Resources

• Advanced Bionics, Tools for Toddlers
  This site includes Information resources for parents and professionals, available for free download.
  Cochlear Corporation; School Resource Center
  This site provides resources for supporting children’s development of listening and spoken language; Resources can be used with many children, not just those with cochlear implants. Resources include:
  • Sound Foundation for Babies
    Weekly lessons and activities, 12-24 months of age/listening
  • Sound Foundation for Toddlers
    Weekly lessons and activities, 24-48 months of age/listening
  • Sound Foundation for Children
    Weekly lessons and activities, School-age
• Gallaudet Clerc Center Resources; Early Intervention
• Hearing First
  Hearing First provides information resources for families and professionals for supporting young children’s listening and spoken language development, social-emotional development, and early literacy.  Also offered are online communities for families and for professionals, and free online  courses. The following resources may be especially helpful for providers to review and share at this time as appropriate to the individual family. Professionals who wish to download free information resources from the website or take courses will need to create a log-in for access.
  • Did You Know video series for families 
    Seven videos demonstrating how to use everyday activities to support development of listening and spoken language for young children.
  • Read Together, Learn Together
  • In response to current professional needs, Hearing First presented a webinar on 3/26/2020, Time for Telepractice.  A framework for virtual home visits and coaching parents was provided, with several planning resources and home visit recording materials also shared. Hearing First has shared the recording and materials with those who participated in the webinar. Resources referenced in the presentation can be downloaded from the Hearing First site with log-in.
    • Download the Presentation (PDF of the ppt slides)
    • View the Recording of the Presentation
    • View the Print Transcript
• Two previously recorded Hearing First courses are also being shared online this spring for professionals to “explore at your own pace as you download resources and materials and watch video clips and the recorded live sessions. Click the links below to get access to the learning experience portals and all of the resources available:”
  • Using Telepractice to Implement LSL Principles Spring 2020
  • Telepractice: Connecting Families to LSL Services Spring 2020
• National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM):A Practical Guide to the Use of Tele-Intervention in Providing Early Intervention Services to Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing(http://www.infanthearing.org/ti-guide/)
• National Deaf Center, COVID-19 Information
• Success for Kids with Hearing Loss
  E-Learning & Coronavirus (COVID-19) Includes multiple resource links to other information sites for supporting children with hearing loss through distance technology/distance learning.

Note: The resources listed above link to "external websites" which may not be accessible for the viewer, screen readers and other assistive technology devices. If you need assistance, please email the "Contact Information" person listed at the bottom of this page.

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