Our son has been doing speech for years, and I have not seen or read much about speech therapists doing specific therapy for CAPD kids. The one thing I did read was that some therapists will turn on a radio or other competing noise to help exercise the auditory system while giving the therapy. In our son's case, his speech is mostly getting him to talk. He is slow to process what he hears, so his responses to questions are often slow or absent. He also has missed so much social information that he is awkward socially, so some of his sessions are done in groups and teach the pragmatics.

I think obviously the therapist should be licensed, but besides that he/she should not have an accent, have at least a basic knowledge of CAPD, have a strong voice (not talk in a whisper), and be able to articulate specific speech goals for your son.

If your son has speech issues, the school should provide a therapist. In that case you usually don't get to choose who it is, you have to take who they give you.

Can't think of anything else at the moment.

HTH,
Bonnie

Diana, have you found a speech therapist with experience with CAPD? I haven't met one. We had our son assessed by a learning disabilities specialist who was also a speech therapist, and even she said she had little exposure. How amazing that would be to have a speech therapist who could provide therapy in the context of the CAPD. I'm going to talk to his school speech therapist and see what she knows...

HELP  PLZ!! I was diagnosed w CAPD as a teen, can I get disability now @ the age of 28 or do I need to be re diagnosed as an adult?! Anyone know?!