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PORA! 26.11 Forum-Discussion Parent-child interaction. A day full of opportunities

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We would like to invite you to the  PORA! Forum-Discussion on November 26 with specialists from Spain and Portugal.
Main reason parents decide to go with implants for their child is a development & use of child’s speech & hearing. At the last meeting, we discussed the role and models of parents-child interaction, five simple but important steps – Brain-Building SERVE & RETURN and how to improve the quality of communication, as well as to increase the child’s active vocabulary.

When parents learn to talk more they will tend to talk in different ways…
…and say more positive things.

75% of the Time We Spend With Our Kids in Our Lifetime Will Be Spent​ By Age 12

What do Children Learn in Routines? Share your experience!
Your questions will be answered by: Eulalia Juan, Isabel Monteiro, Pedro Bras da Silva

Eulalia Juan: Speech and language patologist SLP-CCC, audiologist, AVT
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Isabel Monteiro  Psychology and SLP Specialist, AVT
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Pedro Bras da Silva Specialist in Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS), AVT
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You can watch the presentation  and recording of the last meeting.

 


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PORA! 26.11 Parent-child interaction

PORA! 29.10. Forum-Discussion with Carsten Gregor

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Wir laden Sie herzlich zum Forum-Discussion PORA! am 29.10 ein. Das Thema „Landesbildungszentrum für hörgeschädigte Kinder: pädagogische Audiologie“ wird vom Hörgeschädigtenpädagogen Carsten Gregor vorgestellt. Seit 2015 ist er am LBZH in Osnabrück als Koordinator für Pädagogische Audiologie tätig, davor war er 9 Jahre lang als Lehrer in der Primarstufe, Pädagogischen Audiologie, Hörfrühförderung, Mobilen Dienst „Hören“ und Sonderkindergarten „Hören“ tätig.
Während der vorherigen Session haben wir folgende Punkte besprochen (klicken Sie auf “more”):

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PORA! 08.10. Forum-Discussion with Robert Mandara

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We would like to invite you to the  PORA! Forum-Discussion on October 8th with Robert Mandara (Vice-President of EURO-CIU, member of CIICA) from Finland.

You could read his story and ask any questions before the session, so Robert can be prepared with answers. Robert Mandara PORA!(RU EN)

Robert Mandara, 54
British but living in Finland since 1996. Born with congenital sensorineural deafness.
First hearing aid at age 4, with tinnitus starting at around the same time.
Attended mainstream school and university – Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Employed as a Senior Technical Writer.
Right ear was implanted in 2014 and the left ear in 2016, with Cochlear brand implant and N6 processors.
Active CI advocate: Vice-President of EURO-CIU since 2019, a full member of CIICA, peer support person in Finland, volunteer at European Friendship Week for young CI users.

The story of the journey of CI was shared by Robert on May 21st.

PORA! 01.10. Forum-Discussion ‘How to minimize lesson preparation’

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Topic “How to minimize lesson preparation ” is presented by Rebecca Claridge from Australia . 

We discussed contents of the MED-EL lesson kits, how to use the resources for offline and remote sessions (Telepractice), a multi-level lesson plan, key teaching strategies, activities with instructions,printable resources.

We look forward to your comments and feedback on the use of the materials provided. Please share your opinions and ask questions by e-mail: liubov.wolowik@lehnhardt-academy.net

PORA! 17.09. How to minimize lesson preparation

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Topic “How to minimize lesson preparation ” is presented by Rebecca Claridge from Australia . 

Rebecca Claridge is a certified practising Speech Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language specialist with more than 30 years’ experience working with people using cochlear implants. She has worked at the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, Brisbane’s Hear and Say Centre and run her own private practice.
In 2015 she began working for MED-EL developing the popular free downloadable lesson kit resources for children. In 2017 she joined MED-EL Global Rehabilitation team and in 2021 commenced a newly created role within MED-EL as the Regional Rehabilitation Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Download the presentation as pdf:
How to Minimize Lesson Preparation EN-RU

Link to lesson kits:

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PORA! 10.09. “German Educational Center for Children with Hearing Impairment: Pedagogical-Audiological Counseling Center”

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We would like to invite you to first PORA! webinar after our summer holidays. The topic “German Educational Center for Children with Hearing Impairment: Pedagogical-Audiological Counseling Center” will be presented by Carsten Gregor, teacher of the deaf. He works at the educational center for children with hearing impairments (LBZH) in Osnabrück as coordinator for pedagogical audiology since 2015, before that he worked for 9 years as an elementary school teacher of the deaf and as an spetialist of the mobile early intervention service in LBZH, Osnabrück.

Wir laden Sie herzlich zum ersten PORA! Webinar nach unseren Sommerferien ein. Das Thema „Landesbildungszentrum für hörgeschädigte Kinder:  pädagogisch-audiologische Beratungsstelle“ wird vom Hörgeschädigtenpädagogen Carsten Gregor vorgestellt. Seit 2015 ist er am LBZH in Osnabrück als Koordinator für Pädagogische Audiologie tätig, davor war er 9 Jahre lang als Lehrer in der Primarstufe, Pädagogischen Audiologie, Hörfrühförderung, Mobilen Dienst „Hören“ und Sonderkindergarten „Hören“ tätig.

