San Diego, CA – June 1, 2016 – 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 AVT, 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 AVT
- Goals of the AV practitioner and strategies used in AVT to develop listening, talking, and thinking
- Effective parent coaching strategies in AVT
- Blueprint of the AVT session
- Step-by-step AVT session plans for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early school-age children
- Critical partnerships of the family and the AV practitioner with the audiologist, speechlanguage pathologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, hearing resource teacher, and psychologist
- Families Journeys in AVT from 12 countries around the world
In AVT, parents and caregivers become actively engaged as their child's first and most enduring teachers. Following an evidencebased framework, Auditory-Verbal Therapy: For Young Children with Hearing Loss and Their Families, and the Practitioners Who Guide Them demonstrates how AV practitioners work in tandem with the family to integrate listening and spoken language into the child's everyday life. The book concludes with personal family stories of hope, inspiration, and encouragement, written by parents from twelve countries across the world who have experienced the desired outcomes for their children following AVT.
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.
Book Details
Title: Auditory-Verbal Therapy: For Young Children with Hearing Loss and Their Families, and the Practitioners Who Guide Them | Authors: Warren Estabrooks, Karen MacIver-Lux, and Ellen A. Rhoades Published: 05/30/2016; ISBN: 978-1-59756-888-3; https://pluralpublishing.com/publication_audvp.htm
About The Authors
Warren Estabrooks, M.Ed., Dip. Ed. Deaf, LSLS Cert. AVT, is President and CEO of WE Listen International Inc., a global consulting company in Toronto, Canada. He and his team provide professional education, training, and development in AuditoryVerbal Therapy for practitioners who work with children with hearing loss and their families around the world.
Karen MacIver-Lux, MA, Aud(C), Reg. CASLPO, LSLS Cert. AVT, is President and CEO of SoundIntuition, a company that provides continuing education opportunities, training, and consulting for professionals who work with children who have communication disorders. She is also Director of MacIver-Lux Auditory Learning Services in Toronto, and a proud consultant of WE Listen International, Inc.
Ellen A. Rhoades, EdS, LSLS Cert. AVT, is an international consultant, mentor, and speaker who has established and directed several Auditory-Verbal centers and programs. She was a Founding Director of Auditory-Verbal International and served on AG Bell Association's Board of Directors. She is Associate Editor of The Volta Review and Review Editor for other professional journals.
About Plural Publishing, Inc.
Plural Publishing produces leading academic, scientific and clinical publications in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, otolaryngology, and professional singing. Plural Publishing, Inc. aims to fill a space in the field of communication sciences and disorders with high-quality publications written by world-class experts in order to improve and enhance the knowledge base of each profession, from the classroom to clinical practice. Plural Publishing prioritizes the intellectual growth of the disciplines it serves and strives to improve and advance these fields through its publications.
