Early Intervention Program

We provide Auditory-Verbal early intervention services to families with newborn babies through to the time the child enrols in Year 1 of compulsory schooling. Our service is available from the time of diagnosis of the child’s permanent hearing impairment (mild through to profound) which requires the child to use hearing aid/s and/or cochlear implant/s.

On-going Monitoring of the Child’s Progress

• An Individual Education Plan (IEP) is developed for each child at least twice each year. The IEP is written after consultation with and input from you, the parents. A standardised curriculum is used to select goals covering all areas of your child’s development

• Informal monitoring and assessment is constant and ongoing and your child’s progress and educational outcomes are discussed weekly with you, the parents

• Children are formally assessed using standardised tests at least once a year. These assessments (standardised on children with normal hearing) are conducted over a range of areas of development including language, speech, cognition, social and emotional skills and communicative competence. As well as indicating the child’s current level of development, these assessments identify areas needing specific attention