First Years Continuing Education
The program is designed for graduates who have been out of school at least 2 years and who have a current caseload of children with hearing loss (birth to 8 years).
”I feel much more confident in providing appropriate services to the children on my caseload, and with sharing the knowledge I gained with other team members.”
-FIRST YEARS Student
Photo: Robert Ladd
Kathryn Wilson, MA, Assistant Professor, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Program Director, FIRST YEARS
Mentorship Experience
FIRST YEARS student Anne Oliver talks about her experience in the program
Courtesy of Kathryn Wilson
A mentorship experience is required of every FIRST YEARS student. The mentorship is an opportunity to implement new skills and knowledge learned in the FIRST YEARS courses under the guidance of a mentor. Students are assigned a mentor who works with them to identify areas of emphasis for improvement. The student visits the mentor’s site and works closely with the mentor to make changes in their intervention. Students also submit three video tapes of their teaching or therapy during the course of the program. These tapes help to document change in teaching behaviors over time. Mentorship sites are in clinics, hospitals, universities, and public and private schools throughout the nation and in Canada.
For more information on the FIRST YEARS program, visit their website: http://firstyears.org [link no longer available, 4/2/19]
Courtesy of Kathryn Wilson
Map shows practice sites of current students and graduates of the FIRST YEARS program
COURSES:
Special Topics in Speech and Hearing: A Survey
Basic Speech Acoustics
Audiology Interpretation and Hearing Technologies
Spoken Language Development and Intervention
Literacy Development in Young Children with Hearing Loss
Alumni Profiles
