[senco-forum]Developinglistening skillsinsecondarypupils-Eddie'sCD

Eddie

"If a  child cannot decipher, decode or blend letters into coherent words, 
surely  that deficiency is what needs to be addressed by teachers since we 
know we  cannot resolve physical, social  or mental aspects of a childs  
failure to become literate."

There is more at stake in a child's life than the inability to read. If a  
child presents tot a GP with a headache, is it more responsible for them to  
just give that child an aspirin (deal with the reading) or find out what causes  
the headache, the underlying problem? A doctor who says "I don't care  what 
causes it so long as what I offer them works!" would be struck  off! But you are 
answerable to no-one it seems.

Teachers only see things from an educational point of view...these are  whole 
children with real lives of which school forms only a part. Fail them at  
this age and they may take till they are 40 or 50 to find out why they are  
having problems in many aspects of their lives, such as those on our OldAPDs  forum 
not diagnosed till they are adults. The damage  done by then to any  hope of 
an appropriate education, career prospects and relationships, is  
immesaurable, but you and others on this forum will never get to see that or  even care 
after the childten have left school, so that many here feel they  don't need to 
worry about it. But it is your responsibility as teachers and  SENCOs, you who 
often the first to notice or are the ones that parents  approach form help, 
to help these children. If APD doesn't suit, call it  whatever you want so long 
as you don't ignore it.

Pink..now Purple.. if you ever get to read this...APD may indeed have  been 
recognised officially by the MRC/IHR pamphlet a few years ago, but the fact  
that there are still those that deny its existence means we still have work to  
do. It may bore you to hear about it but trust me the kids (and adults) that  
have it can't press the delete button or switch it off.  

Best wishes,
Aly

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