1. Ann Morrison, Ph.D.

2.  http://www.sounddogs.com/sound- effects/59/mp3/607974_SOUNDDOGS__su.m p3 http://www.sounddogs.com/sound- effects/59/mp3/607974_SOUNDDOGS__su.m p3  http://www.sounddogs.com/previews/25/mp3 /229550_SOUNDDOGS__vo.mp3 http://www.sounddogs.com/previews/25/mp3 /229550_SOUNDDOGS__vo.mp3  What are the people saying in the clips?  If this was the way your brain processed language, how would it impact your daily life?

3.  How did Clay’s APD present itself?  What did Clay’s family think?  What was Clay’s family’s response?  How was Clay’s APD diagnosed?

4.  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) describes APD as occurring when difficulties in one or more of the following areas are observed: auditory discrimination; sound localization; auditory pattern recognition; decreased auditory performance in the presence of background noise, competing acoustic signals and/or degraded acoustic signals (ASHA, 1996)

5. (also called Central Auditory Processing Disorder) 1. Auditory processing disorders take place in the brain, not in the ear 2. Often impacts a student’s phonological awareness which is one of the primary skills used in sounding words out and spelling

6.  Assessing APD Assessing APD  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZC2rzt nyQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZC2rzt nyQ  What are some of the key distinctions that need to be made in order to diagnose APD?  What other disabilities can it appear to be?

7.  Can present as other disabilities such as phonological processing, hearing impairment, and autism spectrum disorders  Requires assessment by an audiologist and specialist in speech and language disorders  Requires specialized speech and language therapy for remediation  Impacts multiple areas of a person’s life