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Overcoming barriers to support more deaf children in South Africa

We celebrate with Dani Schlesinger the latest to qualify in South Africa as a LSLS Cert AVT (Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist)
Guest blog: Deaf Awareness Week AVUK trainee

In the second of her guest blogs Speech and Language Therapist and AVUK trainee talks about dreaming big for all deaf children
Speech and language therapist takes on dual challenge to support deaf children

Speech and language therapist Sophie Williams is taking on the dual challenge of beginning her training to become an Auditory Verbal therapist and running the London Landmarks Half Marathon to raise money for AVUK.
Co-working

Intervention is most effective when the team around the child work together towards a parents’ chosen goal for their child.
Referring a child on your caseload

Find out how you can refer a family on your caseload.

What is Auditory Verbal therapy?

Auditory verbal therapy is a highly specialist early intervention programme which equips parents with the skills to maximise their deaf child’s speech and language development.
Training to be an Auditory Verbal Therapist

Find out how you can train to become an Auditory Verbal Therapist in the UK.
Evidence base for Auditory Verbal therapy

Deaf children can learn to listen and speak – like their hearing peers. What's the evidence?
Our mission and values

At Auditory Verbal UK, we want all deaf babies and children to have the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers.
Work for us

Do you have an interest in transforming children’s lives? See our vacancies.
Foundation level

This 6-month course is available in an online learning format. Designed to equip professionals with the core skills needed to develop auditory practice when working with children with hearing loss and their families, we are also able to deliver this course in-service to employers wishing to train groups of staff.
The Education, Heath and Care Plan process

Families have shared that the Education, Health and Care Plan process can sometimes feel daunting or confusing so we have collated the most frequently asked questions to try and help clarify the process.
Early intervention

What are the benefits of an early intervention programme?
Therapy sessions

Auditory Verbal therapy (AVT) is about enabling your child to learn to talk through listening. Read more about the therapy we provide.
Session activity ideas