This resource describes important information for families to share with schools. It encourages families to complete the CHILD checklist and the Starting School LIFE-R checklist. Printable versions of
... both of these checklists are included!
This paper provides research-based recommendations for strategies to enhance language learning by use of visual communication strategies, such as attention getting and following the baby's interests.
For ages 0-3 years: This information addresses bonding and identification, initiation and early intervention, autonomy and supporting independence in putting on hearing devices. Includes teaching mate
...rials for use by/with families. The purpose of this book is to raise awareness for the reasons why hearing device rejection happens and specific instruction to occur at different ages to build student resilience and self-confidence, thereby increasing the likelihood that they will not reject using their hearing technology. Specific teaching activities and recommendations for instructional materials to develop identified skills have been included in this Guide.
This handout is designed to share with child care providers or community preschools to explain a child's hearing loss, use of hearing aids, and extra communication needs.
For ages 4-6 years: This information addresses students recognizing that they have a hearing loss, understanding feelings, learning expected class listening behaviors, remembering what was heard via s
...ubvocalization skills, responding to teasing, making friends. The purpose of this book is to raise awareness for the reasons why hearing device rejection happens and specific instruction to occur at different ages to build student resilience and self-confidence, thereby increasing the likelihood that they will not reject using their hearing technology. Specific teaching activities and recommendations for instructional materials to develop identified skills have been included in this Guide.
This is a powerful handout Attitude is Caught, Not Taught which sheds light on how parent behavior helps shape child attitudes toward hearing aid use and hearing loss.
Playing Listening Lotto is an entertaining game that targets auditory skills for early and advanced listeners including sound identification, auditory discrimination, and localization skills. Targets
... vocabulary, descriptive language, spoken language, and conversation skills.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech, ELA, Teletherapy, Distance Learning, Face to Face, Digital, Print...INCLUDES:➼ 12 Listening Lotto game boards➼ 46 Calling Cards with sound images➼ Indoor, outdoor, noisemaking, working, and human noises➼ Guidance for children with hearing loss➼ Listening and Spoken Language Tips➼ Terms of Use (see below)SIX WAYS TO PLAY AND EXPLORE SOUNDS1. LISTENING LOTTO2. LISTEN, WALK and TALK3. SOUND DESCRIPTIONS4. LISTENING LOTTO SCAVENGER HUNT5. WHAT SOUND DOES IT MAKE?6. WHAT MAKES THAT SOUND?YOU CAN TARGET:• Listening development for early and advanced listeners• Sound identification, auditory discrimination, and localization skills• Listening comprehension• Vocabulary and descriptive language• Conversational and spoken language skillsTeletherapy, Distance Learning & Face to Face✢ DIGITAL - NO PRINT can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.✢ Use in Easel by TpT for digital resources✢ Print and play face to face or in a small group or classroomSound Exploration Game ✤ If you have normal hearing, you probably tend to overlook many sounds in your everyday living environment. You don’t think about the hum of a computer or the whir of the ceiling fan.✤ Children with hearing loss need to learn about the many sounds that are part of the world. This listening lotto of common sounds will give ideas about what to point out to the child ass you help them develop listening and spoken language skills.✤ Sound Exploration for Children With Cochlear ImplantsThere are sounds that the child may have never heard with their hearing aids or not for a period of time for older kids and teens. Noises may sound quite different than they recall before their cochlear implant(s). Attaching meaning to sounds they hear is much like fitting the pieces of a puzzle together.
Pete's a Pizza - Early Childhood / Preschool teaching materials for the book includes a) a synopsis of the storybook b) a letter to send home to families explaining the storybook unit and activities t
...hey can do at home c) suggestions for setting up your classroom to revolve around the story (dramatic play area, sensory area, art area, science area, book area, and bulletin board) d) activities separated into two weeks, each week including: a distinctive thematic, e) focus of the Week; Circle Time activities including songs, poems, fingerplays, and story-reading ideas; and six detailed Group Activities with designated target areas, f) snacks related to the story, g) a Pretest and Posttest
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