Segment 1 – 5m16s
Focus Overview

Segment 2 – 6m06s
Focus Protocols

Segment 3 – 8m51s
Missed sessions
OT vs OT w/ listening

Segment 4 – 10m06s
Re-adjusting Focus settings
Testing bone conduction
Product Lifespan
Returns & Repairs
Do I do a follow-up?

Segment 5 – 9m28s
How much of an OT session is dedicated to listening?
Frequency of client visits (at STAR center)
Age range for listening therapy
What % of clients do home programs?

Segment 6 – 7m21s
Intensives
iLs case study
Insurance coverage

Research & Articles
List of useful links and articles.

Forms & Documents
iLs forms, checklists and schedules.

Marketing Resources
Brochures, information sheets and iLs logos.

Archived Conference Calls & Newsletters
Conference calls and newsletters, listed in chronological order.

iLs Associate Forum
You may access the forum through this link, as well as, from the homepage.

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iLs Brochure – a tri-fold glossy brochure explaining iLs therapy and Kick Start and Focus systems; available to iLs Associates in batches of 50 for $22.50.

iLs logo – color

Conference Calls:

January 20th, 2010
Professional Call
Hosts: Ron Minson, M.D. & Kate O’Brien Minson, iLs Co-Founder with guests Kathy Carley, OT, and Lisa Leyden, CCC-A
Topics: Discussion on the why, when and how of introducing language activities, as well as creative versions of the current iLs program.

January 13, 2010
Associate Call
Hosts: Kate O’Brien Minson, iLs Co-Founder, Julia Harper, OTR/L and Aimee Weiner, Au.D.
Topics: Therapeeds research results on attention & auditory processing.

October 28th, 2009
Associate Call
Hosts: Kate O’Brien Minson, iLs Co-Founder
Topics: Discussion of the new and longer programs in the Total Focus & answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about how to present a home system to parents.

October 22nd, 2009
Professional Call
Hosts: Ron Minson, M.D. & Kate O’Brien Minson, iLs Co-Founder
Topics: How the influence of new research is changing clinic programs.  Dr. Minson also discusses a program he created for children on the autistic spectrum.

April 7th, 2009
Associate Call/Professional Call
Hosts: Kate O’Brien Minson, iLs Co-Founder & Sarah Schoen, PhD, Director of Research at SPD Foundation
Topics: Focus System Overview; Assorted Questions

Newsletters:

Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2009
New iLs Data: School Pilot Study Results
New Website Feature: The iLs Forum

Volume 1, Issue 3, Summer 2009
Interview: Harry Armytage, Listening Therapist, Hillside Health Centre, Canberra, Australia
Advice re: Using the New Focus Series

Volume 1, Issue 2, May 2009
Interview: Teresa May-Benson, Sc.D., OTR/L, Clinic Director OTA Watertown
Tip: Using Wii Fit with iLs

Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2009
Interview: Julia Harper, OTR/L , Founder of Therapeeds
Tip: How to get sensitive kids to wear headphones?

iLs Research Summary Fall 2009

iLs Equipment Overview 2009 – explanation of iLs systems, similarities & differences

iLs Listening Test (LT) Sheet – the sheet used to record LT results (the audiometer assessment used by iLs Professionals)

iLs Symptoms Checklist – pre- and post-recording of symptoms in the categories of Sensory-Motor/Sensory, Auditory/Language, Social/Emotional and Organization/Attention/Cognitive

Pitch Discrimination Test for Selectivity -  this document accompanies the Pitch Discrimination Test for Selectivity, explaining how to implement and interpret the test

Program Schedule Sheet for iLs Kick Start – for logging listening sessions and activities

Program Schedule Sheet for the Focus – for logging listening sessions and activities

Detail Sheet for Kick Start.pdf – music processing specifics to assist professionals overseeing clients

Detail Sheet for the Focus (Discontinued July 2009) – music processing specifics to assist professionals overseeing clients

Total Focus Detail Sheet – description of Total Focus programs

Combining Programs on the Focus – an easy-to-follow guide for combining and enhancing programs on the Focus system

Refresher Programs – Total Focus – refresher/boost programs for the iLs Total Focus series

Expressive Language Quick Start Guide – a 2-page guide on setting up the Expressive Language Kit

iLs Expressive Language Program – a description of the Expressive Language (EL) activities and the EL Worksheet

iLs Expressive Language Script – All – Expressive Language transcription

The Dilemma of the Mother’s Voice – a short paper by Ron B. Minson, MD explaining his view of Dr. Tomatis’ “Mother’s Voice” activity, in light of Tomatis’ erroneous premise for the activity

iLs Associate PowerPoint presentation for Parents – (update 1.19.10) a presentation which may be used to present iLs to parents, in conjunction with your clinic.

Professional Training Case Supervision Sheet

Sample Listening Protocol for Autistic Children – please contact info@integratedlistening.com for a copy of the protocol.

Confidential Personal History Form – Adults

Confidential Personal History Form – Children

Outline for submitting Case Supervision

Case Study Summary Form

Note: Please help us make this a rich resource for iLs Professionals by sending articles, links, etc. that you think others would appreciate!

