PROJECT
Auditory Verbal therapy
PURPOSE
To help deaf pre-school children develop listening and spoken language skills, ensuring they have an equal start at school
FUNDING
The Auditory Verbal programme costs Auditory Verbal UK £6,825 per family per year to provide. Funding comes from fees paid by families and professionals for therapy services and training, as well as grants from charitable trusts, foundations, corporate supporters and individual donors. A donation of £135,000 from the City Bridge Trust is contributing to provision in London
BACKGROUND
Auditory Verbal therapy is a specialist intervention that aims to equip parents with the skills to maximise their deaf child's speech and language development. The approach forms part of mainstream support for deaf children in North America, Denmark and Australasia.
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