This programme is comprised of two semesters of web-based distance learning. The six modules aim to help the practitioner develop theoretical knowledge and professional skills to develop and improve practice with this specialised client group.
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Development of audition – provides a detailed understanding of how the human auditory system develops in the normal and hearing-impaired infant and child, in the context of the child’s cognitive and social development.
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Hearing technology – provides a practical understanding of the technological interventions that are available for the hearing-impaired child and their implications for the habilitation practitioner.
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Communication in children – provides an in-depth understanding of how spoken communication develops in children with and without hearing impairment, and of the interventions that can be made to optimise learning in the presence of hearing impairment
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Play and development – focuses on the role of play in normal child development and its relationship to other processes in the areas of communication, cognition and physical development
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Quantative analysis – provides practitioners with the skills to perform the appropriate statistical analyses for a range of research designs.
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Advanced methods for healthcare – develops the analytical skills necessary for practitioners to conduct and analyse small research projects within their own field of practice.
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The modules are delivered interactively through the internet, supported by clinician tutors who are experts in auditory verbal therapy and developmental psychology. Students engage in online seminars and discussions, and make use of a range of learning methods including reflective practice and video analysis. End of module assessments provide an opportunity for the student to draw together the key learning from the module by applying them to practical, clinical scenarios.
All modules need to be completed and passed for the Postgraduate Certificate in Hearing and Development to be awarded. Assessment is by written coursework.
The PGCert in Hearing and Development is designed in accordance with the NHS and Quality Assurance Agency’s Framework for Higher Educational Qualifications (FHEQ).
This course is part one of the Postgraduate Diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy at Aston University. Students who pass this course can progress to the Diploma.
The course provides an in-depth understanding of child development, and how and why this may differ in children with a hearing impairment. The role of hearing in development, and the scientific basis of therapeutic interventions for habilitation of hearing-impaired children are considered in detail. Students also develop skills for evaluating and interpreting research in this area, in the context of evidence-based practice.
Jacqueline Stokes BEd MSc Cert AVT - Jacqueline trained at McGill University under Dr Daniel Ling and has worked in US, Canada and UK. For over twenty years, she has been working on the development of spoken communication, with particular focus on supporting families of infants with hearing impairment.
Jacqueline has extensive experience of working for the NHS and in the independent sector. The demand for auditory verbal therapy and the extent of the unmet need inspired her to found Auditory VerbalUK. in 2002 (registered charity no.1095133).
Jacqueline is Editor of Hearing-Impaired Infants: Support in the First Eighteen Months (Whurr publishers, 1999). She has served on the NDCS National Advisory Group on Quality Standards in Early Intervention and on advisory boards for NDCS and RNID/DfES funded projects.
In June 2002, Jacqueline was honoured with the prestigious Susan Schmid-Giovannini Award for outstanding auditory verbal therapists.
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