Article Categories: General Interest, Music and the Brain, Autistic Spectrum, Cerebellum-Related

General Interest

Sound therapy and literacy difficulties – Greenpark School in Tauranga participated in a preliminary research study in 2008 to determine the effectiveness of sound therapy as an intervention for children with literacy difficulties.

The Effect of Parental Education on Heritability of Children’s Reading Disability
Psychological Science, December 26, 2008

Music and the Brain

Students Taking Music Lessons Do Better in Math and Reading, Social Science Quarterly, 2009
Researchers at The Ohio State University release a study suggesting music involvement has a positive effect on elementary and high school students

Brain Hub That Links Music, Memory and Emotion Discovered, U of California, Davis, 2009
MRI images reveal the hub that links familiar music, memories and emotion in the medial prefrontal cortex region (right behind the forehead)

Music Reduces Stress In Heart Disease Patients, Bradt J., Dileo C., April 16, 2009
Researchers at Temple University release data on 1,461 patients; the research is preliminary but supports other evidence that music provides relief for coronary heart patients by reducing heart rate and blood pressure (may we ask, How much money was spent in bringing them to that brilliant conclusion?)

Feeling Your Words: Hearing With Your Face Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009

How We Make Proper Movements – the brain activity behind a single movement Science Daily, December 28, 2008

So You Think You Can Dance? PET Scans Reveal Your Brain’s Inner Choreography Scientific American, July 2008
Brain imaging studies reveal the complex neural choreography behind music and dance

Experimental Audio/Visual Therapies Help Schools Teach Students to Focus USA Today article, June 3, 2008
Gordon Parks School in Kansas City, MO uses Integrated Listening Systems and other tools to help their students’ learning and attention abilities.

How the Brain Learns to Read Can Depend on the Language Wall Street Journal Science Journal article, May 2, 2008
New research shows that reading Chinese and English activate different regions of the brain.

Geometry Shapes the Sound of Music Journal Science, April 18, 2008
‘Geomoetrical music theory’ gives light to the math behind music

Scientists Unravel What Makes Us Creative story by Lauren Neergaard, AP, March 10, 2008
MRI scan shows that the medial prefrontal cortex fires up during creative activity, similar to the brain circuitry used during dreaming; heightened sensory awareness (touch, hearing, sight) also recorded

Study Shows Music Improves Stroke Patients’ Recovery article in Science Daily, Feb. 1, 2008

Music Training ‘Tunes’ Human Auditory System” article in Science Daily, March 13, 2007, on Dr. Nina Kraus’ research at Northwestern U. on the effect of musical training on neurological development;
“The findings also are consistent with studies by Kraus and her research team that have revealed anomalies in brainstem sound encoding in some children with learning disabilities which can be improved by auditory training.”

Music Training linked to Enhanced Verbal Skills” Science Daily 2007
“Our study indicates that the high-level cognitive processing of music affects automatic processing that occurs early in the processing stream and fundamentally shapes sensory circuitry.” Dr. Nina Kraus

“Music Thought to Enhance Intelligence, Mental Health and Immune System”
Science Daily article reports on volume 1060, The Neurosciences and Music II, of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science Daily, 2006

Musicophelia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks
Very readable stories of the effect of music on brain function by the renowned neurologist and author.

Music and the Brain, by Laurence O’Donnell
Interesting article about music’s effect on the brain, with fun historical references

Music on the brain: Researchers explore the biology of music on the brain, article by William J. Cromie, Harvard Gazette, 2001

How Your Brain Listens to Music, by William J. Cromie, Harvard Gazette, 1997

Music and the Brain, Scientific American, 2004

The “Mozart Effect” – an exhaustive list of research on the topic

“Music Moves Brain to Pay Attention, Study Finds”, Science Daily 2005

American Music Conference 2007 review of a new book by Dr. Gordon Shaw, founder of the Mozart Effect, Keeping Mozart in Mind

Slideshow: Music Makes Your Brain Happy, Wired magazine 2006

Autistic Spectrum

Brain scans for early diagnosis of autism – Children could be screened for Autism at an early age after scientists developed a way to recognise the condition using brain scans

autism-abnormal-auditory-processing-3.pdf – American Journal of Psychiatry, brief report entitled “Perception of Complex Sounds in Autism: Abnormal Auditory Cortical Processing in Children” 2004

autism-cortical-abnormalities.pdf – Developmental Brain Research, research article entitled “Cortical Auditory System Maturational Abnormalities in Children with Autism Disorder” June 2003

autism-peripheral-audio-assymetry.pdf – European Journal of Neuroscience,research article entitled “Peripheral Auditory Symmetry in Infantile Autism” 2001

Sensory-processing disorder in children with cochlear implants – American Journal of Occupational Therapy; March 2009

Cerebellum-Related

Cerebellar Damage Impairs Automaticity of a Recently Practiced Movement,
Journal of Physiology, Lang/Bastian

Cerebellar Impairment/Dyslexia – UK government article about the theory that cerebellum is directly involved in language acquisition

The relationship between motor control and phonology in dyslexic children; role of the cerebellum and automaticity

Developmental dyslexia, learning and the cerebellum
Fawcett and Nicolson, University of Sheffield, UK

The Role of the Cerebellum in Subsecond Time Perception
MIT Press article, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2007