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Specialists in Auditority Processing Disorder (APD)
Resources
Welcome to SoundSkills
An introduction to SoundSkills APD Clinic for our younger clients. By Tim Wallace, aged 12.
APD Symptoms Checklist
Audio Simulation of APD
Poster for Schools: Signs of APD
Poster: Autism Spectrum Disorder and APD
Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk in Preschool children
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For preschool teacher to complete.
Preschool S.I.F.T.E.R
S.I.F.T.E.R
Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk in Primary School children
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For teacher to complete.
Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk in Secondary students
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For teacher to complete.
Secondary S.I.F.T.E.R
Client Information Form: Child
This form can be filled electronically then saved and sent, or alternatively can be printed for manual completion.
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For parent to complete.
This screening checklist is based upon the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) Quality of Life (QOL) Checklist. This information is requested because auditory and visual processing problems can be associated. This form can be filled electronically then saved and sent, or alternatively can be printed for manual completion.
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For parent or guardian to complete. (Exception: If your child has already been assessed by a behavioural optometrist you do not need to complete this form.)
Visual Processing Checklist
Teacher Evaluation of Auditory Performance (TEAP)
This form can be filled electronically then saved and sent, or alternatively can be printed for manual completion.
For teacher to complete.
Commissioned by the New Zealand Ministries of Health and Education
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Auditory Processing Disorder: New Zealand Review. Sapere Research Group, 2014.
Report on APD Services in New Zealand
Fundamentals of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
20 Questions on CAPD, Part 1, with Dr Gail Chermak, Washington State University.
20 Questions on CAPD, Part 2, with Dr Gail Chermak, Washington State University.