Self-advocacy

Ability to act to gets needs met - including, but not limited to - asking communication partner to speak up, moving self to adjust volume/noise, student asking teacher to use an assistance device, or to ask for batteries changed in a hearing device.

• Phone call to the library to see if a book is in 2

• Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) - Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a hearing problem that affects about 3%–5% of school-aged children. Kids with this condition, also known as central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), can't understand what they hear in the same way other kids do. This is because their ears and brain don't fully coordinate.