Online Course Detail

This presentation examines the underlying issues inherent in the question, “How much therapy does a child with a cochlear implant need?” General premises that should be assumed are discussed, and a “best practice model” for individualizing therapy services is described.

This is a Recorded Course which requires either a Windows-based computer or a Mac with speakers/headphones to view. More information is available in the FAQs/Help section.

Length: 60 minutes

Cost: Free to View

Course Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify the rates of language and academic progress necessary to achieve participation in a mainstream educational setting.
• Participants will be able to compare and contrast roles of service providers in planning habilitation for a child with a cochlear implant.
• Participants will be able to outline two criteria that define a “best practice model” of intervention for a child with a cochlear implant.
• Participants will be able to assign rankings to the factors that influence the necessary intensity of a child’s habilitation program.

Course Instructor(s):
Mary Ellen Nevins, Ed.D. and Ashley S. Garber, M.S. CCC-SLP