by Karen | Feb 11, 2020 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues, Progressive Plans
Students with hearing loss, whether hard of hearing or deaf, are at high risk for deficits in syntax due to their imperfect perception of the English language. Word endings, tense, and other grammatical features are often lost when these ‘bits and pieces’ are not...
by Karen | Jan 20, 2020 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
The Ida Institute, a nonprofit working to advance person-centered hearing care, offers free pediatric tools and resources to support educators and hearing care professionals in understanding the perspectives of children with hearing loss and give the them stronger...
by Karen | Jan 10, 2020 | For Professionals, Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Hearing Loss
Too often we hear, “He has good grades, so he won’t qualify for special education.” It is true that there must be a relationship between a child’s disability and school performance to qualify for services, however, IDEA specifies educational performance, not grades....
by Karen | Nov 26, 2019 | Advocacy Notes
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...
by Karen | Nov 22, 2019 | Goodies
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...