[SENco-forum] Philip's research

Hi,
 4th attempt at sending this email - internet playing
up. Apologies if it arrives more than once.

This sounds like a great method, I learned French this
way with a school and uni language lab. Using one's
own voice has always been a technique recommended for
those with "dyslexia" and we featured Phillip's
Portland project, teaching adults in this way, in the
APDUK newsletter a while back

But to my mind if a person has problems processing
sound/speech they might also have problems processing
their own speech, so I suspect this method might not
be as effective in all those with APD, depending of
course on the type and  level of APD type difficulties
they experience and many other factors such as coping
strategies. 

I suspect it may work better for those with or without
APD who have a good grasp of phonics, (which people
with APD can have, if phonemic awareness is not
affected), and simply have grapheme-phoneme
correlation problems. Of course those with
intermittent processing may also not benefit.

To Mary,

 "I also think I've learned that this could be the
reason why phonological difficulties may
be distinct from more general APD difficulties. "

There is no such thing as more general APD
difficulties - everyone with APD can have a variety of
auditory processing issues. I think what you mean is
separate from phonemic processing. Phonemic awareness
is individual sounds, phonological processing is
blending and segmenting them, onset and rime,  etc.

To Philip,

Trialling this on people with APD might not be so
straightforward as everyone with APD is affected
differently and have different difficulties, varying
levels of difficulty and co-morbidities, all of which
will affect the outcomes. Your results would nto be
standardised or reliable. APD is not just one thing
and can be hard to isolate from other things that are
going on in a child. It is a complex beast!

Best wishes,
Aly

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

Best wishes,
Aly

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

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