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Auditory Processing at Home!
Some carry-over task at home to target Auditory Processing Skills
In its very broadest sense, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) refers to how the central nervous system (CNS) uses auditory information. However, the CNS is vast and also is responsible for functions such as memory, attention, and language, among others. To avoid confusing APD with other disorders that can affect a person’s ability to attend, understand, and remember, it is important to emphasize that APD is an auditory deficit that is not the result of other higher-order cognitive, language, or related disorder.
(ASHA, 2017)
Activity 1:
3 word recall – verbally express three irrelevant words with absolutely NO correlation to one another at random, instruct your child to repeat back the same exact words you have expressed in the same chronological order. Working on these during the car ride to school, before bed, at the pool, etc. is a great way to continue carry over for APD skills with your child!
Here are some to get you started!
Mom, bear, pool
Man, fair, farm
Call, waffle, puppy
Sand, lamp, frog
To increase difficulty, begin using three words with similar sounds and rhymes!
Foam, comb, Rome
Lock, Land, Leak
Mom, Man, Mop
Activity 2:
Read a short story aloud to your child, at the end, ask the child basic WH questions to exercise recall skills, for example:
Who was the boy in the story?
Where did he go?
When did he go?
Why was he happy?
Dominique MIcheletti MA CF SLP
Recourses: Dr. Dorothy Leone Presentation, Iona College 2017.
Dr. Michelle Veyvoda Presentation, Iona College 2017
Roseberry-McKibbin, C., & Hegde, M. (2016). An Advanced Review of Speech-Language Pathology. Austin, TX: Pro-ed.
ASHA.org
