DESEAR ESCUCHAR SOCIAL WORK WITH FAMILIES
COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN CHILDREN
TOPIC: Growing whith CI
Submission Categorie : Child-Parent interaction
Presenting Author: Prof. Marcela Barros & Coach Dana Poklepovic
Desear  Escuchar is a civil association that accompanies deaf people to improve their life quality. One area is the donation of hearing aids to children and adults without medical care. Another important area is the workshops to families with children with CI. This work is done by Prof. Marcela Barros, teacher for deaf, speech and language and Dana Poklepovic, PhD, Coach PCC.
OBJECTIVES
Guide children and their families to develop new auditory and language skills with CI.
Coach families to address the impact of deafness on their daily life.
Offer active listening and help them manage their emotions about deafness and CI.
Play games with children to build new social skills and self-confidence.
Provide parents with AVT (Auditory Verbal Therapy) strategies through team games.
Develop parents´ inner child to improve communication.
Empower families to develop resiliency.
Discover daily activities to maximize hearing and oral language.
Encourage executive functions to support the acquisition of auditory skills.
METHODS
Experiential workshops where parents develop dynamic and practical tools to stimulate their children´s brain activity, hearing and language.
Team Sessions to discuss CI, functioning and auditory rehabilitation post-CI.
Theme games (circus, kermese, clown) to enhance life experiences.
Theatre and Music Workshops to develop musical ear, enjoy music and boost personal development.
Activities between parents and children to improve their relationship and communication.
An environment of joy and wellbeing.
Analyse AVT (Auditory Verbal Therapy) videos with parents.
Storytelling Workshop to teach families how to tell stories and maximize their potential as sources of learning and hearing.
RESULTS
110 workshops since 2003.
1400 families participated.
100% satisfaction in surveys.
Parents´ testimonials, highly committed with the process.
Children with incidental hearing, better social skills and school performance.
CONCLUSIONS
The synergy between auditory rehabilitation and coaching leads families to:
- optimize communication through new tools
- gain self-confidence and empowerment
and children with CI to attain:
- better incidental hearing
- excellent benefits from their CI
- social skills and independent adult life.
Finally, both children and families approach deafness with gratitude and a growth mindset.
www.desearescuchar.com.ar
marcela_barrosar@yahoo.com.ar

DESEAR ESCUCHAR SOCIAL WORK WITH FAMILIES
COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN CHILDREN
**TOPIC**: Growing whith CI
**Submission Categorie** : Child-Parent interaction
**Presenting Author:** Prof. Marcela Barros **&** Coach Dana Poklepovic
Desear  Escuchar is a civil association that accompanies deaf people to improve their life quality. One area is the donation of hearing aids to children and adults without medical care. Another important area is the workshops to families with children with CI. This work is done by Prof. Marcela Barros, teacher for deaf, speech and language and Dana Poklepovic, PhD, Coach PCC.
**OBJECTIVES**
Guide children and their families to develop new auditory and language skills with CI.
Coach families to address the impact of deafness on their daily life.
Offer active listening and help them manage their emotions about deafness and CI.
Play games with children to build new social skills and self-confidence.
Provide parents with AVT (Auditory Verbal Therapy) strategies through team games.
Develop parents´ inner child to improve communication.
Empower families to develop resiliency.
Discover daily activities to maximize hearing and oral language.
Encourage executive functions to support the acquisition of auditory skills.
**METHODS**
Experiential workshops where parents develop dynamic and practical tools to stimulate their children´s brain activity, hearing and language.
Team Sessions to discuss CI, functioning and auditory rehabilitation post-CI.
Theme games (circus, kermese, clown) to enhance life experiences.
Theatre and Music Workshops to develop musical ear, enjoy music and boost personal development.
Activities between parents and children to improve their relationship and communication.
An environment of joy and wellbeing.
Analyse AVT (Auditory Verbal Therapy) videos with parents.
Storytelling Workshop to teach families how to tell stories and maximize their potential as sources of learning and hearing.
**RESULTS**
110 workshops since 2003.
1400 families participated.
100% satisfaction in surveys.
Parents´ testimonials, highly committed with the process.
Children with incidental hearing, better social skills and school performance.
**CONCLUSIONS**
The synergy between auditory rehabilitation and coaching leads families to:
- optimize communication through new tools
- gain self-confidence and empowerment
and children with CI to attain:
- better incidental hearing
- excellent benefits from their CI
- social skills and independent adult life.
Finally, both children and families approach deafness with gratitude and a growth mindset.
www.desearescuchar.com.ar
marcela_barrosar@yahoo.com.ar

Desear Escuchar Social Work with Families. Cochlear Implant in Children.

It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm, that on behalf of the Cochlear Implant centers of the Radboud UMC in Nijmegen and Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam to invite you to attend the 16th European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation to Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2023.

Yours sincerely, on behalf of the CI Centers at Radboud UMC and Erasmus MC,