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Come listen in as I share about auditory verbal therapy from my perspective and practice at the Auditory Verbal Center of Wheaton.
Episode 26 of the TOD POD hosted by Deanna Barlow LSLS Cert AVTEd.
This week I had the opportunity to speak on one of my favorite topics - adult auditory rehab to third-year Doctor of Audiology students at ISU. They were all engaged and asked terrific questions.
I recently read a quote that leaders are like gardeners. As leaders, we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success but for cultivating the success of the next generation. So true!
Jacob was implanted as a toddler and today he attends the prestigious Wheaton College. He is gifted in science and math and travels across the USA competing in World Cube Association competitions for mechanical puzzles the most famous of these puzzles is the Rubik's Cube. He is AMAZING!
Autumn is a rich time of year to experience the outdoors and grow a child’s brain for listening and language. One of my favorite fall activities is creating 🍁 Leaf Rubbings that get kids listening and engaged!
Using young children’s natural curiosity about science and nature can help them grow their listening and language skills. This open-ended activity can be tailored to the child’s needs, listening and language levels, and goals, and can be effective for toddlers through middle schoolers. Following the child’s lead, we explore the outdoors together. I use lots of words to describe what we are doing, seeing, and feeling. We notice sounds—kids playing, birds singing, a lawnmower, a bouncing ball, construction noises—and I encourage the child to share their observations. I use an egg carton for collecting and sorting flowers, buds, leaves, and plants.
Congratulations to the FIVE TEACHERS who won gift certificates for Listen With Lynn resources during the February Indiana Deaf Educators Conference.
When is the best time to buy a trampoline? Spring time.
Last week, I began my therapy sessions by showing the kids a metal spring or coil. I received puzzled looks and questions. Auditory Verbal therapy is conversational so together we talked, listened, and learned, about multiple meanings of the word spring. Little ones heard about the season of spring while older listeners learned additional meanings.
This year, my goal is to be a source of encouragement, providing practical tools, engaging activities, and creative games. I hope to make your work with kids who are deaf and hard of hearing a little easier—and even more rewarding.
Let me begin by sharing a story book I’ve read with little listeners each January for years.
You may think that Dream Snow By Eric Carle is a story to only be read near Christmas. Well, not me!