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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fact four: many don’t GAF if Auditory Processing Disorder is a diagnosis in the DSM-V.[/quote]

Perhaps.  But [b]insurance companies and school systems care, as they won’t recognize and provide services for conditions that aren’t in the DSM-V[/b].

I don’t personally think that noting this is hijacking a thread or unhelpful. 
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I'm the OP of the APD thread, and this information right here would've been VERY useful! I don't think that was said once. Maybe it was "assumed" I knew it? Well that isn't the case. This would've been FAR more useful than repeatedly expressing APD doesn't exist or that my child has autism. Relevant information is absolutely welcome, but just be a decent human being.

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DP, and maybe I am wrong, but I seriously doubt that Jeff would delete a post that said: Hey, just a heads up from my experience, you might have a hard time getting insurance coverage for a visit because APD isn't in the DSM-V.

That was not the tone of the posts in that thread, through.
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No, that was not expressed in any manner, and again, would've been extremely useful! It's funny I happened to read this thread and find it out here![/quote]

As a special educator who has been to man many eligibility determination meetings the above is wrong.  School systems do not use the DSM in determining funding and services. One of the big issues that families  of kids with ASD and related conditions face is that the IDEA definitions for Autism aren't the same as the DSM ones, and so there are kids who meet criteria for one and not the other.

Now, in order for a kid with APD to get special ed services, you need to prove that they fit into one of the IDEA categories, just like you would for a kid with ADHD, or dyslexia, epilepsy, or many other specific diagnoses that cause kids to qualify under broader eligibility categories like OHI or SLD.  But kids with APD absolutely can get services.

In addition, I would point out that APD is a diagnosis supported by ASHA, an organization that tends to be pretty conservative in what it endorses. [/quote]

As a practical matter, though, the IEP accommodations don't turn on the IEP  label. So the APD OP shouldn't feel like she "has" to get the APD dx in order to get APD accommodations.  [/quote]

As a special ed teacher, though, there are certain APD accommodations, like FM systems, that will come from an audiologist's report.

In my experience, the diagnosis is pretty useless to me in crafting an IEP or working with a kid.  The specific recommendations from people like SLP's, Audiologists, etc . . . are much more useful.  But in the case of APD, the testing they'd need for both is the same.  [/quote]

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