by Karen | Jan 7, 2019 | Goodies
Who should be the “DHH expert” on the student’s team? Melinda Gillinger, Advocacy Consultant Our question from the field: “We recently had a student move into our district. She has bilateral cochlear implants and uses spoken language to communicate. Her...
by Karen | Jan 7, 2019 | For Professionals, Legal Plans, Planning to Meet Student Needs
While the educational prognosis for students with hearing loss has never been as promising as it is now, we continue to have students who are deaf or hard of hearing who have not been identified, or who have not received intervention, prior to school entry. We have...
by Karen | Dec 7, 2018 | Goodies
The special education pendulum has swung away from segregated settings where students with special needs minimally mixed with ‘regular’ students in the 1980s to the current full inclusion model, where direct 1:1 instructional services are becoming rare. Students with...
by Karen | Dec 7, 2018 | For Parents, For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss, Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Hearing Loss
The ‘bread and butter’ of itinerant support to students with hearing loss is often considered to be ensuring communication access, supporting language development, and self-advocacy skills training. While access relates to ADA requirements, and supporting language is...
by Karen | Nov 15, 2018 | For Parents, For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
Every parent and teacher want children with hearing loss to be successful in the classroom, both academically and socially. There are benefits to including students with disabilities in their neighborhood schools and having them be fully included in mainstream...