by Karen | Apr 22, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: We are a small school district and only offer an ASL interpreter for students with hearing loss, but more and more students are now using spoken language. Are there interpreting services or supports that we need to offer these students who do...
by Karen | Apr 22, 2019 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Parents, For Professionals, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
Students with hearing loss have less access to communication. This will result in a slower pace of learning and fewer gains in academic knowledge unless appropriate services and supports are provided. At the end of the school year it is important to ask whether your...
by Karen | Apr 9, 2019 | Advocacy Notes
Question from the field: I have a student whose IEP calls for an FM system. However, the system is not in place, and we are more than half way through the school year. What can I do as the teacher of the deaf to help get this student their system? Why FM/DM...
by Karen | Apr 8, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: I have a student whose IEP calls for an FM system. However, the system is not in place, and we are more than half way through the school year. What can I do as the teacher of the deaf to help get this student their system? Why FM/DM...
by Karen | Apr 8, 2019 | For Parents, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
“We don’t want to call attention to his hearing loss. We want him to be “normal.” Students with hearing devices are typically educated in their neighborhood schools and are the only ones in their grade or the school to have a hearing loss. Everyone wants students to...
