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Ten steps you can take to help a child develop a positive self-concept
$ 0
This informational handout provides ten stePS- you can take to help a child develop a positive self-concept. For families.
Self-Advocacy Listen & Draw Directions DHH
$ 3
LISTEN TO LEARN is the eighth in the popular Listen & Draw series. These are all auditory imagery activities that target following directions while growing vocabulary, memory and sequencing skills. De
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etails can be easily simplified or information added to increase the complexity to match the child’s listening and language goals.Children listen to detailed descriptions then follow the directions and draw four different young students all of which are deaf or hard of hearing and use hearing technology. A couple of the kids could be better listeners which is both entertaining and learning opportunities for the kids.Isabella hears with two cochlear implants.Watson hears with two hearing aids.Bryn hears with a Baha® device.Noah hears with a hearing aid in his left ear and a cochlear implant on the right. This LISTEN TO LEARN activity also targets self-advocacy skills. Talking through each scenario will encourage your students to understand the importance of listening to learn and be successful at school.Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) tips are included to encourage auditory learning.
Elephant in the Room (iBook)
$ 6
Skyler has a hearing loss. And he doesn’t feel much like talking today. No wonder—he keeps missing what his parents and siblings have to say, and it’s frustrating. Skyler’s little sister, Maizy, tags
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y, tags along on his morning routine and, with the help of her special friend, we learn that it takes more than hearing aids to help Skyler feel like talking again.This 35-page full color children’s book by Audiologist Jim Bombicino provides avenues for discussion and building vocabulary by highlighting the difficulties that students may face each day, including mishearing and misunderstanding information, the effect of background noise, and consequential frustration and confusion that can happen when the ease of daily communication is taken for granted by typically hearing persons. In this case, the story follows a young boy as he awakens and prepares for a typical school day.The e-book version includes audio of the text read by actors, while their voices are filtered to imitate how Skyler hears through his hearing aids! Listening situations include a speaker with added background noise, simultaneous speakers, a speaker talking too quickly, and mishearing words—all heard as they come through Skyler’s hearing devices. Perfect for helping teachers, families, and classmates understand what a hearing loss might be like. Finally put typically hearing adults and children in the shoes of the child with hearing loss!Please note: Compatible only with iPad and iOS devices. Free Author’s notes and discussion guide are available for download at Teacher Tools Takeout marketplace.How to Open ePub Files on Your iPad.Before trying to load the ePUB file make sure you have downloaded and installed iBook app from Apple’s app store.Directly on the iPAD or Iphone (recommended)1. Make sure the free iBooks app is on your iPad.2. Follow the link from Safari to reach the ePub document. This means either accessing your email to find the attached file, or going to our website to download the file with an access code.3. Select “Open in iBooks” on the iPad/iPhone4. The eBook will open and be added to your iBooks collection.5. From now on, you can open the ePub document from the iBooks app on your iPad/iPhone.From PC to iPAD1. Make sure the free iBooks app is on your iPad.2. Make sure the free Itunes app is on your PC. Open iTunes.3. Find the ePub file on your computer by accessing email or visiting website where purchased/obtained.4. Drag and drop the ePub file onto your Library in iTunes on your computer.5. Connect your iPad to your computer.6. Check under the “Books” tab in iTunes to be sure this ePub is selected for syncing7. Then sync.8. The ePub document is added to your iBooks collection inside the iBooks app.9. From now on, you can open the ePub document from the iBooks app on your iPad.Directly on PCHow to read Open EPUB or Open PDF e-books on a computer1. Download the free Adobe Digital Editions: https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html2. Open Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) on your Windows or Mac computer.3. Go to File > Add to Library.4. Find the saved EPUB or PDF file on your computer. By default, files are saved to your computer’s “Downloads” folder.5. Double-click an e-book to start reading, or follow these steps to transfer it to an e-reader.
Hearing Technology and You - Your Idea of the Perfect Hearing Device
$ 175
Worksheet poses questions for individual or grouPS- of hard of hearing students to discuss regarding their idea of a perfect hearing device and how hearing loss is a part of who they are.
Self-Identity and Hearing Loss
$ 0
Children with hearing loss, especially those who have significant residual hearing, often struggle with identity. This handout provides information on children struggling to be the only child with hea
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ring loss in their school or grade and the need to develop resilience.
Speaking Up - Being Scared or Prepared?
$ 195
Speaking Up and Being Scared, or Being Prepared? Is a packet of 4 instructional worksheets and a pretest/post-test. The student will explore why many people are afraid of public speaking and specific
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strategies to feel more confident. The activities pose different situations in which they get in touch with their feeling about the situations and apply the different strategies that would decrease negative feelings and increase self-confidence. Includes a page describing communication strategies that are not successful with a spot for student reflection.
SACA-A: Self-Assessment of Communication Adolescent - fillable
$ 195
SAC-A: Self-Assessment of Communication - Adolescent is to be completed by teens with hearing loss as a means to explore their feelings about being a communicator with hearing loss. Best when used wit
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h the SOAC - Significant Other Assessment of Communication to allow comparison to take place to further inform the student with hearing loss about the degree to which hearing peers consider their hearing loss. Fillable version.
You and Your Tricky Hearing Loss
$ 150
The purpose to You and Your Tricky Hearing Loss is to help the child express the internal meaning of what it is like for them to have a hearing loss. The student is asked to describe different aspects
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of the hearing loss as though it is separate from themselves. This is an active step in helping the student to recognize how different they feel from others and allow discussion to provide other perspectives. This exercise can be followed by The Secondary School Survey (P01SCI0664), the Wizard's Challenge Game (P01SCI0668) or any work to develop communication repair and self-advocacy skills.
Encouraging Positive Self-Concept in Children
$ 0
Informational handout describes the importance of self-concept and suggests ways to assess a student's level of self-concept. It also provides 4 strategies to improve a student's self-confidence.
SOAC-A: Significant Other Assessment of Communication - Adolescent - fillable
$ 195
SOAC-A: Significant Other Assessment of Communication - Adolescent is to be completed by friends/peers of teens with hearing loss as a means to help the student who is DHH to explore their feelings ab
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out being a communicator with hearing loss. Best when used with the SAC-A - Self-Assesment of Communication to allow comparison to take place to further inform the student with hearing loss about the degree to which hearing peers consider their hearing loss. Fillable version.
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