ADP results...

[LizzyBee]

We got the results of my 7 yo dd's ADP evaluation back. Her hearing is normal, as we expected. But she soundly failed every single processing test. She did so bad on one of the pretests that the audiologist couldn't even administer that test.

This means my dd:
Can't filter background noise, so she misses a lot of what is said in a noisy environment.
Does not efficiently integrate what she hears in the left ear and right ear, so she has gaps in what she hears.
Can't identify auditory patterns.
Can't identify pitch (high/low).
Has a deficient auditory memory.
Has poor decoding skills.
Does not have pre-reading skills (so reading is not even on the radar yet).

Recommendations for additional testing:
Attention problems - this one's at the top of the list. If she's only "hearing" half of what she hears, no wonder she has attention problems.
Cognitive/ psycho-educational testing (including dyslexia evaluation).
Occupational Therapy evaluation - fine motor skills
Updated speech evaluation - one of her common errors is a fine motor problem, not an articulation error. The fine motor weakness in her jaw should have resolved by now.

And we have 3 pages of recommendations for teaching strategies, remediation, and compensation.

Ugh.

[MicheleB]

I'm sure you're relieved to finally have results, though it's a lot to digest, I know!

I hope you're soon finding yourself in a "groove" and moving along and progressing.

I know, if you're like me, the more you read the report, the more questions you'll have. Always seems to go that way....