by Karen | Sep 26, 2022 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Determining Service Delivery for Students with Hearing Loss can be Tricky It would be a lot easier if we had one-size-fits-all services for our students with hearing loss, but the law requires we tailor service delivery to every student’s individual...
by Karen | Sep 12, 2022 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals
The terms: child find, referral, evaluation and re-evaluation can cause an involuntary reaction of panic in teachers. Just the THOUGHT of ASSESSING a child for a disability instills immediate concern that you just might not know what you’re doing after...
by Karen | Aug 22, 2022 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Getting a student with hearing loss in their classroom is rare for most teachers. Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TODHH) can help alleviate some of the anxieties for general education teachers who will have students with hearing loss in their...
by Karen | Aug 5, 2022 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
How often have you gone into a school as an itinerant teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing only to be met with, “And what do YOU do?” With only 1 out of 100 IEPs being for students qualified as deaf/hard of hearing it is common for school staff to be...
by Karen | May 10, 2022 | For Professionals, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself
With the current pandemic and world events, there has been an increase in issues impacting children’s mental health1 and studies indicate that deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) children are at higher risk for emotional and behavioral issues2. Teachers and other...