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We are the most comprehensive
Berard AIT resource website for parents.

Auditory Integration Training is an Educational
intervention.

Berard AIT is an auditory intervention that consists of
10 hours (20 sessions) over 10 or 12 consecutive days, under the supervision of professionally trained AIT Practitioners who follow the Berard AIT protocol.

The minimum recommended age for AIT is 3 years of age.

AIT is a sound therapy with many scientific studies.

All information provided here is for educational purposes.
 

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Questions to Ask Auditory Integration Training Practitioners About AIT
by Kari J. Kindem, Director and Founder

An important list of questions for Parents to ask an AIT Practitioner before hiring them to assist their child or someone they love.

1. Are you trained and certified to practice the Berard method of AIT?

   NOTE TO PARENTS: All certified Berard AIT Practitioners in the world are required to meet the credential criteria and successfully complete a four day Professional Seminar training course taught by an Auditory Integration Training Instructor. Certified Berard AIT Practitioners must successfully complete a final written examination. Read more about the professional training requirements to become a  Berard AIT Practitioner.

2. Are you a current member of AIT-PRO - Auditory Integration Training Professional Resource Organization?
   

3. Who were you trained by and when?
   Was/is that person a certified Berard AIT Professional Instructor?
   How extensive was your training program?
   

4. What kind of ongoing supervision and support do you receive as a Berard AIT Professional?

   NOTE TO PARENTS: Find out specifically over how many days and/or hours the AIT Practitioner was trained. Proper training by an AIT Practitioner is absolutely essential for success with AIT. In the past, some AIT Practitioners who are using the Digital Auditory Aerobics (DAA) device were allowed to purchase their DAA equipment with virtually no proper professional training given. Avoid using any AIT Practitioner who does not have the proper professional training!

5. What equipment will you be using for Auditory Integration Training?

   NOTE TO PARENTS: The Earducator is the device is currently used for Berard AIT. The DAA Digital Auditory Aerobics another excellent device used by many highly skilled AIT Practitioners in their Auditory Integration Training practices and has proven results equal to the Earducator device. The Audiokinetron device is still in use by some Berard AIT Practitioners, but is no longer manufactured or serviced. The BGC device is still in use by a few AIT Practitioners, but it is no longer manufactured or serviced.

6. Why did you choose the equipment you are now using for your Auditory Integration Training practice?
   

7. What headphones will you use?
   Do they meet the standards for Auditory Integration Training?
   

8. What music will you use for Auditory Integration Training?
   Does this music meet the standards for Auditory Integration Training?
   

9. What other professional credentials and experience do you have?
   

10. Do you have training in any other type(s) of Listening Intervention(s)?
    If so, which other intervention(s)?
    What level of professional training/certification did you receive for that intervention(s)?
    

11. What is the total fee you charge for Auditory Integration Training sessions for a child?
    for an adult?
    for more than one member of the same family?

    NOTE TO PARENTS: Prices will vary by geographic location for AIT Sessions in the USA and AIT Sessions Internationally.

     

12. What does this fee charged include, specifically?
    Is a deposit required to schedule sessions?
    If so, how much and what are the terms of this deposit?
    What method of payment do you accept?
    Do you accept payment terms?
    

13. What disclosures and/or forms will I/we be required to sign prior to beginning Auditory Integration Training?
    

14. What are the PRECAUTIONS that you recommend during and after Berard AIT?
    Are there airplane travel precautions?
    Are there medical precautions?
    Are there headphone precautions?
    Are there noise exposure precautions?
    Are there any other types of precautions to be aware of?
    

15. Where will the AIT listening therapy sessions be conducted?
    Is the location quiet?
    May I attend and/or observe AIT sessions with my child?
    

16. As the AIT Practitioner, will you personally be supervising and observing my child during their AIT sessions?
    If you will not be supervising all Berard AIT sessions directly, who will be supervising them?
    Is that individual also certified as a AIT Practitioner?
    If not, what specifically are the credentials of this individual?
    

17. Is audio testing required for my child?
    Where will the audio testing be conducted?
    Who will conduct the audio testing?
    What is that Practitioner's professional background, training and experience in conducting the Berard AIT Audio Testing Protocol?
    

18. How many children (or adults) in total have you provided AIT services to in your professional AIT practice to date?
    

19. How many children (or adults) have you already you provided AIT services to (or do you anticipate providing services to) in your professional AIT practice this year?
    

20. How should I best prepare my child for the Berard Auditory Integration Training sessions?
    How is it best to acclimate my child to you, your office environment and the AIT process before beginning sessions?
    

21. How should I best prepare my child(ren) for the audio testing if they are able to be tested?
    What happens if my child can no cooperate well enough to be tested accurately?
    

22. What is your expectation of my child during the AIT sessions?
    What is your expectation of me as the parent during the AIT sessions?
    

23. What is the highest intensity level of decibels that a child is exposed to during the AIT listening sessions?
    What is the highest intensity level of decibels that an adult is exposed to during the AIT listening sessions?
    

24. Are there known periods of adjustment during and/or after AIT?
    If so, is there a certain time frame that is typical?
    What is that time frame?
    How many of the Participants you trained for AIT went through an adjustment period?
    What should I be aware of about a possible adjustment or regression period during/after AIT for my child(ren)?
    Are they any time intervals I can expect for adjustments?
    

25. How much experience do you have working special needs children and their families?
    

26. What is the biggest contribution you feel that you will make to my child(ren)/my family as our AIT Practitioner?

Optional Other Questions To Ask About Berard Auditory Integration Training

1. Request name(s) and phone number(s) for at least three (3) references of parents of children who have used the AIT Practitioner that you are interviewing for AIT or related services in the past year to determine if were those parents are well satisfied.
   

2. After you complete PARENT AIT CHECKLIST and discuss it with the Berard AIT Practitioner, you may wish to ask:

• Is Berard AIT appropriate for my child(ren) in your professional opinion?

• Do you believe AIT is the BEST listening intervention to be used for my child(ren), given what has been disclosed to you about my child(ren) in the  Parent AIT Checklist ?

• Why? or Why not?

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