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Self-Advocacy Sinister, The Bad Listener
$ 5
This resource is a hilarious self-advocacy activity. Your students will say it is their favorite activity and, you will know they are learning to become the boss of their hearing loss. It was created
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to encourage self-advocacy skills in children who are deaf and hard of hearing but is effective when targeting listening skills in all kids.The Premise: Sinister has two ears, wears great hearing devices, and has been in listening and language therapy since he was a toddler. But, it doesn’t matter. Sinister is a BAD listener! He doesn’t try and makes up excuses for not listening. Sinister gets in a whole lot of trouble because he doesn’t listen.The adult leads a discussion using Sinister’s poor excuses for not listening. Kids love imagining the trouble Sinister gets himself into because he doesn’t listen. This activity is an easy, no-prep way to encourage the child to be Boss of Your Hearing Loss. Parents can use it at home, teachers and therapists both face-to-face and during tele-practice. While not age-specific it has been successfully used with kids in 1st grade and up through middle school. This resource can be easily leveled up or down to meet various children's goals and needs.Sinister The Bad Listener requires no prep or planning because everything is in this resource. It can be easily used by parents at home, teachers, and therapists both face-to-face and on tele-platforms. This Digital - No Print resource can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Boom LearningSinister the Bad Listener is also available as a Boom Deck in the Listen With Lynn Boom Learning store. Please note: Sinister The Bad Listener is a serve-and-return conversational game between the adult and the listener. There is no audio component or sound bytes included.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈You'll love all these resources for kids with hearing loss and self-advocacy activities!❤ ❤ Check out the Bundle of 8 Self-Advocacy $$ saving bundle! SELF-ADVOCACY Tips For Communication Success (Free)SELF-ADVOCACY The 5 L's For Listening (Free)SELF-ADVOCACY This or That?SELF-ADVOCACY Bluffing Never Have I Ever ActivitySELF-ADVOCACY Role Play Real-Life ConnectionsSELF-ADVOCACY Scenarios At Group Gatherings & CelebrationsSELF-ADVOCACY Sinister The Bad ListenerSELF-ADVOCACY Scenarios - Turning Lemons Into LemonadeSELF-ADVOCACY Perk Up Your Ears (Ear-related sayings and idioms)SELF-ADVOCACY Listen & Draw Directions◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Click here to stay updated!➼ Be the first to know about freebies, sales, and product launches.➼ New products are 50% off the first 24 hours
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Advocacy in Action Curriculum Middle School
$ 850
Complete curriculum guidance and scenarios for instruction in understanding hearing loss (in themselves and other role models), assistive devices, and social awareness situations.
Primary/Elementary Social Situations for Students with Hearing Loss- BUNDLE- Advocacy in Action
$ 195
BUNDLE - Worksheets for primary level instruction on advocating during communication breakdowns. These worksheets guide the student to analyze the communication breakdown and choose an appropriate wa
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y to repair the breakdown. Bundle IDs 0497-0500, 0524-0525.
Advocacy - Talk from the Trenches BUNDLE
$ 295
Self-knowledge, self-acceptance and social acceptance are critical for a student's overall well-being. This bundle of teacher information, worksheets, and activities include a range of social topics f
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rom understanding hearing loss to civil and legal rights. Students will acquire new vocabulary, use critical thinking skills to solve problems, and be offered opportunities for self-discovery and discussion. Information and activities are meant for advanced learners. Collected IDs in the BUNDLE: S0XTRN730, S0XSCI731, S0XSCI0732, S0XSOC0733, S0XSOC0734, S0XSOC0735, S0XSCI0736, S0XSCI0737, S0xADV0738.
Advocacy - Supplement to Steps to Success BUNDLE
$ 1095
This bundle of teacher information, worksheets, and activities include a range of advocacy topics from college preparation, to living indpendently. Students will acquire new vocabulary, use critical
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thinking skills to solve problems, opportunities for self-discovery and discussion, and above all learn the who, what, when, how, and why of self-advocacy. Though some activities can be modified for upper elementary, most activities are for intermediate to advanced learners. 41 pages. Collected IDs in the BUNDLE: S0XHLU0740, S0XHLU0741, S0XHLU0742, S0XADV0743, S0XSOC0744, S0XSM0745, S0XADV0748.
Advocacy - Self-Determination and Transition - Discussing Challenges of Living with a Hearing Loss
$ 195
Students need to know and be able to discuss the facts and labels around their hearing. In this activity students transfer information from their most recent audiogram onto a graph that illustrates b
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oth hearing levels and speech sounds. Encourage discussion of students' challenges associated with having a hearing difference.
Advocacy-Talk from the Trenches-The Talk
$ 2
Engage teens in discussion about feelings toward hearing devices and what it's really like to wear hearing devices. See BUNDLE at S0XSOC739.
"The Sky's The Limit"
$ 299
A collection of comic strips revealing troublesome situations for teens with hearing loss. Includes commentary on how each humorous situation might be resolved.
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Advocacy-Adult Perspective-A Foot in Both Worlds (Jason)
$ 2
Expose older students to how self-advocacy skills different from school to adult life. Students are given an article written by an adult with hearing loss. Encourage discussion and forward-thinking wi
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th this activity. This article deals with developing an identity as a person who is from the Deaf culture or who functions in the world as a hard of hearing communicator. See BUNDLE at S0XSCI729.
Self-Concept and Your Child
$ 1
Self-Concept and Your Child is information developed for families of students with hearing loss. It provides an overview of the development of self-concept at different ages, realizing differences, st
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ages of grief once the difference is realized, and specific ideas for what a parent can do to improve the self-concept of their child who is deaf or hard of hearing. It ends with suggestions for parents to help their children achieve self-determination.
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