Choosing the most appropriate school for a child requires collaboration between the parents and the school. Together, they should decide which will be the best option for the child. This module define
...s the concept of inclusive education, as well as the barriers which a child with hearing loss could experience. However, these barriers can be overcome through an attitude of determination, with ongoing training and self-enrichment on the part of the teacher and the broader community. Overcoming the barriers is imperative for inclusion to be successful. Inclusive education starts with parents advocating for their children with school management.Inclusion exposes a child with hearing loss to individualized teaching strategies. It requires additional support from family and the school team, which usually includes the classroom teacher and the teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing and may also include the speech-language therapist and other special education support staff in the child’s school.The purpose of inclusive education is to ensure that all children gain access to knowledge and skills that will make them socially and economically independent. The main requirement for inclusion is that the school must be willing to accept the challenge and adapt.
Teaching the concept of fact or opinion is instruction in compare and contrast. It is based on awareness of an individual’s feelings, ideas, and preferences versus information that can be shown to be
...e true. Instructional strategies include teaching students to identify fact and opinion in text. Activities include highlighting fact and opinion in paragraphs, and writing prompts for interjecting opinion.
This handout is designed to share with child care providers or community preschools to explain a child's hearing loss, use of hearing aids, and extra communication needs.
This resource is a list of functional and formal assessments to evaluate students with hearing loss in expanded core areas beyond language and academics. Links to find the sources are included. Tests
...for preschool and school-age students are clearly identified.
This informational handout describes the requirements of Title II of the ADA to ensure communication is as effective for students with hearing loss as it is for peers and how that relates to the need
...for evidence-based decision-making for access accommodations required for each individual student's school situation. Includes a worksheet for discussion of student situational communication access needs.
Useful chart describing characteristics of ADD and ADHD and how they compare with characteristics of deaf and hard of hearing students. See BUNDLE at S0XASM774.
This
information describes toddler development for 18-24 months in terms of
successful hearing aid use and what families should be aware of, and can do
to support full-time hearing aid we
...ar. Delves into the start of independence
skills, teaching children that only adults remove hearing aids and how to
perform a Ling sound listening check appropriate to this age range. Includes images to assist in performing the
Ling sound check.
Progress monitoring sheet specifying student skill areas for transition with the specific common core standard identified for each skill area. Fillable.
Summary handout for strategies parents have used to keep hearing aids on active infants and toddlers. Includes mention of hearing instrument protection strategy accessories.
The Auditory Language & Learning Guide is an EXCELLENT informal evaluation tool for listening and language that can be used with students of any age and language ability. The 2 page checklist format e
...asily allows the teacher to develop IEP goals based on identified student weaknesses in the 4 areas of audition/listening, receptive language, expressive language, and social communication. Skills can be rated as 'targeted', 'emerging', 'mastered' or 'previously assessed' and checked off by date achieved. This assessment tool can be used from year to year allowing instructors and parents to see growth in a students language and learning.
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