Tag Archives: Professionals

AG Bell 2012: Ling’s Legacy Short Course

Ling’s Legacy: Speech in the 21st Century Mary D. McGinnis, Ph.D.c, LSLS Cert. AVT. John Tracy Clinic Dimity Dornan, AM, A/Prof UQ, PhD UQ, HonDUniv USQ, BSpThy, FSPAA, CpSp, LSLS Cert AVT. Hear and Say Centre Carol Flexer, Ph.D., CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT. University of Akron Christina Perigoe, Ph.D., CED, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT. University of Southern Mississippi  

Bilingual Oral Language Learners

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop on bilingual speech-language pathology.  As the United States becomes more diverse, more and more SLPs and other professionals are facing caseloads with clients who are not native English speakers.

Parent Participation in Auditory Verbal Therapy

One of the hallmarks of Auditory Verbal Therapy is the belief that parents and caregivers are their children’s primary language teachers.  In fact, six of the ten Principles of LSLS Auditory Verbal Therapy begin with the words, “Guide and coach parents[…]“

Anatomy of an AVT Session

There are many ways to provide high quality services in keeping with the Principles of Auditory Verbal Therapy, and this is just one example of a sixty-minute session (times are approximate and, obviously, will vary from session to session – they are more for organization than exact measures).

No More Naked Crafts!

I love making crafts with children in therapy. It provides a great way to engage children in a variety of pre-academic and fine motor skills while working on objectives in language, listening, and speech. Making something beautiful in therapy gives children a “talking point” to show off to friends and family members throughout the week,Continue reading “No More Naked Crafts!”

Let’s Make a Book!

If you give a therapist a book… she’s going to want to make one more. Here are some ideas for creating books in therapy to help develop children’s language and pre-literacy skills, as well as to encourage home carry-over of therapy objectives.