[senco-forum] Developing listening skills in secondary pupils

Hi Lorraine,

I trhink you need to look to the causes of the listening problems. In many  
cases poor listening skills may be linked to Auditory Processing Disorder, in  
which listening/attention are not the problem but understanding what is heard, 
 couples with sequencing and short term memory deficits. Attention deifcits 
are  other issues to consider, as well as behavioural problems.

Our handout on classroom management of APD, "How Schools and Colleges Can  
Help" is available here, www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm  and outlines ways 
in which this can be better  accomodated in class.

Getting to the root causes will help the pupils more than just making them  
listen better.  

Best  wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory Processing Disorder in  the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org