Living with Auditory Processing Disorder and How to Make Real Change - Adalyn Smith

Jill Stowell talks to Adalyn Smith, a high school student with Auditory Processing Disorder:
✔️ What it's REALLY like to have APD
✔️ How to advocate for your student
✔️ Tips for students with APD on navigating school & social life

PLUS Jill talks about how Auditory Training can permanently change APD!

01:24 Free copy of At Wit’s End
02:25 Join MOM Squad
03:17 Adalyn is introduced
04:08 Adalyn shares her story
04:56 An experience that gave Adalyn great insight into herself
07:01 How Adalyn is getting the word out about Auditory Processing Disorder
08:24 APD posing as ADHD- why they are not the same
10:10 Adalyn shares what it’s like to have APD
11:53 What is it like for a person with APD during a class lecture?
15:27 The exhausting task of doing homework
17:43 Advocating for your needs in the classroom
21:53 How is her diagnosis received by her teachers?
25:25 What accommodations have worked for Adalyn?
27:39 What did not work?
33:10 Question: My teen doesn't want the added attention, so they won’t get help. What can Adalyn recommend?
42:20 Social situations- what is that like for someone with APD?
46:15 “Being late to a conversation”
48:25 Advice to teens with APD
49:58 You need to know your body- breaks are good for you!
52:06 APD can be improved
56:48 Question: Is APD hereditary? What are some resources for parents?
1:00:15 PEACE meeting
1:01:25 Final thoughts from Adalyn


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