[senco-forum] HFA/dyslexia and fear in the classroom WAS working memory

"you'll  only know what it's really like if (eg) you've ever found 
yourself feeling  totally powerless at the mercy of a powerful regulatory 
body.   Feeling paranoid, bullied, scared about your whole future going down 
the  pan, getting in a panic because nobody is listening and not a single  
advocate available to support your corner?  Ah - you may have touched  on 
what it's feels like (every day without hope of release) to have a mind  
which is differently-abled."

Very true, this is what it's like for a child worth APD every day too,  
unable to undrstand what's going on around them, unable to trust what they  "hear" 
as what's being said becuase they may have missed out a word like "not"  and 
the opposite is true, e.g. the teacher may say "Don't put your workings out  
your paper, use a separate sheet... " and they may only hear "Put your  workings 
out your paper".  Sometimes they may understand it all then it's  worse the 
next time they get it wrong because the teacher thinks  they're putting it 
on... they get accused of "selective hearing" or  laziness.

Constantly "getting it wrong" can be terrifying if you have no idea  why...as 
can being ostracised by your peers for not "getting" things, when  you think 
you do. Being made to feel you are stupid every day because you can't  even 
follow the simplest instructions or understand what you have to do...even  
though you are fully capable of doing it well after you understand what is  
expected - but many children with APD never get that far and never  experience 
success.  

Best wishes,
Aly

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