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Listening LOVEAn emphasis on a family-centered approach to establishing listening & spoken language skills in children who are deaf/hard of hearing.
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The Listening LOVE Approach is for Children Who Present With:
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The Listening Lifeline Of Vital Emphasis (LOVE):
Auditory-Verbal Therapy is a family-centered LIFESTYLE of intentional auditory experiences and ongoing language-rich learning experiences. The family is the expert on the child. The LSLS Cert. AVT is the expert on developing listening and spoken language skills in children who are deaf/hard of hearing. When the two join forces, sharing equal time in the therapy pie, the sky is genuinely the limit. This is not a co-dependent model. We are fully dependent on each other to see the listening and spoken language goals become reality.
Auditory-Verbal Therapy
Brandy Storck, MS CCC-SLP/L, LSLS Cert, AVT is a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified in Auditory-Verbal Therapy, one of only nine in the state of TN. She has been providing hearing impaired specialized services to Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Middle Tennessee since 2002. She provides AVT working through a coaching model within the family unit and in close collaboration with the schools.
Upon completing her graduate training and starting her first job she quickly realized that speech-language pathologists are trained to be jacks of many trades but masters of few. After meeting one family who introduced her to the power and colossal significance of listening and spoken language skills, her eyes were forever opened to that fact that child development is centered around strengths in both skills, from infancy through academia. Everything from speech sound development to math, science, and socials skills is rooted in auditory and language proficiency. She set her professional sights on mastering this "trade" and spent five additional postgraduate years becoming a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified in Auditory-Verbal Therapy (LSLS Cert. AVT).
She is passionate about empowering families to lead their child in a lifestyle of learning rather than a therapy-driven approach, dependent on an "expert" for success. She recognizes that the family is the greatest resource and expert a child will ever have. When families come to embrace this lifestyle of listening, language, and learning with the support of a highly trained professional coaching them through the process the journey to success is exponentially heightened.
Brandy provides Auditory-Verbal Therapy services to the areas of Central, West, and South Nashville. Monica Wehrer, SLP, Cert. AVT Mentee, provides Auditory-Verbal services to the areas of Central, East, and North Nashville.
Upon completing her graduate training and starting her first job she quickly realized that speech-language pathologists are trained to be jacks of many trades but masters of few. After meeting one family who introduced her to the power and colossal significance of listening and spoken language skills, her eyes were forever opened to that fact that child development is centered around strengths in both skills, from infancy through academia. Everything from speech sound development to math, science, and socials skills is rooted in auditory and language proficiency. She set her professional sights on mastering this "trade" and spent five additional postgraduate years becoming a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified in Auditory-Verbal Therapy (LSLS Cert. AVT).
She is passionate about empowering families to lead their child in a lifestyle of learning rather than a therapy-driven approach, dependent on an "expert" for success. She recognizes that the family is the greatest resource and expert a child will ever have. When families come to embrace this lifestyle of listening, language, and learning with the support of a highly trained professional coaching them through the process the journey to success is exponentially heightened.
Brandy provides Auditory-Verbal Therapy services to the areas of Central, West, and South Nashville. Monica Wehrer, SLP, Cert. AVT Mentee, provides Auditory-Verbal services to the areas of Central, East, and North Nashville.
Service Delivery
Services are office-based (when available) or provided in the natural environment of the child including, but not limited to, the home, preschool, or school of the child. Brandy is licensed to provide services in the states of Tennessee and Missouri. Monica is licensed to provide services in the states of Tennessee and Pennsylvania. If they are not able to provide services to you in person, they may be able to provide the services via teletherapy instead. Please contact us to discuss your unique needs and your service location options. The initial phone consult is free. Additional consults, phone or in-person, are subject to a fee. For a comprehensive list of fees please contact us at TheEmphasisProject@gmail.com. For more information on payment click HERE.
Family Networking Group
Described as one of the most loved components of our regional support services is our Family Networking Group. The families of area-wide children affected by hearing loss have opportunities to connect through planned activity days, facilitated by the families themselves.