by Karen | Oct 11, 2018 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals
The evaluation process requires1 that a variety of assessment tools and strategies are used to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information about the student to determine if there is a disability that is adversely affecting educational...
by Karen | Oct 1, 2018 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
Itinerant teachers must be ready for anything. Many itinerant teachers have evolved into their role, rather than trained for it. The transition from classroom teacher to traveling teacher meant altering my expectations and constantly redefining my role in my...
by Karen | Oct 1, 2018 | Goodies
Can a 504 Plan be ENOUGH Support? Many more students with hearing loss are being denied eligibility for specialized instruction and provided 504 Plans to meet their accommodation needs. The US Department of Education provides extensive answers to 47 FAQs on Section...
by Karen | Sep 17, 2018 | Amplification, For Parents, For Professionals, Hearing Aids and Your Child
The job of hearing devices is to improve the audibility of speech, allowing students to perceive much more of verbal instruction and all other spoken communication more fully. By funneling more audible speech information into the brain, the student is able to access...
by Karen | Aug 14, 2018 | For Parents, For Professionals, Hearing Aids and Your Child, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Each Fall, teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing scramble to contact each of their student’s classroom teachers about the impact of hearing loss on educational performance and what the teacher needs to do to accommodate the student’s unique learning needs. Without...
