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The Carolina Summer Institute is composed of two different sections. This is the approval for the first section only which is a 3 day module on UNC campus. Applicants can apply for the first 3 days only (module portion) OR for the entire institute (module and practicum portion combined), however this approval is for the 3 days only.
This year’s Institute will provide instruction and training to audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and teachers of the deaf who wish to develop their skills in Auditory-Verbal Therapy, a listening and spoken language approach for children with hearing loss.
Faculty will present modules for professional training from the Auditory Verbal International, Inc. Standardized Curriculum. The module Development of an Auditory Function / Auditory-Verbal Techniques (Copyright ? 2001 by Auditory-Verbal International. All Rights Reserved) is scheduled for presentation.
The following special topics designed to support the practice of Auditory-Verbal Therapy will be covered during the practicum week:
• Planning and Implementing the Auditory-Verbal Session
• The Development of an Auditory Feedback Loop: Strategies for Speech Babble and Critical Elements
• Beyond Input: Strategies for the Elicitation of Specific Vocabulary and Language Targets
Training will occur through lectures, discussions, videotape analysis, self-study and hands-on practicum
experiences with children who are enrolled in Auditory-Verbal Therapy and their families.
Now in its fifteenth year, the Carolina Summer Institute has provided training in the principles and practice of Auditory-Verbal Therapy to over two hundred professionals from around the country.
For more information, please contact Hannah Eskridge, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
at 919-419-1428, heskridg@unch.unc.edu
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