We would like to invite you to the PORA! Forum-Discussion on March 3rd with Nicole da Rocha. We will discuss various aspects of using the website, particularly the application of rehabilitation materials for children and adults with hearing impairments.
The lecturer, Nicole da Rocha, is a speech therapist with a certification in Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT), a clinical audiologist, and a specialist in alternative communication from the UK.
Our discussion topics will include:
Assessing the usability of the website;
Practical advice on applying the provided materials in rehabilitation practice;
Addressing typical challenges and ways to overcome them;
Opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the expert.
We are confident that this will be an interesting and fruitful experience for all participants. Join us and share your expertise!
Thank you for your attention, and we hope to see you at the forum-discussion!
OVERVIEW OF LISTENING PRACTICE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS: No matter the brand/hearing solution.
Free to access! For professionals, families & individuals who are supporting, or are themselves, Deaf / Hard of Hearing
Nicole da Rocha, speech therapist, AVT, clinical audiology from the UK, will be conducting a webinar on February 4. She will enlighten us about the array of online materials available for rehabilitation and the various ways to incorporate them effectively. Additionally, we have scheduled a forum discussion for March 3rd.
Nicole ‘s training and experience has been focused in early intervention and her therapeutic approach is transdisciplinary, child lead with family centred care. She has over 15 years of clinical experience with further qualifications in multilingual speech acquisition, AAC (augmentative alternative communication), AVT (auditory verbal therapy) and am also Hanen certified.
She currently works for Advanced Bionics, a cochlear implant manufacturer as international consumer excellence manager. She supports families and professionals with the process of receiving cochlear implants and getting the brain acclimatised to sound.
“My heart passion is for communication, I hold the belief that communication is what makes us human. It is a privilege to work with the Deaf and hard of hearing community, and to work in this field to provide solutions for communication.”
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
–> Profil Eulalia Juan –< Isabel Monteiro Psychology and SLP Specialist, AVT
–> Profile: Isabel Monteiro –< Pedro Bras da Silva Specialist in Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS), AVT
–> Profile Pedro Brás da Silva –<
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.
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
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.
We would like to invite you to the PORA! “The role of a psychologist in the process of rehabilitation of a child with CI”
Specialists and parents are mainly focused on a child with a CI. But psychological state of a parent is no less important for the child’s successful rehabilitation. What’s the way to keep the family in a resourceful condition? What are the instruments to help the families after CI psychologically?
These and other questions will be answered by
– Dennis Metzeld, psychologist, research associate (CIC Rhein-Main)
– Lyubov Kyarginskaya, neuropsychologist, gestalt therapist (Tosha & Co)
We would like to invite you to the PORA! “Hearing impaired children who have grown up – how not to justify the fears of parents?”
What topics are of particular concern to parents of children with hearing impairment? How does this affect their future?
These and other questions will be answered by:
– Qais Khan (CI user, CIICA)
– Maria Denisenko (HA user, team KI;SA)
– Maria Pavlova (mother of a child with CI, team KI;SA)
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), Finlandand 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”
We would like to invite you to the Forum-Discussion PORA! on May 14 at 16.00 Berlin time (CET).
Topic “The “Höronauten” – pre-school group with a focus on promoting hearing ” is presented by Kathrin König from Germany. She will also answer your questions. Send them in advance by leaving a comment here or by sending an email to liubov.wolowik@lehnhardt-academy.net
Kathrin König has been working since 2013 at the Interregional Early Support Centre for children with hearing impairment of the BLWG e.V. (professional association for people with hearing and speech impairment) in Munich.