Maine’s leading auditory oral education center

PO Box 896

Portland, ME 04104

207.781.7199

info@hear-me-now.org

We help Maine children & adults with hearing loss learn to listen, speak & reach their fullest potential.

Maine’s leading auditory oral education center

To sign up for the FREE trainings, please fillout the following and send to: Regional SLP Traininghear ME now!PO Box 896Portland ME 04104 Name: Address:City State ZipPhone:Email:Occupation:Population Served: I will be attending at the following regional site: hear ME now, Falmouth, ME Ç Region 2 School of Applied Technology, Houlton, ME Thomas College, Waterville, ME Bangor High School, Bangor, ME Mid-coast School of Technology, Rockland, ME 2012

Facilitating Listening & Spoken Language Development in Children with Hearing Loss January 11 ­ January 25 ­ February 8

I will be requesting ASHA CEU's

You must attend all sessions to receive

ASHA CEU's.

DESCRIPTION: Participants will explore the key components of Listening and Spoken Language therapy including application of basic speech acoustics, auditory brain development, and strategies for building language and literacy. Parent coaching strategies for including listening and spoken language in meaningful everyday activities will be highlighted as treatment targets. Case studies will be presented for application of acquired knowledge. The focus of this three half-day intermediate level seminar is to broaden the listening and spoken language opportunities for children with hearing loss in Maine through professional education and potential mentorship. Participants will: È Identify audible acoustic features of speech, based on an unaided audiogram. È List and describe levels of auditory skill development. È List appropriate amplification options based upon type and degree of hearing loss. È Describe the relationships between early identification of hearing loss, audiological management, and typical child development milestones. È Describe the relationships between early identification of hearing loss and appropriate listening & spoken language intervention. È List and describe three techniques used to coach parents in facilitating listening and spoken language within daily routines. È Select treatment targets based upon a child’s hearing age and stage of auditory development. È Select treatment targets based upon a child’s stage of auditory development and typical sequences of development.

DAY ONE January 11, 2012 12 pm to 4 pm Audiology and Speech Acoustics 12:00-12:30: Hearing Loss 12:30-2:00: Speech Acoustics 2:15-4:00: Audiograms and Speech Banana DAY TWO January 25, 2012 12 pm to 4 pm Learning to Listen: What SLP’s Need to Know 12:00-1:30: Amplification and Environmental Acoustics 1:45-4:00: Auditory Development -it’s all about the brain -hierarchy of listening skills -effects on language, speech and cognition. DAY THREE February 8, 2012 12 pm to 4 pm Facilitating Listening and Spoken Language Development 12:00-2:00: Intervention Strategies 2:15-3:15: Vocabulary Growth and Literacy 3:30-4:00: A Look to the Future: Listening and Spoken Language in Maine

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LOCATIONS Hear ME now! Thomas College 4 Fundy Road, Suite 204 180 West River Road Falmouth ME 04105 Waterville ME 04901 Region 2 School of Applied Bangor High School Technology 885 Broadway 5 Bird Street Bangor, ME 04401 Houlton ME 04730 Mid-Coast School of Technology 1 South Main Street Rockland, ME 04841 About the Speakers Cara Lento Kaiser, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT is a certified auditory-verbal therapist in private practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cara has over 10 years of experience serving children with significant hearing loss who use hearing aids and /or cochlear implants. In her private practice, Listening & Language Solutions, LLC. She also is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne. Carrie Chojnowski ,MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT has been working in the field of hearing loss since 2000 and was officially certified as Maine’s first Listening and Spoken Language Specialist/Certified Auditory-Verbal therapist in 2006. Currently, she works with families with children from birth-12 years of age and their parents and adults with cochlear implants. She is also on the Maine Newborn Hearing Screening board for the state of Maine, and facilitates Maine’s first adult cochlear implant club. Cathy Janelle, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT has nearly 20 years’ experience as an SLP serving young children and families. She has been working at hear ME now since 2003. She currently works with children birth-age 7 and their families and adults with cochlear implants. Cathy is certified as a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist/Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist through the Alexander Graham Bell Association and holds a Certificate in Auditory Learning for Young Children with Hearing Loss through distance education from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Sherri Fickenscher, LSLS-Cert AVEd Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech Philadelphia, PA

This program is offered for 1.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)