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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 495904" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Has he had an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for motor and sensory issues? neuropsychologist doesn't necessarily cover that. But... almost sounds a bit like Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) might be a factor. Its tough to get that as a diagnosis (even though its in DSM...) - but the Occupational Therapist (OT) can catch a range of motor skills issues, including visual/spatial coordiation... </p><p></p><p>Good website for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and other motor issues: <a href="http://www.canchild.ca" target="_blank">CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research</a></p><p>(run by research OTs at a Canadian University)</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yes, pursue through Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - but you will end up needing advanced audiological testing - Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) just does screening on APDs. SPECIFICALLY ask about APDs outside of classical Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). One commonly missed issue is when the person has trouble with "auditory figure ground". For these people... their hearing is normal, and their language processing is normal. But their auditory "filters" don't work very well - so, in a noisy environment (classrooms are beyond awful!), it is difficult to focus on the important sound - the teacher's voice. The more effort you have to put in to catch the words, the less effort is available to actually process what is heard. If you don't catch what was said, you get in trouble for not paying attention, or not being careful, or.......! APDs often "look like" ADD/ADHD to a teacher - and yes, ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) can be co-morbid (not unusual). I haven't found a really good source of info on this yet, though... just our own experience and what the specialists have told us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 495904, member: 13003"] Has he had an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for motor and sensory issues? neuropsychologist doesn't necessarily cover that. But... almost sounds a bit like Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) might be a factor. Its tough to get that as a diagnosis (even though its in DSM...) - but the Occupational Therapist (OT) can catch a range of motor skills issues, including visual/spatial coordiation... Good website for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and other motor issues: [url=http://www.canchild.ca]CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research[/url] (run by research OTs at a Canadian University) Yes, pursue through Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - but you will end up needing advanced audiological testing - Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) just does screening on APDs. SPECIFICALLY ask about APDs outside of classical Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). One commonly missed issue is when the person has trouble with "auditory figure ground". For these people... their hearing is normal, and their language processing is normal. But their auditory "filters" don't work very well - so, in a noisy environment (classrooms are beyond awful!), it is difficult to focus on the important sound - the teacher's voice. The more effort you have to put in to catch the words, the less effort is available to actually process what is heard. If you don't catch what was said, you get in trouble for not paying attention, or not being careful, or.......! APDs often "look like" ADD/ADHD to a teacher - and yes, ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) can be co-morbid (not unusual). I haven't found a really good source of info on this yet, though... just our own experience and what the specialists have told us. [/QUOTE]
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