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Speakers Series, Saturday Workshop & Community Discussion Presentation Materials

From time-to-time our esteemed presenters allow us to publish their presentations online here!

 

December 3, 2009
IDA-UMB Speaker Series Event
The Educational 'Lens" of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
featuring Sherry Landrud, Intermediate District 287 (MN)

Sherry Landrud, Deaf/Hard of Hearing program facilitator, reading coordinator and APD specialist for Intermediate District 287 (MN), recently presented an informative IDA-UMB speakers series discussion on the role of schools in educating children with Auditory Processing Disorder in December of 2009. Ms. Landrud covered what services Minnesota schools should be providing in all aspects of the educational process, including the school's role in evaluating APD, determining special education services, suggested IEP accommodations, as well as advocacy tips for both parents and students. She has graciously allowed us to post her presentation here.

The Educational "Lens" of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
IDA-UMB Speaker Series Event, December 3, 2009 (Pdf file)

In 2009, Landrud was selected as the Intermediate District 287 Minnesota Teacher of the Year nominee. An educator for 34 years, Ms. Landrud also provides in-service consultations to school teams in the area of Auditory Processing Disorders. She is the reading coordinator for Intermediate District 287's site-based programs, and teaches in the deaf education/educational psychology graduate program as an adjunct faculty instructor at the University of Minnesota.