Statewide

What is better than food, fun, and friends? That is what will be at the Better Speech and Hearing Month Picnic. This is an opportunity for the Deaf and hard of hearing community to cross age and location boundaries to meet and learn from each other. Open to Deaf and hard of hearing children, their families, and siblings!

• Learn the advanced principles, concepts, and techniques of Auditory-Verbal Therapy as it relates to infants and toddlers.
• Learn to assess infants/toddlers and formulate family-centered goals.
• Learn specific auditory-verbal techniques for structured and natural environment activities that establish early listening and spoken communication.
• Learn strategies and techniques for Parent Training.
• Earn 0.6 ASHA CEUs!

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS-Cert.AVT

• Learn how to plan auditory activities efficiently using a limited set of materials ("toolsets")
• Learn how to use each toolset for varied auditory skill levels (e.g., pattern perception, word-level, connected language, etc.)
• Learn how to use the same toolset for different auditory skill types (e.g., auditory feedback, discrimination, comprehension, etc.)
• Learn how activity templates can simplify planning and preparation for large caseloads
• Earn 0.4 ASHA CEUs!

• Examine the foundational auditory skills that can lead to higher levels of academic achievement
• Learn to plan auditory activities that focus on these foundational skills while developing vocabulary, targeting spoken language and building curricular concepts
• Connect specific auditory skills to connected spoken language used in academic learning e.g. explanations, discussions, and factual information
• Learn how to plan a session that develops listening and spoken language using cross-curricular academic content
• Earn 0.4 ASHA CEUs!

• Learn how CI differs from hearing aids; Expectations for children.
• Learn how to interpret the processor map in terms of speech acoustics.
• Learn how to use therapy to ensure that the CI is adjusted appropriately.
• Learn how to customize auditory activities for children with a CI.
• Earn 0.4 ASHA CEUs!

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS-Cert.AVT

• Learn how children with hearing loss develop intelligible spoken language through audition
• Learn about the acoustic cues for speech that are available for auditory-verbal development
• Learn auditory strategies and techniques for developmental as well as remedial instruction
• Learn a basic hierarchy of auditory skills specific to phonetic level development
• Examine a variety of listening activities for varying stages of development, as well as strategies for generalization of skills
• Earn ASHA CEUs!

• Learn how to plan effective auditory activities that make up a session.
• Learn how to use a conversational approach in your activities.
• Learn how to achieve multiple objectives with a single activity.
• Learn how to set up auditory routines to focus on listening and spoken language.
• Learn how to use different types of activities for different auditory objectives.
• Earn ASHA CEUs!

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS-Cert.AVT

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS-Cert.AVT

Intended Audience: Teachers of the Deaf, Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, Special Educators & other professionals who work with children with hearing loss.

Registration: $89 per participant Click Here to Register Now!

Pratibha Srinivasan is the presenter for this introductory class about Auditory-Verbal Therapy which is a prerequisite for other workshops offered through this program.