by Karen | Feb 18, 2019 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues
What does it mean to teach kids how to read text effectively?1 Initially, it means making certain that they can decode so proficiently that they can decode the words without much conscious attention. Texts are going to place increasing demands on students’ linguistic...
by Karen | Feb 5, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: “I have several students with hearing loss who are high functioning, fully mainstreamed, and get good grades. My administrators feel like the students can be dismissed from the IEP process, but I know there are still areas of need for me to...
by Karen | Feb 4, 2019 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues
Individuals with hearing loss often have difficulty detecting and/or interpreting sarcasm. These difficulties can be as severe as they are for persons with autism spectrum disorder and challenges often continue into adulthood 1,2. Even children with good language and...
by Karen | Jan 18, 2019 | Goodies
Author: Melinda Gillinger, Advocacy Consultant 2 questions from the field – same answer: “My child was just diagnosed with hearing loss. How and where do I even start the process of getting services with our school district?” “ Our child was attending a...
by Karen | Jan 18, 2019 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
About 25-30% of children identified by universal newborn hearing screening have hearing loss in only one ear. This prevalence increases with age to about 1 ½ -2% of the school-age population. Students with unilateral hearing loss are at 10 times the risk for...