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Summary: 300 Pages Of Case Studies....
Review: This book spends most of it's time presenting case studies with very little practical information. It seems to go on endlessly with the author's personal experiences. Almost like she's trying to convince herself as well as the reader that this disorder really exists. My wife purchased this book on sight at a local book store. She read the cover flaps and hoped we might gain some insight on how to help our son. You can't judge a book by the cover. There is very little material here (except for a few very basic and vague techniques) one can apply to actually helping someone who has or is suspected of having APD. There's almost 200 pages gone before anything even remotely practical on treatmant is written. Actually, most places in this book where the term "APD" is written, you could substitute "PDD", "ADD", "ADHD" or whatever the fad diagnosis of the month is. It would still read about the same.
If you have a child with learning disabilities I suggest William Shaw's book "Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD".
Shaw's book demonstrates concrete ways on how to help you child.
This book left us with more questions than answers. ...
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Summary: Bravo Teri
Review: This is the best book I have read so far on the topic of APD. Teri Bellis has taken a very controversial topic and explained it in terms for all those who are working with the APD child/person. After finishing this book I have a better understanding of what APD is, how to diagnose it, and how to treat it. Thank you, Teri. You have helped me be a better speech/language pathologist and an advocate for my students who have APD. I recommend it to other special ed. teachers, regular ed. teachers, administrators, and parents
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Summary: APD understood
Review: What an informative and wonderfully supportive text this is. I have a 15 year old son who suffers from APD as well as visual stress and dyslexia. This book confirmed everything I have been saying for years, but no-one believed me. It gave me hope that this affliction will eventually become recognised in UK and that so many young people will no longer suffer an interrupted education because no-one knows what their difficulty is. I have talked to many professionals about APD and they have never heard of it! I recommend this book to every one of them. Read it if you are involved with education, or young people or adults in any capacity, it will change your perception of them for ever. Well done Teri James Bellis, and thank you for such a rivetting read. I couldn't put this book down. I learned so much.
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Summary: Oh my gosh, NLD is mentioned!
Review: When killing time at my local book store, I always to go the learning disabilities section because as an adult with a non verbal learning disability, I am curious to see if anything new has been written. Usually, it's the same old, same old and of course, most of the books seem to act like NLD doesn't exist. Boy, was I in for a surprise when all of a sudden, I noticed the book, "When the Brain Can't Hear". I decided to take a look at it because I feel I have an undiagnosed auditory processing disorder in addition to NLD. I thought I'd drop dead of shock when I noticed that NLD was mentioned in several areas. Also the author specifically mentioned that a specific kind of auditory processing disorder can originate in the right hemisphere vs the more common left hemisphere ones that most people are familiar with. But mentioning NLD wasn't the only reason why I enjoyed the book. Dr. Bellis, the author, does a great job of explaining the different types of ADP and provides excellent clues as to which one you might have if you haven't yet received a formal evaluation of your auditory processing problems. She helped me figure out that mine might be orginating from the left hemisphere even though I have NLD. Of course, I need a formal evaluation but her information was very helpful to me. I have read alot about auditory processing disorder and definately feel that this author has provided the best explanations to date. In my opinion, they are clear, consise, and in language the layperson can understand. Even though I feel my auditory processing disorder is the least of my worries, it took me all of 2 seconds to decide to buy this book. It is so rare that you find an author like Dr. Bellis who is very compassionate and really does seem to get it. In my opinion, if you buy the book, you will be very happy that you did.
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