Engage teens in how missing information your friends and teachers say can make you feel left out. Start a discussion about how to repair communication mishaps. See BUNDLE at S0XSOC739.
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
... 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.
A collection of comic strips revealing troublesome situations for teens with hearing loss. Includes commentary on how each humorous situation might be resolved.
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Expose older students to how self-advocacy skills differ from school to adult life. Students are given an article written by an adult with hearing loss. Encourage discussion and forward-thinking with
...this activity. This article addresses seating issues for persons with a unilateral hearing loss and the importance of appropriate seating for all students with hearing loss. See BUNDLE at S0XSCI729.
Use this fillable worksheet to help students understand their concept of themselves. Learn vocabulary associated with personal attributes, character, and personality.
No prep time, just print and go!Every student needs a break sometimes. Students will learn what makes people tired.Download this complete lesson plan written by a certified Deaf Educator for ages 6-9
...and Grade 1-2. Thirteen printable worksheets are included as companions to the picture book: Sometimes I Like the Quiet (Duke the Deaf Dog ASL Series #4), by Kelly Brakenhoff: two different cover art options, six worksheets, and two coloring pages. Video tutorial links are included for practicing the ASL vocabulary and an ASL version of the complete story performed by a deaf college instructor.There are many creative ways to use this workbook in your classroom.Have a small group read the book together, while other small groups are reading a different book. Have the group of students complete the worksheets and discuss their responses to the social emotional aspects of the story. The students can break into pairs to practice the ASL signs used in the book.Have a student read the book independently, complete the worksheets, and view the ASL video tutorials online.Read aloud the story to your class and/or watch the video version of the story in ASL with the link provided. Use the lesson plan and follow the discussion questions with a full class or in smaller groups.This packet is also perfect to supplement homeschooling curriculum.
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
Once a child is diagnosed with hearing loss family members have many questions. This resource provides information addressing how overwhelming the diagnosis can be and families may have many feelings
...about the testing process and the diagnosis. It describes where you can find help and support and why it is important to start services shortly after the hearing loss is diagnosed.
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