A Baker's Dozen -- ideas for classroom

http://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingandkids/2015/a-bakers-dozen-school-recommendations-for-families-with-students-who-are-deaf-or-hard-of-hearing/

falling into traps while trying to enhance communicaiton

http://auditoryverbaltherapy.net/2015/06/09/i-do-not-run-a-pet-shop-dogs-parrots-and-auditory-verbal-therapy/

Who was Dr. Ling?

http://www.listeningandspokenlanguage.org/uploadedFiles/Connect/Meetings/2014_Convention/Application%20of%20Ling%E2%80%99s%20Strategies%20A%20Global%20Perspective.pdf

Why AVTs do not recommend sign language?

If you work with kids who are deaf, everyone thinks you sign. I tell people I teach children to listen and talk and I do NOT use sign language and they still think I do? It's crazy how ingrained the notion of deafness needing sign is. With today's technology most children who are deaf are able to use hearing technology to learn to listen well and speak really well. 

Some of my colleagues have already blogged about this:

Re: the question of  when we might recommend sign language --- My friend has a blog ---

http://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingandkids/2013/recommned-children-learn-sign-language/

and another colleague has this answer to why NOT baby sign:

http://auditoryverbaltherapy.net/2014/09/08/why-not-baby-signs/

AGBell Symposium 2015: ABCs of AVT

http://www.listeningandspokenlanguage.org/uploadedFiles/Connect/Meetings/2015_AG_Bell_Listening_and_Spoken_Language_Symposium/Presentation%20Back%20to%20Basics%20ABCs%20of%20AVT.pdf

AVT and other methods for teaching people who are deaf

http://www.auditory-verbal.org/tag/auditory-verbal/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_education

What is AVT? Parent Book

Please read Joanna Stith, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, Cert. AVT's nice resource?

http://www.rchsd.org/documents/2014/04/what-is-auditory-verbal-therapy-cochlear-implant.doc