[senco-forum]Developinglistening skillsinsecondarypupils-Eddie'sCD

Hi Debbie,

I appreciate how irritating it must be. But if someone mentions  dyslexia or 
ADHD or autism and asks specific questions about them, do you expect  those 
that have particular experience or knowledge about it to reply to the  forum, 
reply offlist so others cannot learn from the comments or not reply at  all? 
Similarly if someone asks a question on the forum about something related  to APD 
which I can help with, should I not post?

The reason this thread has gone on so long is that Eddie simply cannot  
accept that in order to write a program on listening you have to understand what  
listening is and why children may be affected, not come up with another one 
size  fits all therapy....surely this is of interest to all as it affects all. If 
it  does not then simply do not read the thread.

He said "From the point of view of someone paid to resolve the problem of  
childrens' 
inability to read, I regard it as right that I should focus  exclusively on 
that problem since that is the area of my professional  competence....
I am very well qualified in what I do but neither my  professional training 
nor experience covered the delivery of 'cures' for  mental, physical or 
sociological conditions therefore I decline to delve  into areas in which I 
have no specialist knowledge or competence."

Fair point - but why then is he ignoring a very basic cause of the  inability 
to read in addressing it? 

Why is he now writing a program to aid listening? This is an area which he  
has admitted he does not understsand and which in many cases cannot be cured. 
It  needs expert intervention such as The Listening Program as I described in 
other  posts today which still doesn't provide a lot of help.   Eddie's program 
may help those that have problems attending but that  doesn't mean it will 
help children with REAL listening problems. Potching about  using program after 
program to remediate something that can't be cured is simply  a waste of 
time...his and theirs... it only wastes more time they  don't have and gives them 
false they can do without, only to fail again.  More damage done. They have 
seen enough of that.

As Eddie so rightly said..."The doctor is only wrong if his/her diagnosis  is 
wrong and hence the prescription could never result in a cure" which is  
exactly what his program offers.  If it offers no help, no cure then what  is the 
point in him producing it?

The reason you are hearing more about APD is that it affects at least one  in 
10 of the children you will come across and an estimated 60% of  dyslexics. 
It causes many of the problems your pupils face and those you  all ask about 
here. If you have questions about a child and you haven't got the  answer, it is 
often becuase it turns out they have it and they are one of the  ones as yet 
undiagnosed with it.  

I have researched APD every day for 8 years and lived with a child with APD  
every day for 11 years and I'm still learning. I am in daily contact with  
world experts on it conducting ground-breaking research into it and they are  
still learning about it. If you think you know as much or more about it  than me 
or them and need not learn any more, please feel free to delete all  my posts.

Best wishes,
Aly

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