Listening Skills in Schools
Help your students learn and use essential listening skills in the classroom. These enhanced skills lead to:
Improved attention
Improved auditory memory
Improved note taking
Improved ability for classroom discussions
Learning Outcomes
Provides information on development of listening
Separates out hearing from listening
Teaches strategies to build listening skills
Includes specific strategies based on age of the students
Helps teachers offset negative trend of diminishing auditory skills due to increasing use of technology
2-hour training module plus manual included
Description
Listening Skills in Schools is a 2-hour course available to teachers, administrators, speech-language pathologists, and support personnel. This course is for everyone working with children Pre-K through High School in the classroom setting.
We all need our students to “hear”, comprehend, and respond to our lessons and discussions. Learn these valuable skills which you can incorporate immediately in the classroom.
Presented By
Lois Kam Heymann, M.A. CCC-SLP, is a Speech and Language Pathologist with over 30 years experience working with children with listening, language and learning challenges and their parents.
Lois has presented hundreds of in-service workshops, seminars and conferences, nationally and internationally, sharing her knowledge and techniques with parent groups, school systems and speech-language pathologists. Lois also works training therapists and teachers nationally as well as internationally in India, Dubai, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Ethiopia and Bulgaria.
Lois’ book: The Sound of Hope: Recognizing, Coping with and Treating Your Child’s Auditory Processing Disorder (Random House Publishing) is a parent guide to the importance of listening skills development in children birth to 8 years old. The book has a forward by Rosie O’Donnell.
Lois creates Listening-Language Programs for students of all ages.
Lois’ mission is to share her philosophy, techniques and methods with parents, therapists and teachers around the world.
“Lois is so knowledgeable about this area and always has applicable strategies and suggestions. I've enjoyed going to her other knowledgeable presentations in the past. Kim was knowledgeable and informative about how to incorporate these strategies into virtual/remote therapy.”
— Margaret, Speech-Language Pathologist
“This was my first course with ListenLoveLearn.com. The presenter provided excellent information, practical strategies, interesting research and techniques, and helpful recommendations. Thank you!”
— Stephanie
“Great course with useful suggestions and application to therapy sessions and work with students.”