[senco-forum] Developing listening skills in secondary pupils

There is  a tiny grain of truth among the pile of junk in Olanys  
'contribution.

Perhaps this derision comes from the "commercial interest" declared...and  
does not therefore need a reply.

"Where the child produces an exercise book with a reasonably accurate  
transcription 
from dictation, that is unassailable evidence that a good  quality of 
listening has taken place." 

Maybe so- but it does not prove the child has understood a word of it.  
Children with APD pay attention, listen intently and still cannot take down  
dication because they do not PROCESS the information or UNDERSTAND it. Without  
undertstanding, what use is dictation? They could just as well have  listened 
intently  

"Towards the end of the year, when I hope to have feedback from a large  
number of schools in several countries, if the results are anything like the  
results obtained in trials, I think that SENCo will have access to a new and  
highly effective remedial tool."

Remediation of what? Does this prove a child can listen in other  situations, 
in a mainstream classroom, for example? And what about  understanding...do 
you test for that because without it, the exercise is  futile.

Why punish a child who is already struggling with  making them remediate 
something irrelevant...use the time better to actually hep  them master a skill 
they will need. 

Perhaps like dolfrog has said, the reason children  seem to not listen as 
well is because the world is changing and the fact that  auditory sequential 
learners are the minority is coming more apparent. If more  information was 
presernted visually these children would not be seen to be  lacking... so instead of 
trying to "fix" a child who isnt "broken", why not  teach them the way they 
actually learn!

Best wishes,
Aly

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