REACHING FOR THE MIRACLE IN EVERY CHILD
REACHING FOR THE MIRACLE IN EVERY CHILD
Jamie Grasso, MA, CCC-SLP, PC, LSLS Cert AVT is a speech language pathologist with 18 years of experience and expertise. A strong believer in personal growth, she continued to better her abilities to serve her clients by becoming certified in the P.R.O.M.P.T. system,a tactile-kinesthetic approach extremely effective in improving speech in
Jamie Grasso, MA, CCC-SLP, PC, LSLS Cert AVT is a speech language pathologist with 18 years of experience and expertise. A strong believer in personal growth, she continued to better her abilities to serve her clients by becoming certified in the P.R.O.M.P.T. system,a tactile-kinesthetic approach extremely effective in improving speech intelligibility. Additionally, she went on to become a Certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, a philosophy and approach that serves the deaf and hard of hearing community enhancing their listening abilities in order to use spoken language. She holds a position on the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Chapter of AG Bell. Pairing these two methodologies together has greatly enhanced the lives of her clients, both the hearing and hearing-impaired. For the majority of her career, Jamie has provided services and consultation for Bergen County Special Services. Recently, she began focusing on better serving her own community by opening a private practice, Help Is At Hand, located in the center of Denville, NJ of Morris County, evaluating the students within that school district and running social skills groups. In order for families to have access to her unique dual methodology worldwide, her team launched an online coaching program, the Sound and Speech Solution. www.soundandspeechsolution.com
LSLS= Listening & Spoken Language Specialist
LSLS Provider is a speech therpist and educator who "teaches infants and young children with hearing loss to listen and talk with the support of hearing technology such as hearing aids, assistive listening devices (such as an FM system) or cochlear implants." (agbell.org)
A LSLS is "... a profess
LSLS= Listening & Spoken Language Specialist
LSLS Provider is a speech therpist and educator who "teaches infants and young children with hearing loss to listen and talk with the support of hearing technology such as hearing aids, assistive listening devices (such as an FM system) or cochlear implants." (agbell.org)
A LSLS is "... a professional who has earned certification from the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language. To hold the LSLS credential, individuals must meet high-level requirements in addition to the standard teacher and clinician preparation programs. A LSLS certified professional follows developmental models of listening, speech, language, cognition, and communication; uses evidence-based practices; and strives for the best possible outcomes in listening, spoken language, and literacy for children who are deaf or hard of hearing." (agbell.org)
Auditory-Verbal Therapy facilitates optimal acquisition of spoken language through listening by newborns, infants, toddlers, and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Auditory-Verbal Therapy promotes early diagnosis, one-on-one therapy, and state-of-the-art audiological management and technology." (ASHA.org)
"You can expect to actively participate in your child’s listening and spoken language learning process. Through guidance, coaching and demonstration, parents become the primary facilitators of a child’s spoken language development." (agbell.org)
P.R.O.M.P.T. = Prompts for Restructuring Oral Phonetic Targets
Certification Makes all the difference in the world
P.R.O.M.P.T. CERTIFIED clinicians have completed all 3 Levels of PROMPT training through the PROMPT Institute with Certified PROMPT Instructors. At the end of each 3 day course, the Clinician chooses one client to do assess a
P.R.O.M.P.T. = Prompts for Restructuring Oral Phonetic Targets
Certification Makes all the difference in the world
P.R.O.M.P.T. CERTIFIED clinicians have completed all 3 Levels of PROMPT training through the PROMPT Institute with Certified PROMPT Instructors. At the end of each 3 day course, the Clinician chooses one client to do assess and submit long term video case study. The clinician assesses the client utilizing the PROMPT System Analysis Observation and the Motor Speech Hierarchy. Making diagnostic judgements the therapeutic plan is created, videoed over the course of 6 months, and then submitted and judged by a certified PROMPT Instructor. The clinician must demonstrate effectiveness and that they have mastered the theory and knowledge behind the PROMPT in order to be considered officially PROMPT Level 1 or
PROMPT Trained.
This process is done again for PROMPT Level 2. Each clinician must practice the technique for ONE YEAR before moving on to the next step.
A clinician seeking certification must do a 3rd Long Term Video Case study and, again, have it reviewed and critiqued by a Certified PROMPT Instructor. If the CLIENT has shown progress AND the clinician has demonstrated full understanding of the System, he/she is FINALLY CERTIFIED.
Practice makes perfect, and that is true in the case of becoming PROMPT certified. This is your loved one. Don't settle.
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