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 ... 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.

Congratulations on reaching the end of your school year!It's important to reflect on your school year to make sure that you can improve services for next year.This product is a list of survey question ... s for virtual AND in-person Teachers of the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing to send to the teachers and staff that work with the deaf/hard-of-hearing students on their caseload at the end of the school year. Pick and choose which questions are applicable to your team, and then add them to a survey/form program.Best of luck to you as you close out your school year!

These 9 articles discuss how assessment data opens doors for individualizing instruction. Topics addressed include IDEA regulations, eligibility concerns, working with the IEP team, impact of a hearin ... g difference on working memory, language processing, and auditory skills. Articles are research-based.

A collection of comic strips revealing troublesome situations for teens with hearing loss. Includes commentary on how each humorous situation might be resolved. ...

Print this letter to share with classroom teachers during your inservices. Ask them to add the letter to their sub folders in order to encourage continuity of use for the sound field system ...

Inservice meetings can often been stressful for teachers, especially at the beginning of the school year. Use this resource as a way to check-in with your DHH student's educational team following an i ... nservice at the beginning of the year.  This resource contains a  collection of helpful questions to ask your DHH student's educational team after a meeting to see if any more support is needed.You can use the document as it is or you can pick and choose which questions you want to use in an online form.Have a great start to the school year!

More information on the definition of hyper and hypo sensitivity. You will be able to identify and describe sensory seeking behaviors in students. See BUNDLE at S0XASM774.

Differentiating Hearing Loss from Other Disabilities - Assessment Information is a bundle that includes 9 articles addressing how a hearing difference may be differentiated from other delays such as l ... earning disabilities, ADD/ADHD; language and vocabulary delays; and/or intellectual disability. Other articles focus on why instruction from a TOD is necessary, legal implications, and ways to improve awareness of DHH services. 17 pages. Addresses needs on all ability levels. Includes IDs S0XASM0765-0773.

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.

Useful chart describing characteristics of ADD and ADHD and how they compare with characteristics of deaf and hard of hearing students. See BUNDLE at S0XASM774.