DD with auditory processing disorder should i push for statement

[FlorenceMattell]

Hi all,
I believe my Dd 9 has APD, has speech language problems pre school, we had to pay for lots of private speech therapy before eventually getting NHs help.
Speech normal now. Also her reading ok, she loves book and writing. Which is the problem her writing is incomprehensible in my opinion, though may be expecting too much. It is improving slowly.
She is fine learning words independantly, learns difficult words easily and quickly and can repeat verbally, but finds it difficult to when comes to writing in a stories etc. School teacher is very helpful, but am worried for future for next school. But statementing seems for children with greater needs?
Appreciate any feed back thank you.

Where i am you cant get a statement unless they are on SA+, i dont know if this is national. Do they see the senco at school

"Where i am you cant get a statement unless they are on SA+"

Fifi, if your LEA insist on the above this is blanket policy and thus illegal.

A child can go straight to having a Statement without having to be on either School Action or School Action Plus beforehand.

Florence

Would apply for the Statement now; she will certainly need more support longer term i.e secondary school.

www.ipsea.org.uk is a good website re the statementing process.

Hi attilla, i probably worded that wrong, i applied for my statement and the banados woman said it is unusual for people to get a statement when they havent been moved to SA+

My senco had refused to put dd on the ep phyc list for 3 years as well and moving her to SA+.

Like you said and as a lovely helpful lady told me on here, apply for your own statement. Even if you dont get it banados are brung into help.

I am paying for a private EP as i really need her to be assessed. Another good point is now they school might improve. In the meeting i said it was ridiculous that dd is almost 8 and reading stage 2 kipper books which she has now read for 4 years. They are just not age appropriate. I am sure in a weeks time some SN and dyslexic readers will materialise.

Yes op, after my experience i would apply for you own statement. I have a letter template to apply which someone gave me if you need it

You will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to get a statement based on Auditory Processing Disorder. It is more widely recognised but there are several issues surrounding both the diagnosis and therefore appropriate treatment of APD. If you are still looking for information to support your daughter in respect of Auditory Processing Disorder I can forward you some information that may help.

FlorenceMattell

You will require an assessment and diagnosis of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) which can be done via a GP referral to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). (you may find that your GP may require copies of the Medical Research Councils (MRC) APD leaflets which can be downloaded.
GOSH carry out a multi -discipline (multi professional) assessment, audiologist to diagnose the APD issues, Speech and Language Pathologist to assess how the diagnosed APD issues affect speech and language, and a Psychologist to assess the problems of living with the diagnosed APD issues.
APD is one of the underlying cognitive cause of the developmental dyslexia symptom.

APD is a listening disability which they are now diagnosing from about 6 years of age, and is a life long disability. according the MRC 10% of children have some degree of APD including those who have had Glue Ear. Children have had statements based on having APD over the last 10 years.

There is more information on the
Auditory Processing Disorder in the UK (APDUK) web site
CiteULike Group: Audiology and Auditory Processing Disorder - library 437 articles
My APD in the UK links
Living with an Invisible Disability my own web site.
APD tends to have a genetic origin, I only discovered my own APD as a result of trying to get help for my three DSs all of whom have an APD diagnosis. There is an adult APD forum which has been running for over 10 years now, and has over 500 members from around the world.
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