Auditory-Verbal therapy is a method of intervention that applies techniques and strategies, which promote acquisition of spoken language through listening. Children use their amplification to learn to listen and process verbal language, which helps to develop and support their ability to speak. One main principal of auditory-verbal therapy is parental involvement. The child's parent or primary caregiver, a crucial part of therapy sessions, learn how to help their children learn to listen, process language, and speak within the natural daily activities of their life.

Our speech/language department has attended many in-service training sessions and workshops to learn more about auditory-verbal therapy techniques. We have been fortunate to learn from Pamela Talbot, Nancy Schumann and Ellen Rhoades who are certified auditory verbal therapists and who have spent time here at Lake Drive educating and training our speech/language pathologists. In addition, Nancy Schumann has been consulting with Lake Drive for the past year and she continues as a consultant during the current school year. Nancy has been and continues to mentor three of our speech/language pathologists who are working with children and parents committed to an auditory-verbal approach to intervention. These speech/language pathologists are working toward becoming certified auditory-verbal therapists under Nancy's supervision.