Can I tell you about Auditory Processing Disorder?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals

by Alyson Mountjoy, Kelly Davies (Illustrator)

Overview

In this friendly guide, a girl called Amy tells all about her Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). Together with her friend Tom and sister Lucy, Amy explains how every child with APD is affected in unique ways, and how to get help if you have APD.

This illustrated guide is ideal for helping children aged 7+ with APD to understand the condition, while increasing their self-esteem and confidence. Explaining about causes, symptoms, diagnosis and comorbidity in child-friendly terms, it dispels myths and encourages children to self-advocate and seek help at home and at school. It is also an excellent starting point for parents, teachers and other professionals wishing to tailor support to the type and severity of a child's APD, and includes a helpful list of recommended sources for additional support.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784508838
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	05/21/2018
Series:	Can I tell you about...?
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
File size:	927 KB
Age Range:	7 - 18 Years

About the Author

Alyson Mountjoy is the founder of APD Support UK. She has over 18 years' experience supporting families, researching and writing about APD. Alyson's son has auditory processing difficulties.

Alyson co-founded the first UK organisation supporting people with Auditory Processing Disorder/APD. As well as currently chairing a new organisation (APD Support UK) to campaign for wider recognition and providing a website of the same name and several online APD support groups, she has written a non-fiction book on Auditory Processing Disorder for children, parents and professionals: "Can I Tell You About Auditory Processing Disorder." Her second book about APD will be available for publication on 18th March 2021 and can be pre-ordered: "Auditory Processing Disorder (APD): Identification, Diagnosis and Strategies for Parents and Professionals" based on almost 20 years of experience in this area.
In 2016 Alyson also began writing supernatural fiction for adults and "The Marlin Chronicles" was born. "Mother of Marlin" is the first novel in the ongoing series which combines supernatural suspense, mystery, horror, crime and romance, historical facts, tears and laughter, and a touch of fantasy. Visit her website, for more information about her life and her books: http://alysonmountjoyauthor.yolasite.com/ or join her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alysonmountjoyauthor/

Table of Contents

Dedication and Acknowledgements. Introduction (For Adults). 1. About APD. 2. Early Years. 3. APD Testing. 4. Family. 5. At Home. 6. Friends. 7. Helping Yourself. 8. At School. 9. Success. 10. How to Help. 11. Information and Support.

Editorial Reviews

Alyson Mountjoy has created a fabulous resource. It will help prevent the kinds of social and emotional damage that is so often caused by ill-informed self-critical judgements that are made by those with APD about themselves, and/or made by others about them.

Dr Damien Howard

This excellent book is not only useful for children with auditory processing disorder (APD) and their friends and families, who need to understand APD, it is also recommended reading for the professional who needs this insight of APD from the affected child's perspective.

Professor Doris-Eva Bamiou MD MSc FRCP PhD