Learning Disabilities 101: Deciphering the Code
An Introduction to The Most Common Learning Disabilities Parents are bombarded with mixed messages about the causes and treatment of common learning disabilities. A quick read of any learning disabilities group on Facebook will support this statement. This post aims...
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What A Child with APD Hears and Sees … All Day Long
Warning, For Parents This Is A Hard Listen Does your child have an APD diagnosis? And if so, have you ever wondered what your child’s day is like? This article gives you a couple of ways to get a true sense of how a brain works, especially when it struggles to...
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How Auditory Processing Difficulties Affect Children with Autism
Auditory processing difficulties As a parent of a child or children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), you may have noticed that around preschool age or even earlier, they’d cover their ears even when you didn’t think there was that much noise about. Maybe they...
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The Social and Academic Impact of APD
What is Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)? The social and academic impact of APD can sometimes go unnoticed. Individuals with APD often have difficulty understanding and interpreting what they hear. They can listen attentively to speech that is clear and loud, yet...
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Progress Is Possible
Is Progress Possible? I recently spoke with the parent of a special needs child who has made significant gains using Fast ForWord. Some of this progress is in areas that she’d always been told would never improve. When I asked if she had any advice for other parents,...
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The Effect of Music on Learning
A Connection Between Music and Learning Imagine how much more stressful a lengthy car ride or traffic jam would be without our trusted stereo system. Music can help reduce anxiety, promote focus and calm, and even energize us. Many doctors play selected songs or...
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Understanding Language Processing Disorders
Language processing disorders impact the way an individual receives or delivers information. Whether it’s difficulty understanding what’s been said and/or communicating thoughts and ideas, the end result is the same. The message is unclear. This lack of clarity can...
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Improving Auditory Processing Helped Benjamin In and Out of the Classroom
Determining Benjamin's Needs Benjamin really didn’t like spelling. During home school lessons with his mother, he often became frustrated and mixed up vowel sounds. They tried a few different programs, working at a kindergarten level, though he was in second grade....
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Persistence Overcomes Academic Challenges: Georgia’s Story
Academic Challenges and Concerns As parents, we all hope our children will be able to avoid too many academic challenges. Georgia’s mom began having concerns when her daughter was around 4 ½ years old. As she worked to help prepare Georgia for school, she noticed her...
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An Audiologist’s Insight Part II
Assisted Listening Devices and Hearing Aids Gemm Learning provides learning programs that assist with the underlying causes of many reading struggles. Our primary program, Fast ForWord, focuses on auditory processing, sequencing, memory and attention skills. The...
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