Research
Educational Audiology Association
National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders
National Institutes of Health – C.A.P.D. Information
Nat’l Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
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