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Issue - Provision of Appropriate Assistive Technology Accommodations
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The information below on provision of assistive tECH-nology has been derived from sections of IDEA and Office of Special Education Program comments. The guidance provided helPS- clarify the intent of
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IDEA and may be useful to professionals and parents alike who are trying to advocate appropriate services and supports for children with hearing loss.
New Teacher Bundle
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The New Teacher resource is an invaluable bundle packed with information you can use to explain the impact of hearing loss to your student's teachers and parents. 30 pages of resources. The New Teach
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acher Combo includes:1. Impact of Hearing Loss on Listening, Learning, and Social Interactions (5 pages)2. Emailable, computer fillable SIFTERs (Preschool, Elementary, Secondary) (6 pages)3. Emailable, computer fillable LIFE-R Teacher Appraisal (2 pages)4. Emailable, computer fillable Access to Curriculum Inventory (ATCI) for General Education Teacher (3 pages)5. Children with Hearing Loss Miss More Than You Think (1 page)6. Listening Comprehension Exercise – Mother’s Aprons (1 page)7. Barriers to Listening – Visual analogies of listening in noise, reverberation, and distance (5 pages)8. Student Listening Challenges – Understanding the Missing Pieces (1 page)9. Attitude is Caught, Not Taught (teacher version) (1 page)10. Hearing Aid/Cochlear Implant Monitoring and the Law (1 page)11. Hearing Aid Monitoring – An Important Daily Activity (4 pages)12. Emailable Tips for Teachers (Early Childhood + K-12) Word version (15 pages)
Visual Analogies Representing Impact of Reverberation on Speech and Noise
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This handout shows 3 popular analogies showing the impact of understanding written sentences in the presence of reverberation and noise and presents speECH- understanding in terms of puzzle pieces. C
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an also be used as teaching tools to increase student understanding of reverberation and noise effects.
Issue - Schools Purchasing Hearing Aids for Students
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This handout provides compiled legal information and recommendations by the US Department of Education regarding the responsibility of schools to purchase hearing aids for students with hearing loss.
Student Listening Challenges – Puzzle Piece
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Student Listening Challenges – Understanding the Missing Pieces summarizes the results of a Functional Listening Evaluation in a way that helps educators and family members understand listening challe
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lenges under the different conditions of near, far, in quiet and in noise. Includes an image of a story imposed on puzzle pieces with different parts of the text missing to correlate with decreased speech perception due to hearing loss and listening under different auditory challenges.
IDEA 2004 Key Regulations Pertaining to Audiology and Deaf Education
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Summary of language from IDEA pertaining to audiology and deaf education services. From Hands & Voices.
Estimating Access of Communication Effectiveness
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The opportunity to access to all classroom instruction and peer-to-peer communication is a key assumption of regular education and of 504, IDEA and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA
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). A November 2014 policy guidance from the US Department of Education and US Department of Justice clarified that, under Title II of the ADA, schools are required to ensure that communication for students who are deaf and hard of hearing are as effective as communication for others through the provision of appropriate aids and services, thereby affording an equal opportunity to obtain the same result to gain the same benefit as that provided to others and to participate in and enjoy the benefits of the district’s services, programs, and activities . The ADA requirements restate the principles stated under Section 504, which is often seen as the means used to fulfill the requirements of ADA. Per the U.S. Department of Justice2 : Public entities must not discriminate against, deny the benefits of, or exclude qualified individuals with disabilities from participation in any service, program, or activity. The aids, benefits, and services provided to persons with disabilities must be equal to those provided to others, and must be as effective in affording equal opportunity to obtain the same results, to gain the same benefit, or reach the same level of achievement as those provided to others. These requirements apply to all school-related communication for children with known hearing, vision or expressive speech impairments, ages 3 through 22, who are educated in public schools, including charter and magnet schools
Auditory Language & Learning Guide (ALLG)
$ 10
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
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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.
Testing Accommodations - ADA Requirements
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Informational handout from the US Department of Justice describing ADA requirements for testing accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Article: Access is the Issue, Not Hearing Loss - New Policy Clarification Requires Schools to Ensure Effective Communication Access
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Information in this article is presented to assist the educational audiologist, teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing, or speECH--language pathologist in demonstrating the impact of hearing loss on acce
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ss to classroom communication so that the ADA question “Does this student have effective access to communication in school?” can be answered in an evidence-based manner. By Karen Anderson.
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