Auditory-Verbal Communication Center
About Me
- Lea Donovan Watson
- Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, International consultant for LSLS training and children with hearing loss, husband-wife AVCC team, mother of three amazing individuals.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Website for AVT information
Online information about AVT is plentiful. Here are a few resources:
Regarding LISTENING and SPOKEN LANGUAGE:
This a a good website/blog with lots of articles answering questions parents have about AVT:
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
https://agbell.org
July 2020 Integrated Scales of Development in AVT
Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) follows Ten Principles of Auditory-Verbal Practice. In AVT we teach according to the natural hierarchy of listening, language ( Receptive & Expressive ), Speech Development, Cognition, and social communication. International Cochlear Corp has published a wonderful resource that helps me guide the parents early in therapy. This integrated scale of development starts for babies at age 0-3 months - on up until they have full use of spoken language. Each check list covers a 3 month period.
For all the families I teach in my Auditory-Verbal Therapy Parent Guidance program I use this easy to use checklist:
https://www.cochlear.com/in/en/home/ongoing-care-and-support/rehabilitation-resources/scales-of-development
I refer to it every day as I write my Lesson Plan. I also keep a running record of the sounds I hear the baby saying in each session. This helps me "think" like the baby, get right on their level of listening and language development.
During the AVT session, the parent and I discuss the skills to see if the child is achieving that skill or ways we can help them look for natural ways to stimulate the baby to achieve the skill. Sometimes it is as easy as making the parents aware of what they baby might be doing and then they see and hear the baby doing what I am asking.
Please check out the checklist?
For all the families I teach in my Auditory-Verbal Therapy Parent Guidance program I use this easy to use checklist:
https://www.cochlear.com/in/en/home/ongoing-care-and-support/rehabilitation-resources/scales-of-development
I refer to it every day as I write my Lesson Plan. I also keep a running record of the sounds I hear the baby saying in each session. This helps me "think" like the baby, get right on their level of listening and language development.
During the AVT session, the parent and I discuss the skills to see if the child is achieving that skill or ways we can help them look for natural ways to stimulate the baby to achieve the skill. Sometimes it is as easy as making the parents aware of what they baby might be doing and then they see and hear the baby doing what I am asking.
Please check out the checklist?
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Lea's List of Children's Book to use in AVT
Trying to List My Favorite Children’s Books……
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Are You My Mother? P.D. Eastman
Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
The Three Bears by
Paul Galdone
The Three Pigs by Paul Galdone
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
The Gingerbread Man
Old McDonald Had a Farm
Little Red Riding Hood
The Three Little Kittens by Lilian Obligado
Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan ( and all the Little
Owl books )
Scuppers the Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown
George and Martha books by James Marshall (great short stories about the
two hippos )
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Bernard
Westcott
The Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
If You Give a
Cat a Cupcake by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Brown Bear,
Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Polar Bear,
Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
Panda Bear,
Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
The Little
Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Moo Baa La La
La by Sandra Boynton
Red Hat,
Yellow Hat by Sandra Boynton
Goodnight
Moon by Margret Brown
Dear Zoo: A
Lift The Flap Book by Rod Campbell
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Have You Seen
My Cat? by
Eric Carle
1, 2, 3 to
the Zoo by by Eric Carle ( all books by Eric Carle )
Jesse Bear,
What Will You Wear? by Nancy White
Carlstrom
Five Little
Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Is Your Mama
A Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Jump, Frog,
Jump!by Robert Kalan
It Looked
Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
I Went
Walking by Sue Williams
The Little
Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anythingby Linda Williams
The Napping
Houseby Audrey Wood
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Pete the Cat books by James Dean
Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John
Archambault
Curious George by Margret & H.A. Rey
Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg
Maisy by Lucy Cousins
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
No, David! by David Shannon
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
I Love You, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis
I Stink! By Kate
& Jim McMullan
Hush Little baby Don’t Say a Word
Where’s Spot?
The Mitten by Jan
Brett
The Hat by Jan Brett
And so many more……
Thursday, October 29, 2015
"God's Special Mothers" - by Erma Bombeck
"God's Special Mothers" - by Erma Bombeck
In the mid-70s, shortly after a mother discovered that her
son was deaf, her sister-in-law sent her this piece written by Erma Bombeck.
This mother keeps it and still reads it over when times get tough.
GOD'S SPECIAL MOTHERS
Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few
by social pressures and a couple by habit. This year over 100,000 women will
become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of
handicapped children are chosen?
Somehow I visualize God hovering over earth selecting His
instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes,
He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint, Matthew."
"Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint,
Cecelia."
"Rudledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint...give her
Gerard. He's used to profanity."
Finally He passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give
her a handicapped child."
The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so
happy."
"Exactly," smiles God. "Could I give a
handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be
cruel."
"But has she patience?" asks the angel.
"I don't want her to
have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and
despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she'll handle it. I watched
her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so
necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has his own
world. She has to make it live in her world and that's not going to be
easy."
"But, Lord, I don't think she even believes in
you."
God smiles. "No matter. I can fix that. This one is
perfect. She has just enough selfishness."
The angel gasps, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?"
God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child
occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with
a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied.
She will never take for granted a 'spoken word.' She will never consider a
'step' ordinary. When her child says 'Momma' for the first time she will be
present at a miracle and know it! When she describes a tree or a sunset to her
blind child, she will see it as few people ever see my creations.
I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...
ignorance, cruelty, prejudice... and allow her to rise above them. She will
never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life
because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."
"And what about her patron saint?" asks the angel,
his pen poised in mid-air.
God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Auditory-Verbal Therapy graduate Rachel Chaikof Connects the Dots - Me-vs-We! Please read?
http://blog.rachelchaikof.com/ leader-vs-collaborator-me-vs- we/
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Karl White TED Talk on Establishing a Sound Foundation
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN1RPVuzl0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN1RPVuzl0
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