[senco-forum] Developing listening skills insecondarypupils-Eddie's CD

I will reply despite my better judgement, only to clarify the  facts

"Did Graeme not report that the MRS had withdrawn their statement of  support 
for the existence of such a condition?"

Why would the MRC withdraw their support for the valididty of the very  thing 
they are researching?? I think you have misunderstood... I am in regular  
communication with the MRC/IHRS who are soon to issue a press release explaining  
about APD and urging a standardised approach to its diagnosis and  
management.  The new APD tests will be available in the New Year. There is  debate 
within the MRC/IHR ranks about the nature and extent of its  involvement in 
dyslexia, which is where you may have been misled. there are  varying theories but 
nobody has said this in't the case, just that they need  more research to see 
how much it affects individuals with dyslexia and  communication problems, as 
this is not within the boundaries of the current  MRC/IHR research project, only 
the tersting at this stage But there are other  ongoing research projects in 
the UK and overseas in that area, which will  show just how much involvement 
there is in dyslexia, Semantic Pragmatic Disorder  and even autism which there 
is speculation may also be caused by a  root deficit in auditory processing.  

"I could not diagnose APD any more than could produce a rabbit out of a hat  
and I am happy to leave that to those who have expertise in those particular  
fields."

I didn't ask you or anyone else here to diagnose it, in fact I have  
advocated that this is not f
done by anyone but an audiologist trained to do so. All I asked is  that you 
acknowledge APDs existence when preparing programs to aid listening,  which 
you don't care to do because you don't even acknowledge APD  exists, which in 
turn throws the validity of your interventions into serious  question. The 
reason, perhaps, why you choose to ignore APD....

Best wishes,
Aly

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