- Adapted by the principles originally developed by Doreen Pollack, 1970
- Adopted by AGBell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, July 2007
PRINCIPLES OF LSLS
AUDITORY-VERBAL THERAPY
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Promote early diagnosis of hearing loss and immediate audiological management and auditory-verbal therapy.
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Recommend use of appropriate state of the art hearing technology to obtain maximum benefits.
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Guide parents to use hearing as the primary sense to help their child develop listening and spoken language.
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Guide parents to become their child's primary facilitators of listening and spoken language development.
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Guide parents to create optimal environments that support spoken language throughout daily activities.
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Support parents to integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of child's life.
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Support parents to integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of child's life.
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Use natural developmental patterns of audition, speech, language, cognition, and communication.
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Administer ongoing formal and informal diagnostic assessments to develop treatment plans, monitor progress, and evaluate the effectiveness of the plans for the child and family.
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Promote education in mainstream settings with children who have typical hearing