CAPD/LD/labels

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> It has to do with the area of the brain that is not working right. A

language processing disorder is one

> in which the problem is with the words - not being able to retrieve them,

make sense out of them, find

> the correct ones to express ones self. The auditory processing disorder

has more to do with auditory

> memory (remembering the entire sentence to get meaning) and audiotory

filtering of background noise

> (knowing what is important and what is background - figure-ground). When

you look at what the child is

> having trouble with, it is sometimes hard to tell which it is without the

testing that has been developed

> to do just that.

>

Thanks Laurie. This makes sense to me although I can see how they all

start running into each other after awhile. Zach also has the dx. of mild

Autism spectrum disorder and I have learned not to think too hard how it

all started....you can look at it that the autism causes the processing

issues or the processing issues are the problem which make him appear to

have autism and cause social reticence, etc. etc. After awhile I get dizzy

thinking on it. My motto is I don't care what you call it - just do

whatever you need to do to help my child reach his potential.

Having said that I do have a question on the LD label. The school has

invited the LD chair person to attend Zachary's IEP. As far as I know he

is not diagnosed LD or is CAPD officially considered an LD? Generally

speaking do kids with CAPD end up having learning issues or is this not

necessarily a given?

Zach is classified as speech disorder, autism , ortho handicap and other

health impaired on the IEP- I really can't see the need to check another

box off. The problem is that most of the autistic kids in our school are

serviced by the CD dept. or the ED dept. The school says that Zach clearly

does not fit into either of these. Up until this time he has been served

by early childhood staff but as he will start first grade next year I

realize someone has to be in charge of his IEP and that is why I think the

LD chair person is being called in.

Anne