[DET62]

Anyone who has adopted a child over the age of an infant should read this.

I adopted a 13 year old [now age 15] and am in the process of adopting a 10 year old from Kaz. My daughter has been having some behavior issues of late, and I have scheduled her to go in for a wide range of testing. I spoke this morning to the doctor who is doing her Auditory Processing Disorder [ADP] testing.

ADP is a problem with how the brain interprets what it hears. A person's hearing may be fine, but their perception may be off, and it may be ADP. They CAN treat this problem, so it's not a hopeless thing.

Certain clues told me she likely has ADP. My daughter frequently doesn't retain information. I'll tell her we're going to the store, we get in the car, and 5 minutes later she asks where we are going. She can't sing on key [or even close]. Her math teacher told me she could explain how to work a math problem to Alesia, and 10 minutes later she didn't remember it. Certain sounds [like a knife scraping a dinner plate] drive her nuts. She often complains about the tone of my voice if I'm brusque or businesslike.

The official tests are not for several weeks, but I am sure Alesia has ADP, to some degree. I did some research on the net, and found a scholarly article that is really informative.

http://www.nldline.com/lucker.htm
[if you scroll down to the bottom, you will see a list of things to look for in kids with APD - she has most of these]

Just so you know, ADP is often misdiagnosed as ADD or other things. So it's worth it to do a little research on this and get your child tested if you even suspect there may be a problem.

I have been pretty discouraged about Alesia's issues, but now I feel really hopeful.

I'd welcome input from anyone else who has some experience with this.

Dee

[waitinginnj]

My nephew has ADP - he was diagnosed pretty young. He is going to be a junior in HS. He is normal classes, but school doesn't come easy.

A lot of times it is a matter of finding a way that they information travels through the brain and not getting stuck. So my sister works on finding alternative ways to share information, if the first way doesn't sink in.

I hope that having a diagnosis will help in your case too.

[angelkisses0102]

I wish you all the best with the testing...hopefully it will help you both. Thanks so much for the great info as well!

[SingleMama2B]

Thanks for posting this..... I am going to also look into this alittle more. My DD has issues (some diagnosed), but she has her regular doctors appointment with her Ped. Neurologist next Monday and will ask him about this as a possibility. She will also be going to a Neuro Psychologist Occupational Therapist in August, and something I will too ask her about. It sounds classic of my DD. We did have an EEG done, and she does have "current" through her entire brain, but the general feeling at this point is, is that the neurons are mis-firing.

Very interesting... Thanks again!