Do you have students working on listening for critical elements? Create five file folder games, each working on listening for 1, 2, 3, and 4 critical elements. Use the file folder games for collecting baselines, practice, or assessment.Critical elements are pieces of information, presented auditorally, which the student must hold in his/her short-term memory to perform a task. Listening for critical elements goals are typical for students with hearing loss or (central) auditory processing dis