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 ... 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.This video 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!Video download can be accessed on any device. Please respect the copyright and creativity of the author and avoid sharing as freeware.For grades 3-6

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.

This product contains 15 self-advocacy scenarios for geared to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students. There are both "ideal" listening situations and "difficult" listening situations included in orde ... r to help students develop self-advocacy and problem solving skills.Read each scenario and ask your student to determine if is an "ideal" listening situation or a "difficult" listening situation. If it is a difficult situation, what can be done to fix it?This product is best used with students who are in upper elementary grades and up. It contains both school-based and community-based scenarios.

The ADAPTED SEAM uses student-friendly language that activates self-reflective skills, encourages student ownership, and provides an interactive/conversation starter when done with the student. Some s ... tudents experience an "ah-ha moment" about their responsibility the first time they complete the chart. Ways To Use This:Discussion tool while completing the data form with your student. Self-reflection tool for older students while providing data for you.Assessment tool for determining self-advocacy present levels. (sample write-up included)Baseline data for your measurable IEP goal. (sample goal included)Students To Use This With?A student who is missing many of these skills at their levelsA student who is NEW to hearing devices regardless of age. An older student needing frequent reminders of these skills can benefit from revisiting the form periodically to track their progress.Why Use this?Editable PDF or Printable (2 versions)Timely benchmarks for progress reportingEasily Attach/Upload to IEP SystemsSample Assessment/Present Level Write-Up provided Sample IEP Goal & Completed Student Example providedWhat's Included in this Adapted SEAM Product?Overview of All Adapted Levels At a Glance (1 page) Directions and Ways To UseEditable PDFs - compact, single-page view. (7 forms/levels: Pre-K, K, 1st-2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, MS/HS)Printable Forms - expanded onto 2 sides for reading and writing ease. (7 forms/levels: Pre-K, K, 1st-2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, MS/HS)Student Data Example Sample Assessment/Present Levels Write-UpSample IEP goalSample - Real Student Form Completed over an IEP year.

This no-prep activity is ideal to use at the end of the school year with your deaf or hard-of-hearing students. Use this resource as an opportunity to reflect on the school year, your student's growth ... and needs, and your own growth and needs as a teacher as well. Having an open dialogue with your student using these guiding questions will help you to understand how you can further support them as a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.This resource contains a reflection pages students to complete, a reflection page for teachers to complete, and a supports page for both to complete together.

Additional Comprehension ActivitiesReading Comprehension QuestionsLists of tier 1 + 2 related vocabGame board to make it fun or help that wiggly off-task child stay focusedNew Concept for Older Kids: ... What are “endonyms”This is a story to help children/students who wear hearing aids understand why they may go to the doctor and/or ENT more often than others. The story can be read for comprehension. It teaches new vocabulary and creates a wonderful language opportunity for students to better advocate for themselves at school, home, and the doctor/ENT office. This story was written with younger children and their families and older students who continue to come to school with blocked hearing aids and do not use an interpreter for language access.Service Activity for EI-ECSE Families & Home VisitsFor any family, this story can be an important conversation starter, or reminder, to understand the language impact of even partially clogged hearing aids for their kid(s) who are not using signs. This can be demonstrated to parents by using a listening tube when their child’s hearing aid is plugged in and cleaned, and then having them listen again to the difference in clarity of language coming through the hearing aid to their child’s brain.Story Printable OptionPrint each two-page spread in landscape mode OR - Print a two-page spread but cut apart pages to show 1 page at a time. Spiral bind, 3-hole punch, or staple.Interactive Digital OptionPresent the book on a device or overhead projector. To play the digital version of the game, click on the digital spinner link. Change the spinner to “3” numbers. Pick & move game pieces (pink, green, blue)QuestionsUse professional judgment when deciding on which comprehension questions to ask the student. *The advanced questions are marked with an * following the number.VocabularyTier 1 vocabulary Tier 2 vocabulary prefix Endonyms short nonfiction passage Endonym Activity Options ask students to research endonyms related to sick words show sick examples and ask them to find more