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Welcome to the Tips, Advice and Resources section for families! In this section you will find links to resources we hope you will find helpful. Please select an option below to continue.

• Contact an AV family
• Help with statementing
• Tips by parents for parents
• AV related articles for parents and professionals
• For your child
• Useful addresses and web links

Contact an AV family:

• AV UK Circle - details of our email circle, how to join and use this important resource
  
• Contact an AV family directly - contact details of a number of families who are or have been in our programme.
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Help with statementing:


• Statementing Tips
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Tips by parents for parents:

• Tips for making the most of your AV Sessions at Home
  
• Build a Bonnet - by popular demand, instructions for sewing a baby bonnet to help keep hearing aids on babies!
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AV related articles for parents and professionals:

• Click here to download a short summary of Auditory Verbal Therapy which may be useful in discussions about AVT! (MS Word document)
• The Listening Classroom - ways to improve the acoustic environment in your classroom (MS Word document)
• Click here to listen to David Crystal - an excellent lecture on children's language in the first year of life
  
• Outcome Surveys of Auditory-Verbal Graduates - online version of the Outcome Survey of Auditory-Verbal Graduates by Goldberg and Flexer
  
• The Power of Listening - article by Carol Flexer, Ph D
  
• Treatment Efficacy and Classroom Performance
  
• Auditory Verbal and Downs Syndrome Research
  
• Classroom Acoustics - Recommended Standards
  
• Developing Social Skills in Elementary School Children
  
• Update on the School Districts And Auditory-Verbal Therapy
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For your child:

• LIFE-UK Individual Hearing Profile Questionnaire - download this questionnaire for your child to complete
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Wider resources:

• Useful addresses and web links
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