by Karen | Jun 5, 2018 | For Professionals, Social Skills
The development of appropriate social skills has many components. Social Skills Products Under this SOCIAL SKILLS section, refer to the website for more information on: Addressing Self-Esteem and Issues of Fitting In Building Your Child’s Self-Confidence...
by Karen | May 8, 2018 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals, Legal Plans
The abilities of children with hearing loss, whether they are exiting from early intervention or are already school-aged, are typically evaluated to identify overall delays or learning disorders. Since children with hearing loss have access issues learning language...
by Karen | May 8, 2018 | Goodies
Grade Retention Question from the field: I was wondering if there was any research or insight on retaining kids who are Deaf/HH for one school year. There have been a few small cases where student who were able to repeat one grade level helped to close that wide gap...
by Karen | Apr 17, 2018 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals
The U.S. Department of Education gives each State the right to determine what constitutes adequate yearly progress (AYP) based on that State’s final assessment system. Instruction must be rigorous enough to demonstrate “continuous and substantial” yearly progress....
by Karen | Apr 3, 2018 | Goodies
The Power of an Appropriate Program of Special Education Support 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...