According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (2014), approximately 38,000 children in the United States have cochlear implants. Because of improvements in hearing technology, earlier diagnosis of hearing loss, and more widely available early intervention services, there has been a dramatic increase in the expectations for children with cochlear implants in terms of developing speech, language and auditory skills. As more children with cochlear implants are being educated alongside their normal-hearing peers, they are faced with listening in noisy classrooms, and need to have strong auditory skills to help them be successful. Also, the speech-language pathologists working in these schools are being called on to provide services to these children, many have had little to no experience working with children who have cochlear implants, and even fewer have received specific training related to targeting auditory skills development with these children. This presentation will address the increased expectations for children who have cochlear implants related to auditory skills development. Using the framework of an auditory skills hierarchy, the focus of this session will be on providing therapists with resources and ideas for activities to enhance auditory skills, from detection to comprehension, in order to help children with cochlear implants develop auditory skills to their maximum potential and to refine and extend these skills in order to accelerate their overall progress.