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TLP Provider Certification Course

How Does the Provider Help?

• Being the go to resource for The Listening Program

• Understanding listener needs and clarifying goals

• Making suitable recommendations

• Offering instruction and guidance

• Monitoring progress with frequent communication

• Helping them to stay on track

• Answering their questions

• Providing suggestions to improve their results

• Understanding and anticipating potential obstacles

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Educate

Intake

Programming

Training

Monitoring

5 Areas of Responsibility

Educate

• Website- advancedbrain.com

• Video- What is The Listening Program?

• Marketing materials

• Research and case studies

• Articles

• Blog

• TLP Radio and Webinars

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Intake/Baseline Information

• Client History

• Listener Group

• Brain Focus

• TLP Listening Checklist

• Listening Screening Tool

• Listening Goals & Results

• TAVS

• Functional Observations

• Consultation

Client History Form

• Identifying information

• Developmental, medical/health, dietary

• Behavior

• Physical/motor development

• Speech, language, reading, writing and math

• Cognition and education

• Current lifestyle

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Learning –

Support for attention, scholastic and study skills.

Communication –

Support for listening, language, voice, speech, and communication skills.

Intervention –

Support for therapeutic, rehabilitative, neurodevelopmental, and sensory

needs.

Wellness –

Support for a healthy life balance of mind, body, emotion, and spirit.

Performance –

Support for achieving higher states of physical, mental, musical, and

creative ability.

Listener Groups

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Brain Focus Areas

Executive Function

Communication

Auditory Processing

Social & Emotional Function

Stress Response

Motor Coordination

Creativity

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• Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist

• Coping Inventory (ages 3-16) (a self-rated form available

for adolescents and adults)

• Infant Toddler Symptom Checklist (ages 7-30 months)

• TLP Listening Checklist

• The Listening Inventory (Geffner, Swain)

• The Listening Questionnaire for Children (school age)

• The Listening Questionnaire for Adults

• TLP Observations Checklist

Checklists

Sources available in Provider Resources on advancedbrain.com

• The Sensorimotor History Questionnaire for Preschoolers

(ages 3 - 5 years)

• The Sensory Profile (ages 3 - 10)

• The Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (ages 11 - 65+)

• The Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile (ages birth to 36

months)

• Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS) (ages

11-71 months)

• Activities of Daily Living Checklist

Checklists

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• Online screening

• Rates skills & behaviors

• AP - Auditory Processing

• SM - Sensory Motor

• SL - Speech and Language

• LA - Learning and Attention

• SB - Social and Behavioral

Listening Screening Tool

Listening Goals & Results

• Concentration, attention & memory

• Speech, language, communication & voice

• Listening & auditory processing

• Mood, behavior & emotional regulation

• Physical & motor

• Social

• Sleep

• Energy level

• Education & career

• Creativity, music & artistic

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Assessments

• What do you want to measure?

• Is an assessment required?

• Target brain performance areas?

• What are the best assessment tool(s)?

• What are you already using?

• What testing is already being done by others?

The Test of Auditory and Visual Skills (TAVS)

A screening tool to assess auditory processing

skills including

Temporal processing

Auditory pattern processing

Auditory discrimination

Sound localization

Auditory and visual processing

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TAVS

The Test of Auditory and Visual Skills

• Objective measure for pre/post listening

• Low level auditory and visual processing

• Assesses areas concerned with timing,

intensity, sequencing and frequency

• Quick and easy

• Suitable for ages 5 upwards

Functional Observation

• Live observation

• Video

• Self-regulation

• Activity preferences

• Behavior

• Relationships

• Handwriting, drawing, art

• Organizational ability

• Academic or career performance

• Ability to handle multi-sensory input

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Lifestyle Considerations

• School/work schedule

• Leisure time

• Other activities

• Family routine

• Organization

• Time management

• Upcoming vacations

Special Considerations

• ENT or audiologist referral

• Hearing loss

• Seizures

• Medication

• Bipolar disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Craniotomy

• Acquired brain injury-acute stage

• Medically stable

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Foundational training with a focus in the green zone

Intermediate to experienced training with a focus in the

orange zone

Balanced training adaptable for all listeners

PRO Programs- iPod Systems

Listening System w/Headphones

Waves Open Closed

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Schedules Intensity Modules Per Day Notes

Extended Low 1 (15 min. x 1)

Base Moderate 2 (15 min. x 2) Minimum 30 minute break

between modules

Condensed Moderate 2 (30 min. x 1) No break between modules

Advanced High 4 (30 min. x 2) Minimum 30 minute break

between sessions

Core Schedules

Sleep issues

Stress resilience

Focus and attention

Working memory

And ?

Self-Directed

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Confirm & Place Order

Consult to review recommendations

Confirm with client

Place order

Listener Training

• Review listening schedule

• Supply forms

• Environment

• Activities

• Listening system training

• Handbook

• Consultation schedule

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Cycle

25 hour listening progression

ranging from five to twenty weeks

Listener Group

Learning

Communication

Intervention

Wellness

Performance

Cycle Minimum

2

2

4

2

2

Cycles

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Listening Logs

Defines schedule for each program and cycle

Daily listening record

iPod and CD versions

Program Duration

• Listening is like physical exercise

• Healthy lifestyle

• Core training

• Refinement

• Achieve goals, set new ones

• Wellness or performance group

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Listening Environment

• Safe

• Comfortable

• Minimal distractions

• Listening activities

• Listening in the car

Listening Activities

• Listening is the primary activity

• No logic based activities

• More is not necessarily better

• Zone & brain focus support

• Quiet

• Creative

• Fine motor

• Movement?

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Equipment Training

Refer to listening equipment session

Waves Operation Guide

Headphone tips

Headphone Introduction

• Young children

• Older adults

• Limited headphone experience

• Sensory sensitive

• Attention

• Behavior

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Medical Disclaimer & Consent Form

The Listening Program is not intended to treat,

cure, or mitigate any disease or disorder.

Child & adult consent forms

No medical claims

Results not guaranteed

• Listener Group

• Compliance

• Journal

• Listening Logs

• Observations Checklist

• Consultations

Monitoring

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Listening Journal

Observations Checklist

• Social/Emotional

• Language

• Physical/Motor

• Attention

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Consultations

• Adjustment symptoms

• Questions, concerns

• Consistency, compliance

• Lifestyle changes

• Listening environment

• Listening activities

• Modifications

Intake, Training, Monitoring, Discharge

Coaching Schedules

Month Frequency

Month 1 Weekly

Months 2 & 3 Every two weeks

Months 4-6 Monthly

Months 7+ As needed

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Live or Online Telecoaching?

• Live

• Phone

• Video Conference

• Instant Messaging and Texting

• Email

Adjustment Symptoms

• Positive or negative

• Brain is reorganizing

• Severity and duration

• External stressors

• Listening stressors

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External Stressors

• Health

• Diet

• Sleep

• Lifestyle

• Screen time

• Exercise

• Noise exposure

• Too much going on

• Other interventions

Listening Stressors

• Headphones

• Volume

• Time of listening

• Activities

• Frequency, intensity, duration

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Modifications

F - Frequency

I - Intensity

D - Duration

• One or two modules – no change

• Three or more in a week – listen to the last

module & missed modules

• One to three weeks – repeat last week &

missed weeks

• Four+ weeks – Generally start program over

Missed Listening Sessions

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• 2 – 4 cycles

• 50 to 100 hours for core

• Post listening, etc.

• Continued listening practice

• Annual boost

• Zone focus

• Support with episodic music

Program Completion

Educate

Intake

Programming

Training

Monitoring