by Karen | Mar 26, 2024 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
In today’s digital age, screen time has become an integral part of children’s lives, including those who are deaf and hard of hearing. While screens offer numerous educational and entertainment opportunities, excessive screen time can have...
by Karen | Mar 12, 2024 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues
In the realm of special education there is a significant shortage of teachers who are proficient in serving the needs of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). This scarcity not only compromises the quality of education for DHH students but also highlights...
by Karen | Feb 5, 2024 | For Professionals, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself
By: Kevin Glenn Garrison, Ph.D. Introduction: I am deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH). During early childhood, my two sisters and I were diagnosed with progressive high-frequency hearing losses that slowly (and abruptly, at times) transitioned our identities from...
by Karen | Jan 8, 2024 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
National Trends The National Child Count of Children and Youth Who are DeafBlind is the first and longest-running registry of children who are deafblind in the world (National Center on Deafblindness (NCDB, 2022). In 2021, there were 10,441 children and youth...
by Karen | Nov 13, 2023 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
The consult-only model is considered by some a hassle-free way to keep tabs on students, allowing the TODHH to take on more students. It can also be seen as less important than direct service. This should not be the case. One of the toughest questions teachers of the...
