by Karen | Dec 7, 2018 | Goodies
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...
by Karen | Dec 7, 2018 | For Parents, For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss, Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Hearing Loss
The ‘bread and butter’ of itinerant support to students with hearing loss is often considered to be ensuring communication access, supporting language development, and self-advocacy skills training. While access relates to ADA requirements, and supporting language is...
by Karen | Nov 15, 2018 | For Parents, For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
Every parent and teacher want children with hearing loss to be successful in the classroom, both academically and socially. There are benefits to including students with disabilities in their neighborhood schools and having them be fully included in mainstream...
by Karen | Oct 11, 2018 | Goodies
I am often asked, if I had to choose, which would be the most important assessments for teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing to routinely use during initial or triennial assessments. Assessments that reflect unique needs of our students Assessments to tease out...
by Karen | Oct 11, 2018 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals
The evaluation process requires1 that a variety of assessment tools and strategies are used to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information about the student to determine if there is a disability that is adversely affecting educational...
