HEARING & AUDITORY PROCESSING
THE PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF AUDITORY PROCESSING
DISORDER AND DISCUSS HOW IT IS DEFINED, ASSESSED AND TREATED. IT
WILL ALSO CLARIFY HOW APD CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER CONDITIONS
SUCH AS ADHD-PREDOMINANTLY INATTENTIVE PRESENTATION AND LANGUAGE
DISORDER ALL OF WHICH CAN SHARE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS.
DEVON BARNES B.SP.THY, MSPA, CPSP
DEVON BARNES IS THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF LINDFIELD SPEECH PATHOLOGY &
LEARNING CENTRE WHICH SHE ESTABLISHED IN 1990. SHE HAS ALMOST 50 YEARS
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPEECH, LANGUAGE,
LITERACY AND LEARNING PROBLEMS INCLUDING DYSLEXIA, AUDITORY PROCESSING
DISORDER AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
DEVON IS ALSO THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF LEARNFAST AUSTRALIA, WHICH
PROVIDES NEUROSCIENCE BASED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH LANGUAGE,
LEARNING, LITERACY, WORKING MEMORY AND SOCIAL SKILLS.
DEVON LEADS A TEAM OF 11 SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS
INCLUDING CHILD PSYCHOLOGISTS, OCCUPATION THERAPISTS, AND
PAEDIATRICIANS.
DEVON REGULARLY ATTENDS CONFERENCES IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS, SEEKING
OUT THE LATEST RESEARCH AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES. SHE IS ALSO A
FREQUENTLY INVITED SPEAKER AT AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
AND OFTEN PRESENTS TO SCHOOLS ON THE NEUROSCIENCE OF LEARNING AND
LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.
DEVON HAS WORKED IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WITH ADULTS
AND CHILDREN AS BOTH A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AND AN AUDIOLOGIST. SHE HAS
WORKED IN HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES WHERE HER
FOCUS WAS MANAGING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING AND ASSOCIATED EMOTIONAL
DIFFICULTIES.
HER WORK INCLUDED SPECIAL SCHOOLS WHERE SHE TREATED CHILDREN WITH
HEARING IMPAIRMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, AND LANGUAGE AND LEARNING
DIFFICULTIES.
IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT SHE TREATED ADULTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL
IMPAIRMENT RESULTING FROM ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURIES.
DEVON HAS AUTHORED 3 EBOOKS ON AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER, DYSLEXIA
AND PHONICS.
DEVON CAN BE CONTACTED AT: DEVON@LINDFIELDSPEECH.COM.AU
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