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Table 1. SLPs’ general treatment of (C)APD

Does your treatment change on diagnosis of (C)APD? (n = 48)

Yes

No 25

23

If yes, how does your treatment

Focus on auditory

Implement

Implement

Focus on language

Advocate for

change? (n = 18)

deficit

environmental modifications

compensatory

student

9

strategies

2

2

3

3

Ever treated a child with (C)APD without language or literacy difficulties? (n = 46) Approach to treating child with (C)APD without language / literacy

Yes

No 39

7

Compensatory strategies

Other (environmental modifications,

4

language therapy)

difficulties (n = 7)

3

Approach to treating child with (C)APD and language / literacy

Treat auditory

Treat language/

Use compensatory

Recommend Other (combination

deficit

literacy

strategies

environmental modifications

of previous)

difficulties (n = 43)

3

14

0

22

4

Most used approach to treating child with (C)APD and language /

Treat auditory

Treat language/

Use compensatory

Recommend environmental modifications

Other (depends

deficit

literacy

strategies

on results)

literacy difficulties (n = 43)

3

34

4

1

4

Table 2. SLPs’ direct auditory treatment for (C)APD

Do you use non-speech auditory

Yes

No 35

training? (n = 44)

9

Is it effective?

Very effective

Effective

Somewhat effective

Not effective

Not sure

(C)AP skills (n = 7)

0 0 2 0

4 3 2 1

2 2 1 2

0 0 1 1

1 2 2 3

Language skills (n = 7) Literacy skills (n = 8) Academic skills (n = 7)

Do you use non-linguistic simple speech auditory training? (n = 43)

Yes

No 15

28

Is it effective?

Very effective

Effective

Somewhat effective

Not effective

Not sure

(C)AP skills (n = 26)

2 1 4 2

10

6 9 7 4

2 2 2 3

6 9 5 9

Language skills (n = 26) Literacy skills (n = 26) Academic skills (n = 24)

5 8 7

Do you use speech-in-noise

Yes

No 28

training? (n = 42)

14

Is it effective?

Very effective

Effective

Somewhat effective

Not effective

Not sure

(C)AP skills (n = 2)

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

0 1 1 1

1 2 2 2

Language skills (n = 3) Literacy skills (n = 3) Academic skills (n = 3)

Do you use commercial software

Yes

No 37

packages? (n = 43)

6

(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 0 0 0

3 0 1 1

3 5 5 4

0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1

Language skills (n = 6) Literacy skills (n = 6) Academic skills (n = 6)

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