Auditory Processing Disorder Links

Awesome links, thanks.  My son appears to not hear or understand complicated themes, but shows us in many ways that he understands much, much more than we give him credit for.  Could it be he suffers from lack of expressing himself?

Quoting hakelasmom:

Awesome links, thanks.  My son appears to not hear or understand complicated themes, but shows us in many ways that he understands much, much more than we give him credit for.  Could it be he suffers from lack of expressing himself?

Expressive language is so much more difficult for MANY reasons than receptive langauge.  Processing what comes in can be difficult too.   Long strings of auditory input can come too fast to let the receiver "get" the overall message sometimes.  A child may be able to follow one step directions but get lost if two step directions are given simultaneously.

However also think about neurotypical people learning a foreign language.  I for one tested out of far too much German (Oh, was I in trouble!) for college because my receptive undertanding of what I read or heard was far above what I could actually produce verbally.  In indiviuals with ASD, learning to use language to label, make requests, or engage in back and forth conversation is very systematic and the words have to be learned in the context of their function.  When a child learns to use a word to label and object they still won't likely  be able to use the word as a request or in coversation until those have been taught too.  That is the verbal behavior side of it all.  Teaching requests is the most functional first step...verbal, signed or picture system requests all are helpful for the individual.  My son today wanted to see my watch and not havign the verbal approximation or sign for watch he found a school paper with teh word watch on it and pointed to the word to get his message across!  He used to not seem to understand it wa OK for  him to initiate communication and for many years was just the responder to our input.  Getting the child to initiate communication is something tha tmay n ot jsut  natuarlly occur until the c hild learns they can spontaneously communicatie when they have a need.  Well. as you might guess you initially have to create and contrive circumstances a child needs something they will be motivated to ask for ...later on that medium for getting the object becomes their own and they wil begin to use it on when they need it. 

That being said, it is VERY iimportant to keep pushing receptive language...let receptive language be at that much higher level for now, because getting that information in is a really  powerful tool for the individual as they  learn to use the expresssive form of communication that is most suitable for them. 

I believe it is VERY wise to err on the side of assuming the individual understands  and speak as you would normally. I knwo my son understands most of what we say to him...if in school h owever the strings of auditory input become too long I think he tends to tuen out.  The exception to usign typi cal verbal speech is in Discrete Trial Training for Applied Behavior Analysis.  (That is a whole other long discussion!)

Hee hee.  I wish I could get my husband to understand I have a auditory processing disorder.  I don't have the inclination to listen to his diahrrea of the mouth.  If he wants to tell me something GET TO THE POINT.   We are like opposites on the spectrum.  He will draw out any conversation hours longer than it needs to hear the sound of his own voice, and I will try to reduce my contributions to too few words. 

My poor child is stuck in the middle of this clash of conversational styles.  Some role models we are.   

Quoting hakelasmom:

Hee hee.  I wish I could get my husband to understand I have a auditory processing disorder.  I don't have the inclination to listen to his diahrrea of the mouth.  If he wants to tell me something GET TO THE POINT.   We are like opposites on the spectrum.  He will draw out any conversation hours longer than it needs to hear the sound of his own voice, and I will try to reduce my contributions to too few words. 

My poor child is stuck in the middle of this clash of conversational styles.  Some role models we are.   

Ha ha!  My husband and I are the opposite!  He'd be happy with one grunt for yes and two for no, and spare him the details!  I am ALL ABOOUT details.   Gee you never could have guessed that with my long winded posts, could you? LOL!