When you’re speaking with a small child — any child, with or without a hearing loss — remember to use SMIRPS:
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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!
The 100 Words of Summer
I wish I could take credit for this great idea, but I heard it from Marguerite Vasconcellos, M.S., CED, LSLS Cert. AVT, at a presentation she gave earlier this year.
Eating an Elephant
There’s an old joke that goes… Q: How do you eat an elephant? A: One bite at a time!
Here’s to the Moms!
HERE’S TO THE MOMS Here’s to the Moms who may not have “signed up” to parent a deaf or hard of hearing child, but do so anyway with grace and love.
Cochlear Celebration 2009: Session Notes
RAISING A CHILD WITH HEARING LOSS (Sherilyn M. Adler, Ph.D.) Dr. Sherilyn M. Adler, a developmental psychologist, psychotherapist, and mother of a teenager who is a CI recipient, gave an excellent presentation on the joys and challenges of parenting children with hearing loss. Drawing from her experience as both a psychologist and a parent, sheContinue reading “Cochlear Celebration 2009: Session Notes”
The Knock Knock Box
What is this? Only one of the greatest therapy tools ever! It’s a “Knock Knock Box”! One of the axioms of AVT is “Hear it before you see it.” In other words, have the child focus on audition (hearing) first, before giving them a visual cue. That’s where the Knock Knock Box comes in. YouContinue reading “The Knock Knock Box”
Print Skills, Writing, and Spelling
A continuation of my notes from a presentation by Kathryn Wilson, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT on January 22-23, 2009 at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, entitled “Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children with Hearing Loss! The Keys: Reading Aloud, Phonemic Awareness, Oral Narration”.
Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children With Hearing Loss
Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children with Hearing Loss! The Keys: Reading Aloud, Phonemic Awareness, and Oral Narration Today I attended an excellent seminar given by Kathryn Wilson, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT on how parents and professionals can use phonological awareness skills to give children with hearing loss the best chanceContinue reading “Unlocking the Doors to Academic Success for Children With Hearing Loss”
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 