Description: This book presents training activities for special education or regular teachers to use with children having auditory processing disorders. Each chapter begins with a discussion of theory and general intervention guidelines and then presents remedial activities. The first chapter looks at auditory processes overall, lists the normal sequence of auditory skill development, and offers suggestions for helping students with auditory processing problems in the regular classroom. The second chapter considers auditory discrimination and provides a list of appropriate tests and 85 remedial exercises. Next, a list of tests and 71 remedial exercises are provided for improving auditory memory. The fourth chapter considers auditory perception, identifying tests and giving 64 exercises. Remaining chapters provide discussion, suggested tests, and remedial exercises for: auditory-vocal association (60 exercises); auditory synthesis (34 exercises); auditory-vocal automaticity (32 exercises); auditory figure-ground (12 exercises); and reading skills (24 exercises). The last chapter lists commercial materials including books, filmstrips and accompanying records, games, instructional aids, instructional kits, programs, records, tapes, and workbooks and reprint masters.

Author: GILLET, Pamela

Publisher: Academic Therapy Publications

Format: SOFTCOVER