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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 557730" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Shelly,</p><p></p><p>If the medications merry-go-round hasn't produced positive results, then maybe the problem isn't the classical ADHD "focus" issue.</p><p></p><p>Has he ever been intensively tested for APDs? as in, the full spectrum of APDs?</p><p>Not just verbal language processing - the original version of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), which is serious but is harder to miss.</p><p>But things like auditory discrimination (how well we distingush similar sounds), and auditory figure ground (how well we filter out background noise).</p><p></p><p>The reason I ask is... these APDs sometimes show up in class as very much a "focus" issue... and it is, but it isn't the usual... it's about trying to focus the "listening" rather than the "attention". </p><p></p><p>There are absolutely NO medications that help APDs... but there are interventions and accommodations that can have a huge impact.</p><p></p><p>And... a person can be ADHD or Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) or both... (not uncommon to be both).</p><p></p><p>Can the school Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) screen for the full spectrum of APDs? (if they are testing for auditory figure ground, they are probably testing all flavors)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 557730, member: 13003"] Shelly, If the medications merry-go-round hasn't produced positive results, then maybe the problem isn't the classical ADHD "focus" issue. Has he ever been intensively tested for APDs? as in, the full spectrum of APDs? Not just verbal language processing - the original version of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), which is serious but is harder to miss. But things like auditory discrimination (how well we distingush similar sounds), and auditory figure ground (how well we filter out background noise). The reason I ask is... these APDs sometimes show up in class as very much a "focus" issue... and it is, but it isn't the usual... it's about trying to focus the "listening" rather than the "attention". There are absolutely NO medications that help APDs... but there are interventions and accommodations that can have a huge impact. And... a person can be ADHD or Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) or both... (not uncommon to be both). Can the school Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) screen for the full spectrum of APDs? (if they are testing for auditory figure ground, they are probably testing all flavors) [/QUOTE]
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