For many families, raising a child with APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) or CAPD means coping, understanding, and finding the right accommodations to help the child throughout the day. No medication has been found to help, and so far cognitive research has not produced any promising treatments. However, for families that do not take “no” asRead more
Learning to read may appear natural and, therefore, easy to teach. Yet it’s one of the most difficult tasks any child will take on; and homeschooling parents must cover some important foundational topics along the way. The National Reading Panel has identified these skills as phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. A great dealRead more
Every time my kids get a check-up, it strikes me that pediatricians are checking eyes and ears in the same way they’ve been checking for at least the last 50 years (yep, I just turned 50). True, a general practitioner will typically only screen for evidence of deeper issues and then refer onward if somethingRead more
If your child experiences reading difficulties, you’ve likely been researching the issue hoping for understanding of their learning struggle. If so, you may have become familiar with the link between auditory processing and reading. Indeed, you may already suspect that your child exhibits some level of disability in terms of auditory processing and are nowRead more