Two weeks ago, I attended an excellent presentation on deaf education in Costa Rica. The presenters were listening and spoken language educators, one of whom completed her training at Fontbonne in St. Louis, MO, USA. Together with other listening and spoken language professionals in Costa Rica, they are active members of Adis, an organization dedicated to:
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Speech/Articulation Issue or a Hearing Problem?
Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether or not a child with a hearing loss is presenting with a true speech and/or language disorder, or if the problems in their speech and language skills are due to hearing loss alone. For some children, you think, “Wow. This child probably would have had speech/language issues even withoutContinue reading “Speech/Articulation Issue or a Hearing Problem?”
AG Bell Symposium 2009: Saturday Sessions
Bright and early Saturday morning, we braved the rain to make it to Day Two of the Symposium… and it was well worth it! Here is what I learned…
AG Bell Symposium 2009: Friday Sessions
GENERAL SESSION: Development of Executive Control in Preschool Children (Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Parent Advocacy Strategies
Congratulations! You are the parent of a wonderful child, and, among many other wonderful traits, your child happens to have a hearing loss. Now, on top of running to school events, work, and other family obligations, you have also earned yourself a new job title: ADVOCATE.
Family Communication Self-Evaluation Checklist
I recently came across this Family Communication Self-Evaluation checklist. I believe it illustrates several points (does the child have access to ALL of the same information as hearing peers? is communication easy for both parents and children? etc.) that are crucial for parents to consider when choosing a method of communication/education for their child withContinue reading “Family Communication Self-Evaluation Checklist”
Duct Tape Activities
I don’t know what it is about duct tape, but it is almost universally fascinating. For “just tape” it’s awfully fun, and very useful to lots of people. In my weekly clinic meeting, my supervisor challenged my fellow graduate clinicians and I to come up with activities to target speech and language goals using justContinue reading “Duct Tape Activities”
SMIRPS
When you’re speaking with a small child — any child, with or without a hearing loss — remember to use SMIRPS:
The Next Level
Hooray, hooray! You’ve mastered a goal! Where to now? There are some simple ways to take a skill that your child has mastered and “kick it up a notch” to continue to challenge them to expand their skills. Try this:
Shh!
One of my favorite Auditory-Verbal strategies is also one that, at first, seems ridiculously couterintuitive — whisper!
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 