auditory verbal therapy

Auditory verbal Therapy Opinion Leader Dimity Dornan made Officer of the Order of Australia

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Speech pathologist Dimity Dornan has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her work teaching deaf children to listen and speak. She started a free clinic in the early 1990s and her not-for-profit Hear and Say centres now help more than 600 children – many of them profoundly deaf – using …

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Topic: Auditory Verbal Therapy – PORA Forum Discussion, November 25th 2012

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On November 25, 2012 we offer two Live Online Discussions about the forum topic, for different target groups: -> at 6.00 -7.30 p.m. (Moscow time) for therapists, professionals and interested experts -> at 8.00 – 9.30 p.m. (Moscow time) for parents with hearing impaired/CI recipient children Participation: is open and free in the Web (Audio) Live …

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PORA for parents – webinar, November 11th 2012

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Topic : „Audioverbal Therapy – Accelerating Progress in Learning to Listen and Speak“
(presentation of global expert Dimity Dornan)
Time: 8 p.m. Moscow time.
Location: login to Live Online Room – (problem to login ? see: Info)
Synopsis: This time Dimity Dornan will focus on the principles of Auditory Verbal Therapy – the therapy that believes in the empowerment of parents. She will explain why experts believe babies are born to hear and why she holds the view “Every time you do something for your child that he can do for himself, you deprive him of an opportunity to learn”.
Participants: parents and experts working with hearing-impaired children.
Language: English with translation into Russian.

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PORA for professionals – webinar, November 11th 2012

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Topic : „Audioverbal Therapy – Accelerating Progress in Learning to Listen and Speak“
(presentation of global expert Dimity Dornan)
Time: 6 p.m. Moscow time.
Location: login to Live Online Room – (problem to login ? see: Info)
Synopsis: This time Dimity Dornan will focus on the principles of Auditory Verbal Therapy – the therapy that believes in the empowerment of parents. She will explain why experts believe babies are born to hear and why she holds the view “Every time you do something for your child that he can do for himself, you deprive him of an opportunity to learn”.
Participants: parents and experts working with hearing-impaired children.
Language: English with translation into Russian.

Additional information:

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PORA for Parents – Forum Discussion, Oct. 28, 2012

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Topic : „Telepractice and Audioverbal Therapy“
(Discussion of Presentation Todd Houston 2012-10-14 – see recording)
Time: 8 p.m. Moscow time –
Location: login to Live Online Room – (problem to login ? see: Info)
Synopsis:  We expect active contributions from the participants commenting on Todd Houston’s presentation on October 14th. (see recording) Their statements, suggestions and questions will be discussed. Monika Lehnhardt will moderate the session. She will also bring up all comments posted in our weblog until this date.
Participants: parents and experts working with hearing-impaired children.
Language: German with translation into Russian.

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PORA for Professionals – Forum Discussion, Oct. 28, 2012

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Topic : „Telepractice and Audioverbal Therapy“
(Discussion of Presentation Todd Houston 2012-10-14 – see recording)
Time: 6 p.m. Moscow time –
Location: login to Live Online Room – (problem to login ? see: Info)
Synopsis:  We expect active contributions from the participants commenting on Todd Houston’s presentation on October 14th. (see recording) Their statements, suggestions and questions will be discussed. Monika Lehnhardt will moderate the session. She will also bring up all comments posted in our weblog until this date.
 Participants: experts working with hearing-impaired children.
Language: German with translation into Russian.

Additional information:  

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PORA for parents – webinar, October 14th 2012

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Sunday, October 14th, at 8 p.m. Moscow time Meet the Global Expert: Todd Houston „Telepractice and audioverbal therapy“ Synopsis: Todd Houston will talk about the practice of rehabilitation according to the method of audioverbal therapy, specifically when the communication between SLP/therapist and the family takes place across distances (telepractice). This is especially relevant for countries …

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PORA for professionals – webinar, October 14th 2012

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Sunday, October 14th, at 6 p.m. Moscow time Meet the Global Expert: Todd Houston „Telepractice and audioverbal therapy“ Synopsis: Todd Houston will talk about the practice of rehabilitation according to the method of audioverbal therapy, specifically when the communication between SLP/therapist and the family takes place across distances (telepractice). This is especially relevant for countries …

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Parents’ meeting: Viktorija McDonell, “Listen, Learn and Talk”, July 15th 2012

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Aim of the meeting: in the course of a Sunday webinar for parents, to discuss with international expert Viktorija McDonell, teacher of the deaf and coordinator of rehabilitation, Cochlear Ltd (Australia), the essence of the ‘Listen, Learn and Talk’ materials, and the use of integrated scales of development to assess and maximize the potential of a child with CI.

