Abstract: Do you have a child on your caseload with hearing loss and you *think* you know what to do but aren't quite sure? This course will help build your confidence and skill set for maximum outcomes. This presentation will be highly interactive and involve collaborative group work.
Description: There is so much to learn in our field and information changes so rapidly that it's difficult to keep up with all populations and disorders. In this course, the attendee will increase their knowledge in working with children with hearing loss and be able to apply the information in a functional and practical way. Not sure where to start? Not sure how intervention will work? This presentation will detail various therapeutic strategies to use when working with children with hearing loss and guide clinicians in planning and executing successful intervention. Clinicians will build their confidence and skill set and help guide the child in progressing through communication milestones based on developmental norms.
Presentation Format & Methods: Power Point/Google Slides with Interactive Lecture and Group Work
Supporting Research: Reference 1: Early hearing detection and vocabulary of children with hearing loss. C Yoshinaga-Itano, AL Sedey, M Wiggin, W. Chung - Pediatrics (2017) 140 (2): e20162964.
Supporting Research: Reference 2: Kral, A., & Lenarz, T. (2015). How the brain learns to listen: Deafness and the bionic ear. E-Neuroforum, 6(1):21-28.
Supporting Research: Reference 3: Suskind, D. (2015). Thirty million words: Building a child’s brain. New York: Penguin Random House.
Supporting Research: Reference 4: Zupan, B., & Sussman, J.E. (2009). Auditory preferences of young children with and without hearing loss for meaningful auditory–visual compound stimuli. Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 381–396.
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Learning Objectives:
As a result of this course, participants will be able to list 3 strategies to use at the beginning of intervention for successful outcomes.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to list 3 resources to use or reference for intervention for children with hearing loss across the age span of 0-21 years old.
At the end of this course, participants will list up to 4 professionals that might interface with a child with hearing loss.
The participant will be able to develop a basic roadmap for developing functional communication for listening/audition, expressive, pre-literacy, articulation and pragmatics as practiced in the presentation in a group setting.