[senco-forum] APD and EAL how do we assess?

Hi Richard

The new APD diagnostic test that the Medical Research Council (MRC) have the
researching for the last 4 years are Sound Frequency based, rather than the
old APD diagnostic tests which were language based.
The best person to contact about the best way forward would be Dr. Sally
Hind who is at the end of the Email form on the APDUK "APD Diagnosis in the
UK" web pages at http://apd.apduk.org/adpdiagnosisuk.htm (look for the big
blue button) One of the new assessment centres announced by the MRC is in
Greece precisely to demonstrate and test that the new sound frequency based
APD diagnostic tests are effective regardless of language preferences.

Best wishes

dolfrog

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Subject: [senco-forum] APD and EAL how do we assess?

We have a pupil who has trecently joined us who despite being in this
country for three years has never been to school and has been at home with
her Urdu speaking family.  Added to that the family say she is Y10, but
appears to all to be Y7 at the most (there is no birth ceritficate).

She has no literacy skills in English she can speak only a few words. She
can speak elementary urdu but not read or write it.  We have spent the last
month tryimng to teach her the alphabet but appears unable to remember what
she has been taught from one day to the next.

We are questioning APD.  Any advice on how to assess her for APD?

Richard
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