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Optimizing Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: 2018 Educational Service Guidelines
Optimizing Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: 2018 Educational Service Guidelines
White Paper: Estimating the Level of Communication Effectiveness / Access
White Paper: Estimating the Level of Communication Effectiveness / Access reviews the requirements for schools to ensure that students with hearing loss have communication that is as effective as peers. It provides specific recommendations for ways in which the level...
Advocacy Notes: The Right to 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 direct 1:1 instructional services are becoming rare. Students with...
Advocacy Notes: The Right to 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 direct 1:1 instructional services are becoming rare. Students with...
Advocacy Notes: Family Wants ASL Interpreters
If the family wants an ASL interpreter is the school required to provide one? Question from the field: We have two students who were raised by Deaf families in ASL environments. Both have moderate to severe hearing loss with access to speech via amplification. The...
Advocacy Notes: Family Wants ASL Interpreters
If the family wants an ASL interpreter is the school required to provide one? Question from the field: We have two students who were raised by Deaf families in ASL environments. Both have moderate to severe hearing loss with access to speech via amplification. The...
Advocacy Notes: Appropriate Programs for Preschool CI Users
What program is most appropriate for a preschooler with cochlear implants? While this question needs to be answered on an individual basis, a 2004 court case provides important insights into what an appropriate program is – and is not. Click here...
Advocacy Notes: Appropriate Programs for Preschool CI Users
What program is most appropriate for a preschooler with cochlear implants? While this question needs to be answered on an individual basis, a 2004 court case provides important insights into what an appropriate program is – and is not. The many factors...
Advocacy Notes: Responding to Bullying
My student is being bullied but the school isn’t taking it seriously! Question from the field: My student is being bullied but the school isn't taking the situation seriously. What can I do? Students with hearing loss often struggle in social situations due to a...
Advocacy Notes: Responding to Bullying
My student is being bullied but the school isn’t taking it seriously! Question from the field: My student is being bullied but the school isn't taking the situation seriously. What can I do? Students with hearing loss often struggle in social situations due to a...
Advocacy Notes: Why do the Ling Sound Test
Why Should the Ling Sound Test be done at school? Question from the field: Can you please clarify the reason for the LING sound test. Why do families want us to do this at school, and how can we implement this without stressing out the general education teachers? The...
Advocacy Notes: Why do the Ling Sound Test
Why Should the Ling Sound Test be done at school? Question from the field: Can you please clarify the reason for the LING sound test. Why do families want us to do this at school, and how can we implement this without stressing out the general education teachers? The...
