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12 Speech and Language Considerations
Hearing loss impacts access to auditory information and the curriculum. Support is required to maintain the goal of one year of academic progress in one year. With early skill...
05th Jun 2017
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Access via the Americans with...
Americans with Disabilities Act – Clarification for Schools Schools are required to ensure equal communication access. Communication access is a key component of 504, IDEA and...
05th Jun 2017
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Addressing the Shortage of Deaf and Hard...
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...
12th Mar 2024
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ASL Development
ASL Stages of Development is a 2-page list of skill development stages of children from 3 months through 5-6 years. Guide to the ASL Development Observation Record is a 12-page...
01st Jun 2017
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Auditory / Sign Language Skill Development
Providing communication access to students often includes auxiliary aids and services, like hearing aids, FM/DM hearing assistance technology, and/or sign language interpreters....
06th Feb 2018
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Cued Speech Information
IDEA (2004) and Cued Speech “Interpreting services, as used with respect to children who are deaf or hard of hearing, includes oral transliteration services, cued language...
01st Jun 2017
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Focusing on Vocabulary Building
Vocabulary building strategies are some of the most important tools an educator can have in her teaching toolbox, and teaching students to break apart words (morphology) is one of...
21st Sep 2020
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Hearing Loss and Sarcasm: The Problem is...
Individuals with hearing loss often have difficulty detecting and/or interpreting sarcasm. These difficulties can be as severe as they are for persons with autism spectrum...
04th Feb 2019
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Keys To Improving Reading Skills
Reading is foundational to school success. It takes approximately 20,000 hours of listening to speech before a child’s brain has clear mental referents for each of the...
22nd Jan 2018
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Language and Speech Development Issues
12 Speech and Language Considerations ASL Development Cued Speech Information Math & Language Development Social Communication – PRAGMATICS Theory of Mind – Implications...
05th Jun 2021
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Math & Language Development
Math & Language Development Math is much more than knowing your numbers – it’s LANGUAGE Articles and teaching tips: How Arithmetic Word Problems Help Language...
05th Jun 2017
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Math & Language Development
Math is much more than knowing your numbers – it’s LANGUAGE Articles and teaching tips: How Arithmetic Word Problems Help Language Development Addition: Using Math to Help...
28th Aug 2017
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