Working Through Audition

This 24 week (term time only) online learning course has been designed to equip professionals with the core skills needed to develop auditory practice when working with babies and pre-school children with a hearing loss and their families.  It is open to speech & language therapists, teachers of the deaf and audiologists who have an active caseload that includes deaf pre-school children.

Topics covered:

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·         Hearing loss and an introduction to AV therapy

·         Speech acoustics

·         Checking understanding through listening

·         Moving from 1 to 2 keywords in an auditory way

·         Making AV therapy functional

·         The parent journey

 

The course is delivered through a combination of pre-recorded video presentations, downloadable handouts and twelve 90-minute fortnightly group mentoring sessions. All of the training is accessed via our cloud-based learning platform, no special software or equipment is required to participate but a fast reliable internet connection is essential.

 

This is a stand-alone course that has been accredited by the AG Bell Academy for 36 hours of continuous professional development.  It is also the foundation course for participants wishing to undertake our advanced course “Auditory Verbal Principles in Everyday Practice”.

 

We have multiple foundation courses starting through the year in small cohorts of 5 or 6 participants and are able to deliver this course to employers wishing to train groups of staff.

 

Duration 24 weeks (term time only)

CEUs 36

Fees £945 – bursaries available for UK-based professionals, payment plans available for self-funding professionals

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Bursaries 

We often have bursaries available which cover the full fees for this course. 

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"I am amazed at the speed I am acquiring new knowledge and skills that are directly and immediately transferable to my everyday work with children who have a hearing impairment. My knowledge and confidence grows every day in relation to how best to equip parents to create really effective listening and speaking environments for their children."

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"AVUK’s approach also taught me to see the whole family as central to the therapy process. This experience profoundly shaped my professional philosophy: that meaningful, lasting change comes from partnership with parents and caregivers, and from creating an environment where listening and spoken language can flourish naturally, every day."

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"On completing the Foundation course I have continued to use the Auditory Verbal strategies and ways of working to support parents and carers and their deaf children with more confidence and greater flexibility."

In-Service Options

We are able to deliver our foundation course to staff teams online or at your centre and would be happy to discuss this with you. To find out more, please contact [email protected].

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