Lesson 9 - Resolving Problems. This lesson provides students with some strategies to use if negotiations seem to reach an impasse. Students will learn follow-up stePS- to take it their negotiating par
...tner says no. By Kris English.
This information provides teachers and families ideas for how to discuss bluffing with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Children often resort to bluffing, or pretending that they understood,
...when they lack strategies for how to repair a communication breakdown. Guides discussion, not a worksheet. From Building Skills for Success in the Fast-Paced Classroom.
This resource contains 15 possible scenarios that young DHH learners may encounter. For each scenario, they are given 2 choice for scripts which would be the most helpful way to respond the problem. T
...he provider can help the student pick the most appropriate thing to say to access their needs.
A ten-page comic-style book (in color & grayscale) defines communication and communication breakdown. Examples are shown as interactions between two boys: Luke and Ricardo. A teacher acts as narrator
...and discusses three tools for repairing communication breakdown: signaling the breakdown, asking for repetition and repeating what was heard. The boys use each tool in responding to a single CBd event. A glossary is provided at the end of the book. Materials also include a graphic organizer, 8 discussion-starter cards, 6 review cards and 5 comprehension questions for assessment. Teacher notes explain how the lesson materials can be used in face-to-face lesson or on a digital platform.
Unit 4 - Putting it All Together: Using Knowledge with Skills. Lesson 10. Students will learn how to integrate their self-advocacy knowledge base and their negotiation and problem-solving skills into
...the context of their next IEP meeting. By Kris English.
This resource contains 15 possible listening situations for DHH learners. Read each scenario and have your student decide if this is an "ideal" listening situation or a "difficult" listening situation
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Lesson 12 - Evaluating My IEP Participation. This lesson leads students through a process of self-evaluation regarding their participation in their IEP meeting. By Kris English.
This checklist is designed to be a pretest/post-test when a Classroom Amplification Distribution System (CADS or soundfield amplification) is used in a classroom in which large group instruction is pr
...esented. It can be used with a selected subgroup of students, or all students can be asked to complete the checklist. Each student rates his/her general responsiveness during instruction on a 1-5 rating scale. Includes room for minimal comments. Results will be most valid for students in grade 4 or ages 9-10 and above.
The Wizard's Challenge Game is a relevant and motivating resource which can be effectively used with students to reinforce standards based IEP goals and/or objectives in the areas of self-advocacy, se
...lf-concept, communication repair and amplification utilization. The game relies on the players having some knowledge of the Harry Potter books or movies as it compares children with hearing loss living in families where they are the only ones who are deaf or hard of hearing to families of muggles that have a child who is a wizard or witch born into them. A parallel is drawn of Harry as 'The Boy Who Lived' being the only one with a lightening bolt scar on his face at Hogwarts to the student who is the only one using hearing devices in his or her neighborhood school. Print your own game board, cards, and game pieces.
NOTE: Powerpoint Presentation for viewing on PCA collection of comic strips revealing troublesome situations for teens with hearing loss. Includes commentary on how each humorous situation might be re
...resolved.20 more situations and scenarios that mix humor with compassion in negotiating social communication.More antics and advocacy for teens and tweens with hearing loss.
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