Zusammenfassung des Vortrages

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PORA! 21.05. “Choice of CI as an adult – doubts and decisions”

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We would like to invite you to the  PORA! “ Choice of CI as an adult – doubts and decisions”.
The story of the journey of CI will be shared by:

    • Robert Mandara (Vice-President of EURO-CIU, member of CIICA), Finland and
      members of the KI;SA team, Russia:
    • Alexandra Kharina
    • Ksenia Vorotnikova


Robert Mandara, 54
British but living in Finland since 1996
Born with congenital sensorineural deafness.
First hearing aid at age 4, with tinnitus starting at around the same time.
Attended mainstream school and university – Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Employed as a Senior Technical Writer.
Right ear was implanted in 2014 and the left ear in 2016, with Cochlear brand implant and N6 processors.
Active CI advocate: Vice-President of EURO-CIU since 2019, a full member of CIICA, peer support person in Finland, volunteer at European Friendship Week for young CI users

Ksenia Vorotnikova
Sensorineural hearing loss, has worn HA all her life, in 2018 – CI surgery on the left ear. CI and HA user.
She finished high school in Astrakhan and graduated from the State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Faculty of Architecture. Employed in a large design office as an architect. Member of the KI;SA team.

Alexandra Kharina
hearing loss since childhood, she used HA as a child, one CI at the age of 29, knows sign language. Education and work: training in a special kindergarten, Leongard method, school for children with  hearing impairments, attended a regular school in the USA by grant, National Research University of Higher School of Economics. Employed in a large manufacturing company.
Experience in dealing with the hard of hearing and deaf: the ROOI “Perspektiva”, Business Council on Disability Issues,  on the rights of the hearing impaired in Strasbourg, volunteer work in the youth movement “Team KI;SA”

 

PORA! 30.04. The “Höronauten” – pre-school group with a focus on promoting hearing

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We invite you to PORA! The “Höronauten” – pre-school group with a focus on promoting hearing  on 30.04. at 16.00 Berlin time with Kathrin König from Germany.

You will ask “Excuse me, Hearingnauts? What is that?”
At the interregional early intervention center for children with hearing impairments in Munich, these are the girls and boys who take part in the pre-school group. With this offer, preparing for school is a little bit different.
It’s not about exercises for writing and numbers, but about strengthening the children with regard to their own hearing situation.
What is important for a (pre)school child with hearing aids/CIs or CODA to know? In their “hearing peer group”, the children deal with this topic in a playful way and acquire important skills.
As part of the webinar, our expert will share experiences from several years of Höronauten with you and present some content and background.

PORA! 26.02. Forum-Discussion with Tobias Fischer

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We would like to invite you to the Forum-Discussion PORA! on February 26 at 15.00  Berlin time (CET).
Topic “My journey into the world of hearing” is presented by Tobias Fischer from Austria. He will also  answer your questions. Tobias received his first CI in 1988 and was the first child in Germany to receive a cochlear implant. He studied at the University of Applied Sciences Gießen Friedberg in Germany and has been working vor 14 years for an aerospace company as a systems engineer. He supports ÖCIG (Austrian Cochlear Implant Society) as a volounteer.
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Questions:

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PORA! 15th January “Product presentation: implantable hearing and bone conduction solutions”

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Welcome to our first PORA Webinar in the New Year 2023!

Our speaker – Gaby Thierbach – will introduce us to various implantable hearing and bone conduction solutions, she will talk about her work in clinics and share her experiences as a mother of a son with CI.

 Gaby Thierbach joined the Australian company Cochlear 30 years ago, two years after Prof. Ernst Lehnhardt provided her son with a Cochlear Implant in Hannover.
In the same year (1991) already she founded a self-help group for parents of hearing-impaired children and she launched  the initiative “I want to hear” in Germany.
1995 she relocated to Lucerne / Switzerland so that her son could enjoy the therapy of the world-renowned teacher Susann Schmid-Giovannini (PORA! DECEMBER’22)

Among the outstanding achievements of her now more than 30 years of professional activities are:
– support Prof. Ernst Lehnhardt and Prof. Roland Laszig introducing CI programmes in Turkey, Spain and Greece
– active support of the introductory campaign for Baha in Switzerland
– consulting during surgical interventions in various clinics in Switzerland
– organization of conferences and workshops on various topics including rehabilitation for different target groups
– launching the DVD “Hören mit CI” (individual version developed in collaboration with clinics in Switzerland based on “I want to hear” initiative for potential CI candidates and parents)
–  Participation with final exam in the Comenius program QUESWHIC, organized by the Lehnhardt foundation and financially supported by EU