Therapy Tips – Page 9 – Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig

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!

Resource Files

One of the most crucial aspects of a listening and spoken language intervention with children who are deaf or hard of hearing is PARENT TRAINING. Parents must be empowered to be their child’s primary teacher and language facilitator. Professionals help parents along this journey by modeling skills and techniques, providing information, and guiding and coachingContinue reading “Resource Files”

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”

Hold Your Tongue!

When you’re working with a child with a language gap, the temptation is to just pour language into them like there’s no tomorrow… and the assumption is partially correct. Constant narration of daily events and stimulation in a language rich environment is crucial to helping our children “make up for lost time” and eliminate the disparities betweenContinue reading “Hold Your Tongue!”

Play It By Ear Seminar: Day Two

AUDITORY INTERVENTION IN ACTION Joanna Smith, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT and Teresa Caraway, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT (both from Hearts for Hearing)

Play It By Ear Seminar: Day One

SETTING THE STAGE TO MAXIMIZE AUDITORY POTENTIAL: AGRESSIVE AUDIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT AND USE OF HEARING TECHNOLOGY Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., CCC-A (Hearts for Hearing) The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing published its latest position statement on October 1, 2007. Some of the most significant changes are: