Early Detection of Hearing Loss is Key
Helping children become great students. Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center (BHSC) offers three innovative, researched-based programs designed toimprove reading, listening and communications skills for students of all ages.
Would you like your child to become a great reader? Leap Into Literacy™ was developed by BHSC for children ages three to five years old. The program focuses on improving foundational skills including: listening, following directions, memory, phonological awareness, rhyming, alliteration, sound letter, correspondence, print knowledge, vocabulary and comprehension.
For children that may struggle with language and reading, BHSC’s Language To Literacy™ program has been developed to improve reading and comprehension skills in children age six to 18. Specifically, this program improves skills including: central auditory processing, following directions, memory, organization, phonological awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, reading and spelling.
BHSC also offers a program designed to help children with peer interaction and communication. The Social Communication Program™ is for children ages five to 18 and focuses on improving: eye contact, listening behaviors,|interpreting facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice, starting and maintaining conversations, turn taking, establishing and maintaining friendships, compromising and cooperation skills, coping with transitions, and changes in routine.
Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center improves the quality of life for adults, children, and infants with communication disorders by delivering cutting edge diagnosis and treatment of hearing and speech impairments and related special education services. For more information on BHSC and the many programs offered, call 716-885-8318, ext. 2289 and ask to speak with Steve Miller, director of special programs or visit askbhsc.org.