by Karen | Feb 18, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: My child’s IEP team shared that he is “a good reader,” but I know that he is not understanding what he reads. He struggles with vocabulary and comprehension, but because he is getting good grades and reads the words, I am having trouble...
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 | Jan 18, 2019 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
About 25-30% of children identified by universal newborn hearing screening have hearing loss in only one ear. This prevalence increases with age to about 1 ½ -2% of the school-age population. Students with unilateral hearing loss are at 10 times the risk for...
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...
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...
