Transformation: The New Me! Parenting A Deaf Child Or Hard Of Hearing Child
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Your journey parenting a child who is deaf or hard of hearing is one that you chart together. We work collaboratively in Auditory-Verbal Therapy, with both you and your child so that you transform into a confident, competent parent.
How does this transformation occur? In this twenty-first episode, Shefali coaches a mother from her online practice at Sound Steps, as she reflects on her transformative journey. Over a period of eight months, Rashi Sanghi, has become fearless. Together they explore how this transformation occurred.
In this deep conversation with Shefali Shah, a LSLS Cert. AVT professional, Shefali guides the listener to acknowledge how important it is to trust the process and more importantly to trust yourself.
Listen. Learn. Talk.
This is The Sound Steps Podcast.
🎧 Top Tips from Episode 21
- Auditory-Verbal Therapy is a collaboration between the family and LSL professional.
- Competent, confident parents drive therapy.
- Trust the process.
- Trust yourself.
- Success begets success.
- Success frees you of inhibition and limitation.
- 00:00 The Auditory-Verbal journey begins
- 01:06 Auditory-Verbal Therapy is modelled on typical development in children
- 01:58 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents
- 02:40 AVT facilitates age-appropriate development
- 02:58 Ready to graduate from the early intervention service
- 03:11 Abundant choices open up through AVT
- 03:49 A life free of limitations
- 03:53 Show notes & Top Tips
- 04:10 Auditory-Verbal Therapy is a collaboration
- 04:30 Building competence and confidence in parents and their parenting skills
- 04: 41 Parents drive therapy
- 04:49 Coming to terms with the diagnosis of hearing loss in your infant or young child
- 05:08 Pro-active parenting
- 05:11 Spontaneous parenting
- 05:30 Special thanks to our guest: Rashi Sanghi
- 05:34 Tracking the change in parent over eight months
- 06:07 Casting off diffidence
- 06:23 Hesitation
- 07:03 Free of inhibition
- 07:33 Transformation
- 08:10 Free of fear
- 08:40 Love of books
- 08:57 Pre-judging
- 10:13 Innovative and Intuitive
- 11:07 Guiding your child’s development of spoken language & speech intuitively
- 12.32 Creating learning opportunities
- 12.55 Reflecting on past fears
- 13:13 Living free of limitations
- 13.31 Context gives meaning
- 13:43 Creating abundant learning opportunities
- 13:59 The effects of transformation on your parenting style
- 14:38 A mutually supportive environment
- 14:43 Imagination blossoms
- 15:44 Investing in your child
- 17:35 Creating “real” experiences
- 18:46 The parent drives therapy
- 19:07 Self-belief
- 20:10 Creativity feeds learning
- 21:06 Trust the process
- 21:22 Trust yourself
- 21:52 Success begets success
- 22:07 Success frees you of inhibition and self-doubt
- 23:20 This could be you!
- 23:44 Upcoming episode: Getting ready to graduate!
🔗 Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- 💬 Submit your question to the show: https://www.soundsteps.uk/podcast-ask-question/
- 👩⚕️ Face-to-face AVT with Shefali Shah (London): https://soundsteps.uk
- 🌐 Online AVT sessions available via AVT Direct: https://avtdirect.com
- 🎓 Train online as an LSL professional in AVT: https://learnavt.com
- 📧 Contact Shefali directly: shefalishah@soundsteps.uk