Special Education
Auditory Processing Deficiency

Here are some tips for helping students with Auditory Processing Deficiency.

  
  • Speak slowly
  • Quiet location with minimal distractions
  • Avoid oral directions (give written directions in addition to oral directions
  • Wait time (allow additional time for student to respond to a question)
  • Break lessons or directions into smaller units
  • Task analysis: what do you need to get from A to B
  • Use examples with relevant, real world, connections
  • Identify question words and what each one is asking
  • Use headphones
  • Use tape recorder for repetition
  • Simplify language
  • Use visual cues
  • Pair share
  • Scaffolding