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June 4, 2001
The Davis Center
What Therapies Can Help My Child?

Sound Based Therapies: The Neural Connections for Oral Motor Issues


Location: St Barnabas Ambulatory Center (Click for directions)

Date: June 4, 2001
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Speaker: Dorinne S. Davis MA, CCC-A, FAAA

Many of you that are professionals have probably already seen Dorinne Davis speak about The Davis Center in the lecture circuit. Dr. Marilyn Agin just saw her lecture and said she is excellent. Dorinne is really looking forward to presenting their therapies to all of you, and in working with Cherab with some of our research projects.

Whether you can attend the meeting or not, which will be filmed, you can visit the website of The Davis Center, which may answer your questions:

"The Davis Center's unique diagnostic expertise helps identify core issues in the areas of hearing, speech, learning, language, and overall well-being for people of all ages. We offer remedial and / or enhancement therapies that address challenges related to Autism, Apraxia / Dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Hyperlexia, learning disabilities, central auditory processing, other minor learning / attention / focus related skills, and health and wellness issues. The Davis Center uses a variety of Sound Based Therapies to address these challenges." Here is more information on next month's upcoming meeting that you don't want to miss.
*Because we have reached our limit in the auditoriums at many meetings, it is important to RSVP. Please RSVP to kiddietalk@yahoo.com, or leave a message at (732) 871- 6013. (At the holiday party we were about 70 people over the limit of the auditorium!)

Cherab Foundation's EFA Case Study Research is of interest to anyone who has a child with neurologically based disorders like apraxia, and is interested in apraxia research. Cherab's Omega3 Research Director, Robet Katz PhD, President of The Research Institute.

Cherab Apraxia Survey For Magazine Article
A writer for a major magazine is on the Cherab email list and has sent out a list of questions for both parents, as well as professionals. Our list, which is overseen by Developmental Pediatricians Dr. Agin, Dr. Laveman, and neuropsychologist Dr. Barbara Wilson, and other medical, speech and educational professionals who are there to answer questions, has the option of viewing these posts online once you are a member.

We will have our new feature book available for $16 (list price is $16.99), The New Language Of Toys-Teaching Communication Skills To Children With Special Needs from Woodbine. Many SLPs as well as parents believe this to be an "excellent book for both parents and professionals!" This book will help you use existing toys from around your home to help "ANY" child who has a delay in speech. It even shows how to make toys that can be used for therapy, and explains why children may have delays in speech.

Ballentine Books will again provide Dr. Stordy's book "The LCP Solution" at this meeting for $12. (List price is $14. Orders by mail are slightly higher to compensate for shipping costs.) Dr. Agin believes this to be a credible book, "that is worth exploring." Please let us know when you RSVP how many books you would like.

If you can not attend our meetings but would like to support our non profit and benefit from the low prices we offer on the "must have" items we offer, please email me (Lisa) at kiddietalk@yahoo.com

We will have Nancy Kaufman's Speech Praxis Kits both beginner and advanced available for you to look at or purchase.

If you need a new member package please email Karen Eardley at karen_eardley@beechwood.com. Due to funding, for now these packages are only available to those who attend our meetings.

We appreciate if you could bring a refreshment. Please email August Carlton, our Refreshment Coordinator, at Msaug2271@aol.com

Speaker Biography:

Dorinne S. Davis, M.A, CCC-A, FAAA is the President and Founder of The Davis Center for Hearing, Speech, & Learning, Inc. She is an Educational and Rehabilitative Audiologist with over three decades of experience. Dorinne earned her Bachelor's degree in Speech & Hearing and Speech & Drama; then a Master's of Audiology / Deaf Education, both at Montclair State College, NJ. She is certified in Speech Correction, Pre-school Education, Speech & Drama, Teacher of the Hard of Hearing, and Supervision by the NJ Department of Education. She is licensed as an Audiologist in NJ, NY, and PA.

Dorinne is an active member of various professional organizations including: America Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); NJ Speech-Language-Hearing Association; American Academy of Audiology; National Education Association (lifetime member); NJ Education Association (lifetime member); Morris County Education Association (lifetime member); Kinnelon Education Association; Educational Audiology Association (past president 1988); and Association of International Berard Practitioners.

Dorinne is an international lecturer in the field of hearing education and science. Her conference presentations are in high demand by many professional and civic organizations, as well as parent advocacy groups. Dorinne provides audiological consultation to a diverse community of medical professionals. Additionally, her center offers a portfolio of integrative Sound Based Therapies selected from years of diligent research and careful testing.

In the field of Sound Based Therapies, Dorinne is a certified practitioner of Berard Auditory Integration Training (AIT), Tomatis®, The Listening Program™, the Fast ForWord™ Series, and is a BioAcoustic Research Associate. She is trained in Read-Spell-Comprehend (an enhanced version of Lindamood Bell), Samonas™, Interactive Metronome®, Earobics™, Lip-reading, Aural Rehabilitation, and the Tinnitus Relief System.

In 1992, she received her Auditory Integration Training directly from Dr. Guy Berard and is one of only 50 members to be certified by the International Association of Berard Practitioners (IABP). Additionally, she is certified by Dr. Berard to teach Auditory Integration Training.

Dorinne has a variety of published works, is the author of two books, the highly acclaimed "Otitis Media: Coping with the Effects in the Classroom", and "A Parent's Guide to Middle Ear Infections". Additional publications include a chapter on Television Amplification Devices in "Communication Access for Persons with Hearing Loss", edited by Mark Ross, and numerous professional articles.

In 1998, Dorinne opened The Davis Center for Hearing, Speech, Learning and Well-Being. The Davis Center's unique diagnostic expertise helps identify core issues in the areas of hearing, speech, learning, language, and overall well-being for people of all ages. The center offers remedial and / or enhancement therapies that address challenges related to Autism, ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Hyperlexia, Apraxia, Dyspraxia, learning disabilities, central auditory processing, as well as minor learning / attention / focus related skills, and health and wellness issues. Today the Davis Center has staff of 17, which includes professionals in the areas of audiology, speech pathology, and educational development as well as listening trainers and BioAcoustic Research Associates.

The Cherab Foundation is a world-wide nonprofit organization working to improve the communication skills and education of all children with speech and language delays and disorders. Our area of emphasis is verbal and oral apraxia, severe neurologically-based speech and language disorders that hinder children's ability to speak.

The Foundation is committed to assisting with the development of new therapeutic approaches, preventions and cures to neurologically-based speech disorders. We bring together parents and medical, research, and educational professionals. Please join us and help to give our children a smile and a voice.

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