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Published: 16-04-2015 17:13

and advocacy roles. Fit for the Future The second group looked at the skills or ‘DNA’ hearing care managers of the future will need to have. Like many professionals in changing industries, audiologists will be facing a competitive skills gap as the rehabilitative aspects become more essential. The group’s solution, Fit for the Future, is centered on the [...] outcomes of these two project groups. Communication for Life One project idea took the perspective that success for the future will be built around Communication for Life. Group members believe that hearing care managers of the future could become communication specialists who would follow with patient care throughout the lifespan. Newborn hearing

across all kinds of industry. The common denominator is that the companies I work for are all really serious about becoming more innovative. What are the challenges of getting a group to think innovatively? It is often difficult for people to forget the past and try to picture future scenarios. However, everybody’s different, so for me it’s about ensuring

Published: 10-02-2015 15:35

Tools and group rules Introduce The Time And Talk Tool Duration: 15 Minutes Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Time and Talk Introduce "Time and Talk" and the resources and information available in the Resource Library. Purpose To help participants understand the background to the Time and Talk method and the corresponding resources [...] resources. Group rules Duration: 10 Minutes Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Establish a safe environment The facilitator lays down some ground rules for creating a safe environment in which to role-play. Purpose To ensure that participants clearly understand the ground rules.

Published: 10-02-2015 15:26

other about how they get their hair cut. The participant asking the question should not say or ask anything else, just listen to the other participant provide an answer. The group reflects in plenary on what information was gathered from the exchange. Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Second round: Washing powder or detergent Participants

Published: 10-02-2015 15:19

practice. Role-playing using a simulated client The group picks a different scenario to role-play based on their own experience or on their hopes and fears of what might happen in the clinic. The "clinician" leaves the room. The rest of the group develops the scenario and creates a client profile. Other group members are given specific tasks and things to [...] the person playing the clinician with feedback on the skills they particularly wanted to practice. At any time, the clinician can pause and ask for help from the group. At the end, the group reflects on which skills from the Competency Skills List were demonstrated and how the appointment went from the client's, clinician's and observers' points of view

Published: 10-02-2015 15:19

clinician is encouraged to overplay the wrong way of doing it and can stop any time and ask for help from the group. Reflection At the end of the role-play, participants playing the clinician and the client say how they felt during the exchange and the group analyzes what was observed with regard to verbal and non-verbal communication. Please accept marketing [...] to view this content. Doing it the right way In the second round, participants role-play the same or a different scenario, this time doing it the right way. Reflection The group reflects on the skills they applied during the role-play. For this exercise they can use the Competency Skills List as a starting point. They may also discuss the skills they

Published: 10-02-2015 15:16

their partners what their ideal life would be. They then take turns introducing their partners and their 'fantasy lives' to the rest of the group. Purpose To create an ice-breaker and introduce members of the group to each other. Plan for the day Duration: 10 minutes Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Aims and agenda Discuss the pa

Published: 20-01-2015 15:03

Reflection and feedback Reflection and feedback Learn how to give good feedback and integrate reflection into the experiential learning process. Group activities Group activities Learn ideas for interactive group activities to engage participants and create a collaborative learning environment. Assessment Assessment Assess your Time and Talk workshop. Did

Published: 20-01-2015 14:24

non-judgmental feedback Freely ask for advice Maintain confidentiality Helpful videos Next to each activity, small video clips from a real-life Time and Talk workshop with a group of audiology students at the University of Bristol demonstrate how you can run each session. For more information about how to conduct individual activities and run the workshop

Published: 20-01-2015 12:17

resources do parents need to make informed decisions for their children at each step along that journey? To explore that question, the Ida Institute invited a multi-disciplinary group that included surgeons, speech therapists, audiologists, teachers, and a psychologist to participate in a family-centered CI Seminar in Skodsborg, Denmark. The 21 professionals