Engage teens in discussion and goal-setting for future success as a young adult with hearing loss. See BUNDLE at S0XSOC739.

Fillable version of checklist to screen for pragmatic language issues ages 2-7. By age 4 years, 43 of 45 items are typically communicated using complex language. Many children with hearing loss are 3 ... years delayed and continue to use 1-3 words rather than full sentences. Includes interpretation and intervention information.

This article focuses on how adults can help students overcome self-consciousness by providing specific strategies for guided discussion.  ...

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.

This Yes or No Question Game is designed to be used during your morning meetings, signing time, circle time, etc. Pick one question a day for students to answer. Allow more time for group discussion o ... f students’ answers.The next time your kids walk into the room, ask them a question. For more engagement, use these Yes or No question game cards as conversation starters. You’ll find some of these questions are funny, some are factual, and some are thought-provoking as you engage with your students in a “get-to-know-you” time.Pick one question a day for students to answer to allow more time for group discussion of students’ answers/preferences.

Informational handout that includes results of research on pragmatic language development for young children with hearing loss and intervention strategeis.

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 ... 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.

Reviews interventions for children with pragmatic language delays and describes a treatment program.

Teaching self-advocacy is SO IMPORTANT for our young learners who are deaf/hard-of-hearing. Over the years, I have found that even though we can teach the skills, we must also focus on teaching the la ... nguage that is needed to complete the skills.This product contains 15 NEW difficult listening scenarios/communication repair scenarios and possible responses geared toward younger students. Each page contains a simple scenario, and then provides two possible responses for the student to choose from. Some of the responses also offer you the opportunity to use scaffolding, depending on the needs and abilities of your students.These scenarios also work well for students who have lower language abilities!Your students will have fun role-playing these scenarios with you while learning appropriate and effective ways to seek out assistance that they may need in an educational setting.

Use this product to engage your students in a game while teaching them important terms/vocabulary that will help them to develop their self-advocacy skills.This resource contains 3 completed Tic-Tac-T ... oe Boards and one blank board for you to use to create your own game. Each board contains a variety of definitions in simple terms to help DHH students understand the meaning behind accommodations and modifications-related vocabulary words. Each board is paired with a list of terms/phrases that can be matched to the definitions given on the board. The accommodations on ones that are commonly used in IEPs for DHH students.This product is perfect for middle school age students and up!