CAPD-related Resources

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Sharon Landrud
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program Facilitator and Reading Coordinator
Intermediate District 287
1820 Xenium Lane North
Plymouth, MN 55441
www.district287.org
Ph: (763) 559-3535
Intermediate District 287 was created by thirteen area districts to provide educational services and programs that complement and support their own programs. The mission of Intermediate District 287 is to creatively meet the diverse and changing needs of learners through cooperatively delivered, high-quality, cost-effective services. These services include Administration, Special Education, and Teaching and Learning. Member districts: Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Orono, Osseo, Richfield, Robbinsdale, St. Louis Park, Wayzata, and Westonka. District 287 offers the services of an Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Specialist, providing individualized educational support for students who have been diagnosed by a clinical audiologist with APD, or students referred by educational teams who require screening, assessment, consultation, or in-servicing relative to APD issues.

Teri James Bellis, Ph.D.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Center
Department of Communication Disorders
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
www.usd.edu/dcom
Ph: (605) 677-5474
Fax: (605) 677-5767
Dr. Bellis, the author of "Assessment and Management of Central Auditory Processing Disorders in the Educational Setting," and "When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder," and her team provide comprehensive CAPD assessment and consultation services through the Speech, Language, and Hearing Center, Department of Communication Disorders, University of South Dakota, Vermillion.

Cassandra (Cassie) Billiet, Au.D., CCC-A, FAAA
Oakdale Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic
Maple Grove Office
9825 Hospital Drive, Suite 203
Maple Grove, Minnesota 55369
www.oakdaleent.com
Appointments: (763) 520-7840
Dr. Billiet graduated with a Doctor of Audiology degree from The University of South Dakota. Dr. Billiet is a licensed audiologist in the state of Minnesota and holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A). She is a member of the Minnesota Academy of Audiology, the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, and the American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Billiet’s primary areas of interest include diagnosis and management of hearing loss in adults and children, hearing aid assessment and fitting, and central auditory processing disorders.

Vicki M. Anderson, Au.D.
HealthPartners Audiology
vicki.m.anderson@healthpartners.com
Ph: (651) 999-4639
HealthPartners has developed an Auditory Processing Disorder assessment protocol, using a modified “minimal test battery” approach (Jerger and Musiek 2000), within a team model––incorporating speech/language pathology, educational psychology, pediatric neurology and neuro-otology as needed, in addition to an audiology component.

To learn more about APDs–sometimes known as Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPDs)–link to our related LD resource page here.