Language disorders question

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Is there any specific language disorder where receptive language is much worse than expressive? I've always been told the reverse is true-kids usually understand a lot more than they say but totally not true for my kid. Her receptive language scores are dramatically worse than expressive. 

we have ruled out asd and my child has epilepsy if that helps any. Not sure if the two are related.  

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-auntie-:

I have heard of this happening with older kids and CAPD. Especially when there are deficits related to working memory. ADHDers sometimes test this way if they have trouble attending to incoming spoken word. They may also have memory glitches. Kids with Aspergers sometimes have significantly higher expressive language than receptive especially around topics that are non-preferred.

auditory processing difficulties are common in the kinds of seizures my daughter has. Is there any activities that improve working memory that can be implemented with a 2.5 year old?

i feel like we've made gains with ei but receptive language scores have gotten worse instead of better. It really stinks.  

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-auntie-:

KC_13:

auditory processing difficulties are common in the kinds of seizures my daughter has. Is there any activities that improve working memory that can be implemented with a 2.5 year old?

i feel like we've made gains with ei but receptive language scores have gotten worse instead of better. It really stinks.  

Interesting.

Auditory processing is a skills that improves well into puberty even without intervention. IMHO, most interventions in the form of listening therapy are just ways to part parents from their money and inconvenience entire families. That said, when DS attended the lab reading school, auditory drills were built into the day. His dyslexia was largely around phonemic awareness, so auditory discrimination was a muscle that needed heavy lifting. The weirdest one they did was the clicker- his teacher used to use the clickers dog trainers use to test their students. DS got pretty good at it.

Some things we did to strengthen DS in terms of auditory processing-

1. limit screen time- in a multisensory activity like TV or computer use, kids with CAPD will over-rely on their visual skills which mature much earlier.

2. exercise listening skills by reading aloud. I used to read to DS every night for an hour or so until he was in 8th grade.

3. Replace some video time with audio entertainment. When DS attended the reading school we car pooled an hour each way. Two of the three drivers played books on tape for the ride to work on these skills.

A lot of people swear by sound fields/amplification for kids with CAPD. DS's old  elementary school has sound fields. It helps the speech portion of the sound stand out from background noise.

I like this book for CAPD-

 https://www.amazon.com/When-Brain-Cant-Hear-Unraveling/dp/0743428641

 

 

 

 Thanks for the info. We do limit tv though will not banish it entirely because its oddly organizing to her. We read about 500,000 books a day because its her favorite activity. She's a pretty passive kid and loves to be read to. Will definitely look into audio books-I have an iPad so I could put it high out of sight and let books play while I do housework during the day.

will order that book from amazon-it looks like it has some info on younger kids I may find helpful. Thanks again.  

pastalady

DD tested like that. The truth was she just didn't feel the need to answer any questions the examiner asked lol! But she talked about what interested her, classic Asperger's traits. We told the tester the results couldn't possibly be accurate. She just selectively ignores what is of no interest to her. But we got stuck with the results lol! Severe receptive language delay, normal expressive and advanced vocabulary. So weird lol! After 6 months of therapy she was retested to show above average receptive language. To us, it's more of a social communication issue.