Self Assessments

Before you come to us...

Hearing is PASSIVE, listening is ACTIVE.
We hear: a bird chirping outside, a car driving along the road, a door closing down the corridor, a chair scrape in the classroom next door.
But we do not have to actually listen to all of these things. If we listen to every inconsequential sound we will be easily distracted from the task we are supposed to be focused on or attending to, such as the teacher teaching or completing our work.

Indicators of difficulties with AUDITORY PROCESSING that we can help with:

Difficulties retaining information or instructions
Difficulties remaining focused and following a conversation, especially in a noisy environment
Lack of fluency and/or accuracy in reading
Poor spelling
Poor comprehension and need to re-read written information
Saying "Huh?" or "What did you say?" OFTEN
Or maybe not even hear or respond!
Poor concentration, organisation, planning, and time management skills
Poor school results but appear quite bright
Seems to make friendships and break friendships regularly
Lack of confidence and poor self-esteem
Difficulties expressing ideas orally

The Body-Ears-Eyes-Brain Connection: We LISTEN and LEARN through our whole body. The more ways or modes that we can get information in to our brain, the greater the likelihood that we will remember-understand and be able to use (implement) that information. We gather information via smells, taste, touch, hearing, seeing, and emotional feeling.

Below we've assembled a number of simple tests and checklists that you can do at home with your child. Identifying and acknowledging the difficulties your child has with learning are the first steps you can take to improving your child's education and well-being.

The Bloom Hearing Test
This free online hearing test takes only 10 minutes, and you can determine that your child's hearing is not the problem with their listening. We don't promote this business, but it's a good, quick way to eliminate factors which cause your child's learning difficulties.

The Test of Auditory Analysis Skills
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This test determines how well your Reception to Year 3 child is able to hear and identify the order and number of syllables and sounds in a word. Phonological awareness is one of the strongest predictors of literacy achievement.

Working Memory Checklist
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The Working Memory Checklist and the Listening Checklist are only observational; things you've noticed your child doing, or perhaps had thought was odd and didn't realise it could be defined until you saw it here.

Listening Checklist
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If you ticked 8 or more items on either of these checklists, head on over to Our Process & Program to see how we can help your child benefit the most from their education.

When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows. Not the flower."
~ Alexander den Heijer