Services
One to one support with children and families using auditory verbal strategies
One to one support with children and families using auditory verbal strategies
One to one support with children and families using auditory verbal strategies
I am a Teacher of the Deaf offering support using auditory verbal strategies with children 0-6 years old, who are deaf or hard of hearing, and their families. I am currently near the end of my advanced training towards certification with AVUK and AG Bell, the global governing body for training as a Listening and Spoken Language Therapist.
I am a Teacher of the Deaf offering support using auditory verbal strategies with children 0-6 years old, who are deaf or hard of hearing, and their families. I am currently near the end of my advanced training towards certification with AVUK and AG Bell, the global governing body for training as a Listening and Spoken Language Therapist.
Auditory Verbal Therapy is a highly specialist early intervention programme, which equips families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing with the tools to accelerate their spoken language development and ‘narrow the gap’ between them and their hearing peers. The approach includes optimum use of technology (hearing aids and cochlear implants) so that they have the best chance of learning to listen and learn spoken language. There is a critical period for developing spoken language in the early years.
One to one teaching of language and literacy
One to one support with children and families using auditory verbal strategies
One to one support with children and families using auditory verbal strategies
The foundations of literacy start within the first few months of life. Books can be used as building blocks for listening and spoken language and given the right strategies, parents can encourage a good phonological (letters and sounds) awareness from an early age. Books are part of every language session and lay the foundations for later
The foundations of literacy start within the first few months of life. Books can be used as building blocks for listening and spoken language and given the right strategies, parents can encourage a good phonological (letters and sounds) awareness from an early age. Books are part of every language session and lay the foundations for later reading skills in school. Sometimes children who are deaf or hard of hearing struggle with phonics and may need alternative approaches or support to help them succeed.
Deaf awareness training
One to one support with children and families using auditory verbal strategies
Deaf awareness training
Deafness is an invisible disability. Given the right strategies and access, whether this is through British Sign Language or optimum use of the right technology, deafness has no limits.
As a deaf person myself, I am well placed to deliver exceptional deaf awareness
training to schools and settings or other businesses and have extensive
Deafness is an invisible disability. Given the right strategies and access, whether this is through British Sign Language or optimum use of the right technology, deafness has no limits.
As a deaf person myself, I am well placed to deliver exceptional deaf awareness
training to schools and settings or other businesses and have extensive experience of delivering training to schools and settings over the last 27 years.
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'Building Brains' parent workshops
'Building Brains' parent workshops
'Building Brains' parent workshops
I offer monthly online workshops for parents, focusing on auditory verbal strategies. Topics covered this year have covered building the listening brain, building literacy and the next one will be around the topic of developing writing skills.
Workshops for settings
'Building Brains' parent workshops
'Building Brains' parent workshops
The challenges of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing in a mainstream setting, may be invisible. To ensure that you are using strategies to support their optimum development, my workshops look at the barriers to learning for these children and how to help them overcome them with a few simple strategies. These strategies will be aimed at those using a listening and spoken language approach.
Webinars
'Building Brains' parent workshops
Webinars
Webinars will be available in a range of topics. Watch this space!