Warren Estabrooks | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Auditory-Verbal Therapy: For Young Children with Hearing Loss and their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them provides a comprehensive examination of auditory-verbal therapy (AVT), from theory to evidence-based practice.Key Features- Detailed exploration of auditory-verbal therapy, including historical perspectives and current research that continue to drive clinical practice- Essential use of hearing aids, cochlear implants and other implantable devices, and additional hearing technologies in AVTGoals of the AV Practitioner and strategies to develop listening, talking and thinking used in AVT- Effective Parent Coaching Strategies in AVT- Step-by-step AVT session plans for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and early school-age children- Critical partnerships of the family and the auditory-verbal practitioner with the audiologist, speech-language pathologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, hearing resource teacher and psychologist- Blueprint of the AVT sessionIn AVT, parents and caregivers become actively engaged as their child's first and most enduring teachers.Following an evidence-based framework, Auditory-Verbal Therapy: For Children with Hearing Loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them demonstrates how auditory-verbal practitioners work in tandem with the family to integrate listening and spoken language into the child's every day life.
The book concludes with personal family stories of hope, inspiration and encouragement, written by parents from 12 countries across the world, who have experienced the desired outcomes for their children following Auditory-Verbal Therapy.This book is relevant to AVT practitioners, administrators, teachers of children with hearing loss, special educators, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, surgeons, primary care physicians and parents.