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Listening Works Auditory Processing Series Booklets
	These provide a clear and easy-to-read account of Auditory Processing (AP) and its importance for understanding Learning Difficulty, especially reading problems. They give strategies that help children to learn better. The basis of the problems is explained, so the methods that will improve school achievement become clear. Parents and teachers can gain valuable new insights into children’s learning and behaviour from reading these booklets.
	Inadequate Auditory Processing is one of the commonest factors involved in communication/language problems, but it is often not recognised. The effects can be varied and far-reaching. The ability to communicate well with language is critical for children’s self-esteem. An understanding of these problems leads to better relationships between parents and children, and more effective classroom management in school.
	These booklets have been written by Lesley Tan, who is a practising audiologist as well as an experienced educator, with expertise in the relationship between Auditory Processing and listening problems.
	“Behaviour, Communication and Auditory Processing” [order] gives an overview of the importance of AP, based on many years of experience with children at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Communication difficulties lead to anxiety and cause or increase behaviour problems in children. Advice which has been effective for those seen in hospital clinics, is now available for parents, teachers and health professionals. (16 pages, first published 1998.)
	“Auditory Processing at School” [order] is directed particularly towards educational aspects. For each section there is practical advice, which is clearly set out in point form for easy reference. The advice is also summarised as a handy double page spread. Topics include: basic learning; oral language and literacy; reading, spelling and writing; maths; implications at upper grade levels; peer interactions; why AP delay can be hard to recognise; self-esteem, problem behaviour, and anxiety; special children (eg. deaf, multilingual). (40 pages, first published 1999.)
	“Auditory Processing at Home” [order] gives examples and applications so that the effects of AP in the family can be understood and managed better at home. (16 pages, first published 1998.)
	“Auditory Processing and the Under Sixes” [order] shows how to help children with early communication problems, slow development of language and poor social skills. Parents and health professionals will find it offers them new ideas with very practical applications. The strategies make sense, because they fit in with the observed behaviour of the child. Examples make the interpretation clear and the advice is easy to follow. Topics include: the development of auditory processing; everyday effects of AP difficulties; why language comprehension problems are not obvious; helping children who are slow to talk; children with special needs; developmental readiness and learning. (47 pages, first published 2000.)
	Parents say: “We have experienced a real break-through with our daughter, after learning about auditory processing from these booklets.” “I read the two little books, Behaviour, Communication & Auditory Processing and Auditory Processing at Home, and found them a goldmine — so much useful information in these little books.” “Our son was clearly in need of help, but no-one seemed to know how to help him. Now he is really making progress.”	Teachers and educational consultants report: “The advice is practical and makes sense.” “Auditory Processing at School has opened my eyes to things that were right there in front of me, but which I could not see before.” “These books gave me the strategies I needed for some of my pupils. I now find that my whole class is benefiting because I have made some changes.” “I work with children who are developmentally delayed. They are over 6 years old, but I found that Auditory Processing and the Under Sixes gave me new approaches for them. I can see benefits already.”

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