Everyday Adventures: Building Language Through Summer Fun
Join our next Parent Chat on April 16 to learn about hearing loss and support for your child!
“Everyday Adventures: Building Language Through Summer Fun” is a family-focused presentation designed to help caregivers support language development in children with hearing loss. It emphasizes using daily summer activities as opportunities to build listening and communication skills, while providing practical strategies and planning tools.
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to create a personalized plan to support their child’s language development during everyday summer activities.
- Participants will identify and apply effective strategies to enhance listening and language skills in children with hearing loss.
- Participants will utilize the provided planning tools to consistently integrate language-building opportunities into daily routines.
Parent Chats are designed and intended for parents/family members; we kindly ask that only parents/family members attend.
Featured Guest Speaker
Nanette Thompson
Nanette Thompson is a certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist with over 30 years of experience working with families of children with hearing differences in a variety of settings. She is passionate about helping children learn to talk, listen, read and sing! Nanette provides diagnostic listening and spoken language therapy to families, children, and adults. She enjoys leading workshops and coaching professionals and parents to improve listening and spoken language outcomes for children with hearing differences. Nanette is currently the head of Pediatric Speech and Language Services at the Marion Downs Center for Hearing, Speech, and Language.
