I am available for talks, workshops, seminars and program consultations. (For information about family consultations click here.) I am delighted to speak to groups of parents and professionals . I speak to audiologists, speech-pathologists, auditory verbal therapists, teachers of children who are hard of hearing or deaf, and general classroom teachers. I also speak to specialists who work with children with auditory processing disorders, and with special needs children, including children with autism. Talks range from one hour to several days, depending on the needs of the audience.
SAMPLE TOPICS
EVALUATION
- Audiologist as magician – evaluating hearing in infants and young children
- Behavioral evaluation of infants
- Developing a speech perception test protocol – what we really need to do
- Auditory neuropathy syndrome disorder - diagnosis and management
- Medical and audiological management
- Otitis media and hearing
TECHNOLOGY
- Selecting technology – what, when, how
- Technology for babies
- FM systems – why, when, who, for whom
- Cochlear implants – determining candidacy
- Understanding cochlear implant programming
- Maximizing auditory performance with technology
- Binaural hearing
AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS
- Auditory processing disorders - assessment and management
AUDITORY LEARNING
- Maximizing auditory learning – for parents and professionals
- Developing speech perception skills
- Auditory therapy for children – what is it and why we need it
- Developing listening skills in children with hearing loss or other auditory disorders
SPECIAL NEEDS
- Evaluation and management of audition for children with special
needs
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Developmental disabilities
- Physical disabilities
SCHOOL TOPICS
- Acoustics and education
- Functional listening
- Maximizing school performance
- Classroom technology for children with hearing loss – improving listening and auditory attention
- Classroom technology for children with auditory processing disorders – improving listening and auditory attention
COUNSELING
- Giving test results – sharing bad news
- Counseling families
- Counseling kids
- There is no such thing as a mild hearing loss
- Helping teens with hearing loss
OTHER TOPICS
- Team management of children with hearing loss
- What does it take to succeed with a hearing loss?