Communicating Phonics - The Communication Trust

Communicating PhonicsSection 4 > Different types of speech, language and communication needs > Children with auditory processing disorder or CAPDCase StudyJoel is finding it really hard at school. Although people generallythink he’s a bright boy, he never seems to follow instructionsand often says things like ‘what’ or ‘huh’ when he’s asked to dosomething. As well as English, Joel seems to really struggle to workout things like maths puzzles or describe what’s happening inscience.Staff can get frustrated with him because often, if they repeat whatthey said again, he will do it. Lots of people think he doesn’t listenbecause they know that they gave their instruction loud enough forhim to hear it.During the phonics screening check Joel found it hard to hold thesequence of sounds and blend them; he often forgot the first soundand so got it wrong. He made mistakes on the sounds that soundedsimilar and said things like ‘tig’ instead of ‘dig’.What helps JoelWhen he was given extra teaching of phonological awareness, hebecame better at hearing sounds in words. His teaching assistantused Cued Articulation and it helped him to ‘see’ the sounds as wellas hear them.35