TiPS- to email to preschool and kindergarten teachers to improve understanding of the needs of the student with hearing loss. Getting one tip at a time has been an effective strategy for implementatio
...n. Focusing on one strategy each week reduces anxiety and results in an improvement in best practice tECH-niques for their students with hearing loss. These early childhood tiPS- should be used in conjunction with the school-age tiPS-, also available through Teacher Tools Takeout.
Teach students how to select the best seat for optimal listening and looking in the classroom. Includes diagrams for problem-solving noise sources and seating.
Progress monitoring sheet specifying student skill areas for communication strategies with the specific common core standard identified for each skill area. Fillable.
Complete curriculum guidance and scenarios for instruction in the students involvement in IEP planning, understanding and applying the law, assistive devices, and exploring options after graduation (
...transitioning into the workplace or postsecondary school).
Ideas for fun activities for students to do to help their teachers understand their hearing needs. Teach students how to share practical information about themselves and their hearing loss with adult
...s.
Complete curriculum guidance and scenarios for instruction in amplification (including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and FM systems), listening environments, and social awareness situations.
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
...th this activity. See BUNDLE at S0XSCI729.
This interactive Google Slides activity asks students to evaluate 4 listening situations (presented in pictures and short descriptions) and rate them on a scale according to listening difficulty. Afte
...r rating the situations, students are tasked with providing an explanation of why each situation is difficult or easy to hear. This would be a great 'stepping off' activity to begin a unit on coping skills or to evaluate how a student perceives different situations and why/how he/she feels about his/her listening abilities.There is very little digital learning activities available for remote learning today. This tool that asks students to rate situations that are difficult or easy to hear encourages introspection about a student's hearing loss. Asking student to explain why the situation is easy or hard to hear encourages them to evaluate their own listening skills and how advocacy can improve even the most difficult situation.Learning Objective:The student will be able to compare listening situations by rating them on a scale from easy to hear to hear. The student will be able to describe why a specific listening situation is difficult or easy to hear, giving support for their answers.
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