by Karen | Oct 11, 2021 | For Professionals, Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Hearing Loss
Students with hearing loss often struggle in social situations due to a variety of situations. They may not have the level of language sophistication as their peers. They may mis-hear or misunderstand, or they may have a lack of access to what is being said by their...
by Karen | Sep 27, 2021 | For Parents, For Professionals, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself, Social Issues and Your Child
Starting middle school and high school represents a new start for many students. They may have been known as ‘the kid with hearing aids’ in elementary school. When they start secondary school the peer group broadens, and they have a chance to reinvent themselves. Too...
by Karen | Sep 13, 2021 | For Professionals, Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Hearing Loss
Never before have we been this aware of the importance for students to be exposed to multiple cultures. With the majority of students who are hard of hearing, deaf, and Deaf being educated in their neighborhood schools, the celebration of Deaf Awareness Month in...
by Karen | Aug 24, 2021 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
Back to school means dealing with ‘summer slide’. Many students start the academic year with lower achievement levels than where they were at the end of the school year. On average, typical hearing students’ achievement scores drop by one month of school-year...
by Karen | Aug 9, 2021 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
A new school year, new students on your caseload, and many teachers that need to know about the special learning needs their students with hearing loss ASAP. There is only so much time in any day, yet preparing the classroom teacher for EVERY student still needs to...