Natural Aural Approach: Guide

Monitoring Protocol

The Monitoring Protocol for deaf babies and children details the tiny steps towards developing language and the other skills that develop at the same time.  This resource is invaluable for families as it serves to track development and offers reassurance as well as a framework for development. 

Further information on Children’s development can be found in:

• The Level 2 materials linked to the Monitoring Protocol for Deaf Children help professionals and parents to track whether all aspects of the child’s language development are equally as strong.

• The Integrated Scales for Development monitors and tracks the child’s development from birth to 48 months in the areas of; Listening, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech, Cognition and Pragmatics.  There is also a tracking and monitoring form.
   
• Kristina Blaiser, Ph.D reviews the evidence behind benefits of early parent-child interactions and outlines strategies and resources for speech-language pathologists to use in supporting communication development with infants and toddlers with hearing loss in her article ‘Supporting Communicative Development of Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss’.
   
• Dodd et al. outline norms for speech and phonological development in children under 7 years for typically developing children. 
   
• Talking Point offer Ages and Stages Information.
   
• The NDCS has just launched an updated version of the Monitoring Protocol, Success from the Start building on its success in consultation with families and the people who support them.