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Positive Processing Program™

The ability to process information that we hear can be viewed as occurring along a continuum beginning at the level of 'pure' auditory processing, followed by a combination of both auditory and language processing, and then  ultimately ending at the level of  'pure' language processing. A deficit anywhere along this continuum can result in a 'processing disorder'.

 

The Positive Processing Approach

Our unique Positive Processing Program™ is a structured program designed to address the processing skills necessary for normal language development and academic success.

 

While the diagnosis of a "true" Auditory Processing Disorder is the responsibility of an

Audiologist, at Brain & Language Connections we offer Auditory Processing Disorder

screening assessments as well as comprehensive assessments of both:

 

  • functional auditory processing skills (including overlap area where auditory processing and beginning levels of language processing occur)

    ·  language processing skills

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    We acknowledge the importance of assessing the level of breakdown (i.e. whether it be a difficulty discriminating between similar sounds or understanding a conversation) so that the appropriate intervention and strategies can be addressed.

    What Skills are Taught?

    Depending on the level of breakdown, a bottom-up approach designed to enhance and improve sensory input (acoustic/auditory skills), and/or a top-down approach that works on attaching meaning by using information about the context of the message (i.e. language, memory, attention skills) may be used. An outline of some of the skills taught may include:

    Acoustic/auditory skills

    ▪    Auditory Discrimination                      ▪     Auditory Localisation

    ▪    Auditory Attention                                ▪    Auditory Figure-Ground

    ▪    Dichotic Listening                               ▪     Temporal Patterning

     

    Acoustic-Language Skills

    Phonological Awareness & Processing

    ▪     Rhyming Awareness                                        ▪    Word Awareness

    ▪     Syllables                                                           ▪     Isolating Sounds/Phonemes

    ▪     Segmenting Sounds/Phonemes                      ▪     Blending Sounds/Phonemes

    ▪     Sound Deletion/Addition/Substitution

    ▪     Short-Term Auditory Memory and Working Memory

     

    Phonic Skills

    ▪     Letter Recognition                                            ▪     Sound Spelling

    ▪     Sound Naming                                                 ▪     Phonic Deletion/Addition/Substitution

          ▪     Word Spelling                                                  ▪     Word Reading

     

    Linguistic/ Language Skills

    ▪     Expressive Language                                      ▪    Receptive Language                    

    ▪     Vocabulary & Word finding/Retrieval               ▪    Word Concepts & Relationships  

    ▪    Organising Language                                       ▪     Pragmatics & Nonverbal Language

     

    Key Benefits of the Program

    The Positive Processing Program™:

    ▪        addresses the processing skills necessary for normal language development and academic success.

    ▪        aims to identify and treat the root cause of the problem, and not just treat the symptoms.

    ▪        is designed to incorporate home-based intervention strategies and practise.

     

    Computer interventions such as Earobics and Fast ForWord® may also be done in conjunction with or part of the Positive Processing Program™.

     

    For more information or to make a booking, call Anna on 0409 850082 or complete the Online Consultation form.

     

     

     
     
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