JCPSLP
Volume 16, Number 2 2014
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Table 1. SLPs’ general treatment of (C)APD
Does your treatment change on
Yes
No
diagnosis of (C)APD? (n = 48)
23
25
If yes, how does your treatment
Focus on auditory
Implement
Implement
Focus on
Advocate for
change? (n = 18)
deficit
environmental
compensatory
language
student
9
modifications
strategies
2
2
3
3
Ever treated a child with (C)APD
Yes
No
without language or literacy
7
39
difficulties? (n = 46)
Approach to treating child with
Compensatory strategies
Other (environmental modifications,
(C)APD without language / literacy
4
language therapy)
difficulties (n = 7)
3
Approach to treating child with
Treat auditory
Treat language/
Use compensatory
Recommend Other (combination
(C)APD and language / literacy
deficit
literacy
strategies
environmental
of previous)
difficulties (n = 43)
3
14
0
modifications
22
4
Most used approach to treating
Treat auditory
Treat language/
Use compensatory
Recommend
Other (depends
child with (C)APD and language /
deficit
literacy
strategies
environmental
on results)
literacy difficulties (n = 43)
3
34
4
modifications
1
4
Table 2. SLPs’ direct auditory treatment for (C)APD
Do you use non-speech auditory
Yes
No
training? (n = 44)
9
35
Is it effective?
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Not effective
Not sure
(C)AP skills (n = 7)
0
4
2
0
1
Language skills (n = 7)
0
3
2
0
2
Literacy skills (n = 8)
2
2
1
1
2
Academic skills (n = 7)
0
1
2
1
3
Do you use non-linguistic simple
Yes
No
speech auditory training? (n = 43)
28
15
Is it effective?
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Not effective
Not sure
(C)AP skills (n = 26)
2
10
6
2
6
Language skills (n = 26)
1
5
9
2
9
Literacy skills (n = 26)
4
8
7
2
5
Academic skills (n = 24)
2
7
4
3
9
Do you use speech-in-noise
Yes
No
training? (n = 42)
14
28
Is it effective?
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Not effective
Not sure
(C)AP skills (n = 2)
0
0
1
0
1
Language skills (n = 3)
0
0
0
1
2
Literacy skills (n = 3)
0
0
0
1
2
Academic skills (n = 3)
0
0
0
1
2
Do you use commercial software
Yes
No
packages? (n = 43)
6
37
(Earobics, n = 3;
Fast ForWord, n = 1)
Are they effective?
Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Not effective
Not sure
(C)AP skills (n = 6)
0
3
3
0
0
Language skills (n = 6)
0
0
5
0
1
Literacy skills (n = 6)
0
1
5
0
0
Academic skills (n = 6)
0
1
4
0
1
