rich 1.0 After years of diligent hard work supporting your deaf or hard of hearing child’s listening and spoken language development, it is time to reflect and acknowledge all that you have done! The Sound Steps Podcast culminates in this final twenty-fourth episode. Pradnya Madbhavi joins Shefali Shah, an LSL Cert. AVT professional as they reflect on their partnership, navigating the challenges of a child who was born with hearing loss and additional difficulties, celebrating in his having emerged as a young leader! A surprise guest joins this episode to regale you with poignant insight and triumphs as he prepares for a career in Aerospace Engineering! Thank you for being the heartbeat of The Sound Steps Podcast. Know that you are not alone. Celebrate each step forward! Listen. Learn. Talk. This is The Sound Steps Podcast. 🎧 Top Tips from Episode 21 School supports those who support themselves. Creative school projects shape young minds and help them to flourish. Letting go as parent is critical to your child thriving and also to your relationship with your child. Developing self-advocacy skills is a reflection of children who have a strong sense of self-worth. Tempering ambition and redirecting it productively, is an integral part of parenting. Coping with your child’s hearing loss is an on-going process that is always evolving. Time Stamp: 00:00 The Auditory-Verbal journey begins 01:10 90% of deaf or hard of hearing children are born to hearing parents 02:04 AVT facilitates age-appropriate development 02:23 Abundant choices open up through AVT 02:48  Early identification and the fitting of early and optimal amplification 03:57  Show notes, Top tips and Time Stamps 04:00  Introducing our guest: Pradnya Madbhavi 04:37 Creative school projects: The Evolution Between Architecture & Mathematics 06:37  Seeds of Peace Initiative: Dubai and Maine, USA 07:55 Planning a career in Aerospace Engineering 08:29 School opens up new opportunities 08:38  Leaving home 09:04  Letting go 10:19  Struggling with the fear of the unknown for one’s child 11:27 Dealing with uncertainty 12:02 Dealing with newness 12:42 Common interests make great icebreakers 13:24  Self Advocacy 15:46  Being comfortable in one’s own skin 16:15  Leadership opportunities at school 16:48 Free of limiting beliefs 18:00 How to negotiate with children 18:15 Coping with your child’s hearing loss 19:18 Realistic appraisal of one’s own skills and talents 19:38 Adjusting to change 20:22 Supporting one’s child’s passion 21:03 Tempering ambition 22:01 Purpose of life 22:35  Inspiring other women and colleagues 23:11  A Liberating experience! 24:10 The grit of this mother who has raised a child to overcome his additional difficulties 24:38  The joy of sharing one’s life journey with others to raise awareness 25:33  Sense of self and an inner strength 26:00 Acknowledging that one does falter 27:26 The joy of watching the lives of children unfold as they grow 27:54  Free to choose 28:10  Thank you for walking these Sound Steps with us through to this concluding episode 28:47  You are not alone 28:54  Keep celebrating each step forward 🔗 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 (mailto:shefalishah@soundsteps.uk) The Sound Steps Podcast https://audioboom.com/channels/5160349-the-sound-steps-podcast Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43814186/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8946729/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>