by Karen | Feb 5, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: “I have several students with hearing loss who are high functioning, fully mainstreamed, and get good grades. My administrators feel like the students can be dismissed from the IEP process, but I know there are still areas of need for me to...
by Karen | Feb 4, 2019 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues
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 disorder and challenges often continue into adulthood 1,2. Even children with good language and...
by Karen | Jan 18, 2019 | Goodies
Author: Melinda Gillinger, Advocacy Consultant 2 questions from the field – same answer: “My child was just diagnosed with hearing loss. How and where do I even start the process of getting services with our school district?” “ Our child was attending a...
by Karen | Jan 7, 2019 | Goodies
Who should be the “DHH expert” on the student’s team? Melinda Gillinger, Advocacy Consultant Our question from the field: “We recently had a student move into our district. She has bilateral cochlear implants and uses spoken language to communicate. Her...
by Karen | Jan 7, 2019 | For Professionals, Legal Plans, Planning to Meet Student Needs
While the educational prognosis for students with hearing loss has never been as promising as it is now, we continue to have students who are deaf or hard of hearing who have not been identified, or who have not received intervention, prior to school entry. We have...