The therapy emphasizes listening strategies that enable the child to develop language and speech in a normal developmental sequence. However, the program's results rely equally on the partnership it forms with parents and their active role in the child's learning. Parents are given information and support as they adjust to their child's hearing impairment. At the same time, they are instructed in their role as the child's first and most important teachers of language. This homelike environment is functional to the learning of language by allowing the children to associate objects with those at home.
Every effort is made to accommodate the scheduling needs of working parents.
St. Joseph's pediatric audiology department is available to all Molloy Center families, as are the support services of the school psychologist and occupational therapist. A complimentary consultation with the Center is offered to any family. The Center is a First Steps provider, making state funding available for children under the age of three who reside in Missouri. All Rights Reserved.