by Karen | Oct 10, 2022 | For Parents, Social Issues and Your Child
October is National Bullying Prevention Month Bullying has been a topic of concern and research for years, so we know a lot more about the who, what, when, where and why’s of bullying…but we just can’t seem to stop it from happening, especially for...
by Karen | Sep 26, 2022 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Determining Service Delivery for Students with Hearing Loss can be Tricky It would be a lot easier if we had one-size-fits-all services for our students with hearing loss, but the law requires we tailor service delivery to every student’s individual...
by Karen | Sep 12, 2022 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals
The terms: child find, referral, evaluation and re-evaluation can cause an involuntary reaction of panic in teachers. Just the THOUGHT of ASSESSING a child for a disability instills immediate concern that you just might not know what you’re doing after...
by Karen | Aug 22, 2022 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Getting a student with hearing loss in their classroom is rare for most teachers. Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TODHH) can help alleviate some of the anxieties for general education teachers who will have students with hearing loss in their...
by Karen | Aug 5, 2022 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
How often have you gone into a school as an itinerant teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing only to be met with, “And what do YOU do?” With only 1 out of 100 IEPs being for students qualified as deaf/hard of hearing it is common for school staff to be...