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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.
Alternate Reading Assessment for Students who are DHH +
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Current legal mandates call for all students to reach proficiency as measured through state reading assessments. While reading has long been an area of emphasis in DHH education, meeting this mandate
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is even more challenging when students with hearing loss have additional disabilities. This article summarizes results of an investigation of alternate reading assessments for students who are DHH+ and offers strategies for moving the needle toward improved assessment data.
Individual Education Plans (IEP) and 504 Plans
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Informational handout for families on the two primary laws that cover a child's rights to a public education: IDEA and 504. Includes a 1-page checklist of accommodations to consider for students with
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hearing loss.
Accessibility Considerations for Students with Hearing Loss
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Communication access is a key component of 504, IDEA and Title II of the ADA. Under Title II of the ADA, schools are required to ensure that communication access is as effective for children with hear
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ing loss as it is for their typically hearing peers through the provision of appropriate auxiliary aids and services. This handout provides examples of auxiliary aids and services that can make aurally delivered information available to students with hearing disabilities so that they can receive information from, and convey information to, others as effectively as students without disabilities.
Million Dollar Settlement Highlights Need to Accommodate Students with Hearing Loss
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Information about a court case regarding placement of a deaf student in a self-contained classroom for students with significant disabilities instead of providing appropriate services to address needs
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caused by deafness.
US Departments of Education and Justice 2014 letter specifying ADA requirements for effective communication access for students with hearing, vision, speech disabilities.
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November 2014 letter by US Departments of Justice and Education specifying ADA requirements for effective communication access for students with hearing, vision, speECH- disabilities.
Childhood Hearing Screening Guidelines - 2011 AAA
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Hearing screening guidelines were compiled in 2011 for the American Academy of Audiology. Guidelines are for students in preschool and K-2,3-5,6-8,9-12 and include specific recommendations for use of
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puretone, otoacoustic emissions, and tympanometry screening plus recommendations for follow up.
IEP/504 Checklist: Accommodations and Modifications for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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One-page checklist for school teams to use when considering school accommodations for students with hearing loss. From Educational Audiology Handbook.
Court Case Summary - Setting up FM system doesn't meet IDEA documentation rules
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Summary of a 2015 court case in which a school was found to have violated IDEA because there was no documentation of daily availability of FM or use by student.
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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