Agenda: the presentation of Viktorija McDonell
“Listen, Learn and Talk”.

To find out more about Dr. McDonell, please follow this link to her profile.

When: July 15th, 18:00 German time (20:00 Moscow time). The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here.

(Having opened the link, enter your login and leave the password field empty. Launch the application and, if needed, update your Java software – you can get it here). In case of technical problems, please contact us on skype (a.slukhai).

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Meet Global Experts Live Online: Viktorija McDonell, “Listen Learn and Talk – Integrated Scales of Development”, July 11th 2012

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Aim of the meeting: in the course of a PORA webinar, to discuss with international expert Viktorija McDonell, teacher of the deaf and coordinator of rehabilitation, Cochlear Ltd (Australia), the essence of the ‘Listen, Learn and Talk’ materials, and the use of integrated scales of development to assess and maximize the potential of a child …

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Meet Global Experts Live Online: Andrew Kendrick, “My Experience Book – a Gateway to Literacy”, May 31st 2012

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Aim of the meeting: in the course of a PORA webinar with an international expert, certified audio-verbal therapist Andrew Kendrick from Australia, we will discuss ways of getting children with a CI ready for school; we will see how children learn to express thoughts and feelings and become confident in new surroundings.

Agenda: the presentation of Andrew Kendrick
“My Experience Book – a Gateway to Literacy”.

To find out more about Andrew Kendrick, please follow this link to his profile.

When: Thursday, May 31st, 9:30 German time (11:30 Moscow time). The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here.

(Having opened the link, enter your login and leave the password field empty. Launch the application and, if needed, update your Java software – you can get it here). In case of technical problems, please contact us on skype (a.slukhai).

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Parents’ meeting: Andrew Kendrick, “My Experience Book – a Gateway to Literacy”, May 20th 2012

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Aim of the meeting: in the course of a parents’  webinar with an international expert, certified audio-verbal therapist Andrew Kendrick from Australia, we will discuss ways of getting children with a CI ready for school; we will see how children learn to express thoughts and feelings and become confident in new surroundings. Agenda: the presentation …

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Meet Global Experts Live Online: Hearing loss in babies – a neurodevelopmental emergency, Dimity Dornan, May 10th 2012

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Aim of the meeting: within the framework of PORA – meeting with international expert, certified audio-verbal therapist Dimity Dornan to discuss the reasons, the treatment and rehabilitation of hearing impairment in newborns and infants.

Agenda: the presentation of Dr. Dimity Dornan “Hearing loss in babies – a neurological emergency”.

To find out more about Dimity Dornan, please follow this link to her profile. To find out more about audio-verbal therapy, please click here.

When:  May 10th 2012, 9.30 CET (Berlin time). The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here. In case of technical problems, please contact us on skype (a.slukhai).

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Article by Todd Houston on spoken language as primary mode of communication

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Recently during our seminars, two distinguished experts from Australia, Dimity Dornan and Andrew Kendrick, presented on various aspects of auditory verbal therapy. Here you will find a very interesting article by Todd Houston – previously director of the AG Bell Foundation – on the parents’ preference for spoken language as the primary mode of communication …

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Meet Global Experts Live Online: Dimity Dornan, March 22nd

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Aim of the meeting: conducting a PORA – webinar on the topic of principles & practices of Auditory-Verbal Therapy, presented by Dimity Dornan.

The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Agenda: Dimity Dornan will give her full presentation about her professional activities and her methodological approach to rehabilitation. To find out more about Dimity Dornan, please follow this link to her profile. To find out more about audio-verbal therapy, please click here.

Please, have a look at a recording of the previous webinar of March 8th with slides.

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Meet Global Experts Live Online: Dimity Dornan, Australia MARCH 8th

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Aim of the meeting: prepare a PORA – Webinar dealing with the principles & practices of “Auditory-Verbal Therapy” by exchange of information between Dimity and education designers/teachers of the expected participants (speech therapists).

The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Agenda: Dimity Dornan will give a short presentation about her professional activities and her methodological approach to rehabilitation. The participating teachers and experts will provide information about the level and specific interest of the expected participants of the Webinar. To find out more about Dimity Dornan, please follow this link to her profile. To find out more about audio-verbal therapy, please click here.

When: preparatory meeting March 8th, 8.30 CET (Berlin time) , final date March 22nd, 8.30 CET (Berlin time) 2012.

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