by Karen | Jan 8, 2018 | For Professionals, Models of Service Delivery
Regardless of the move to full inclusion and the shortage of teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing, school teams remain obligated to the student to identify areas of educational need, appropriate IEP goals, amount of service time needed, by whom, and in what setting....
by Karen | Dec 4, 2017 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself
Increasingly, students with hearing loss are educated in their neighborhood schools and often the only student in their grade or school to use hearing devices or sign language. They are at higher risk than peers for teasing, and often have difficulty developing a...
by Karen | Nov 7, 2017 | For Parents, For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs, Progressive Plans, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
As you are probably aware, education has changed with teacher lecture becoming less prominent as an educational practice. Typically, new information is presented in a lecture format supplemented by reading material, until students build surface knowledge of the topic....
by Karen | Nov 3, 2017 | Amplification, For Parents, For Professionals, Hearing Aids and Your Child
Lecturer Dr. Carol Flexer emphasizes how hearing loss is about the brain, not the ears. Hearing devices are needed to activate the brain and to access spoken communication for learning. For children who are hard of hearing, we need to get them through the ‘doorway’ of...
by Karen | Oct 10, 2017 | Goodies
Is the Inclusion Model Good for Students with Hearing Loss? Special education students are first and foremost general education students. Many, if not most, school districts in the US are actively embracing the inclusion model of education, in which all students are...
