Advocacy – Clinical Training Unit

the purpose of this module is for LEND trainees to gain insight into the challenges children with hearing loss experience in their self-esteem and self-advocacy and how audiologists can support families and their children in development of skills

trainees will gain understanding of:
- Why self-esteem is “vulnerable” in children who are deaf or hard of hearing
- How audiologist can support families in:
  - promoting self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-advocacy in their children
- How audiologists can support:
  - development of self-advocacy for use of hearing technology and communication strategies across childhood
- How audiologists can identify:
  - advocacy activities that impact children with hearing loss and their families
Preparation
Assignment for Seminar
- Come prepared to talk about specific ways you can interact with families to promote positive self-concept
- Come prepared to discuss strategies for promoting self-advocacy for children with hearing loss
- Come prepared to talk about how you an include advocacy in your pediatric audiology practice
Resources
- Informing Families