by Karen | Nov 4, 2018 | For Parents, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself, Social Issues and Your Child
Peer Victimization and Hearing Loss More than ¼ of school-aged children experience bullying or peer-victimization. The risk of this negative treatment increases for children who have lower social competence, presence of special needs, or overall seem “different” from...
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...
by Karen | Oct 1, 2018 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
Itinerant teachers must be ready for anything. Many itinerant teachers have evolved into their role, rather than trained for it. The transition from classroom teacher to traveling teacher meant altering my expectations and constantly redefining my role in my...
by Karen | Sep 17, 2018 | Amplification, For Parents, For Professionals, Hearing Aids and Your Child
The job of hearing devices is to improve the audibility of speech, allowing students to perceive much more of verbal instruction and all other spoken communication more fully. By funneling more audible speech information into the brain, the student is able to access...
