Resources

Book: Music is the key to unlocking your child’s potential

~ How can I help my child to be calmer, to listen better, to understand more, to express himself better, learn more and enjoy interacting with other children?

In Music is the Key: to unlocking your child’s potential, Karen O’Connor describes how children with autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, dyspraxia and other developmental challenges make remarkable progress with the help of music-based sound therapy.  She describes how these children become more regulated and calmer, how their attention and concentration improve and how language and learning develop.

Children such as three-year old Theo, who came to Karen with a tentative diagnosis of autism.  Two years later Theo is a fun-loving little boy going to his local school, with no additional support.  Or Raphael, who came to see her ‘as a last resort’. He had very little speech and was not interacting with others.  Now he’s speaking just like any five-year-old and enjoys playing with his friends.

Music is the Key: to Unlocking your Child’s Potential is the first in a series of books that will give hope to parents and children by telling the stories of children like Theo and Raphael who overcame their developmental challenges by means of music-based sound therapy.

Karen’s book can be purchased in all book shops, or from Londubh Publishers www.londubh.ie or directly from the Listening Therapy Centre, Ireland.  Price: €12.99.


DVD: Speech & Language Therapy For Your Child

~ A new way of learning and thinking

DVD by Karen O’Connor, Consultant Speech & Language Therapist

Speech & Language Therapy For Your Child ~ DVD Through Karen’s extensive work with families over the past 15 years, she has developed this DVD programme for families to use at home. Karen feels that ‘families have so many unanswered questions about their child’s’ emerging speech & language skills and are unsure of who to ask or where to turn for help’.

This exciting and inspiring How-To programme aims to answer all those questions and many more! This programme is specifically suited to children of 1 – 7 years.

It offers practical tools to help families to:

  • assess your child’s speech & language skills in the comfort of your own home
  • develop a home programme of sensory activities to help your child to listen and concentrate
  • create a home programme of speech & language activities to develop your child’s skills
  • provide information about who to refer to and why.

Price: €35.00 plus €2.50 post & package.  The DVD can be purchased directly from the Listening Therapy Centre, Ireland. Contact us  either by telephone on 091 577056 or by email: enquiries@listeningtherapycentre.com.