The information below has been derived from sections of the law, Office of Special Education Program comments and may be useful to professionals and parents alike who are trying to advocate appropriat
...e services and supports for children with hearing loss.
Do your students know their rights? Teach them the Deaf Bill Rights so they understand how the law works for student with hearing loss and who are deaf and blind. Here is a simple booklet to help stud
...ents understand the Deaf Bill of Rights.
The opportunity to access to all classroom instruction and peer-to-peer communication is a key assumption of regular education and of 504, IDEA and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA
...). A November 2014 policy guidance from the US Department of Education and US Department of Justice clarified that, under Title II of the ADA, schools are required to ensure that communication for students who are deaf and hard of hearing are as effective as communication for others through the provision of appropriate aids and services, thereby affording an equal opportunity to obtain the same result to gain the same benefit as that provided to others and to participate in and enjoy the benefits of the district’s services, programs, and activities . The ADA requirements restate the principles stated under Section 504, which is often seen as the means used to fulfill the requirements of ADA. Per the U.S. Department of Justice2 : Public entities must not discriminate against, deny the benefits of, or exclude qualified individuals with disabilities from participation in any service, program, or activity. The aids, benefits, and services provided to persons with disabilities must be equal to those provided to others, and must be as effective in affording equal opportunity to obtain the same results, to gain the same benefit, or reach the same level of achievement as those provided to others. These requirements apply to all school-related communication for children with known hearing, vision or expressive speech impairments, ages 3 through 22, who are educated in public schools, including charter and magnet schools
Hearing screening guidelines were compiled in 2011 for the American Academy of Audiology. Guidelines are for students in preschool and K-2,3-5,6-8,9-12 and include specific recommendations for use of
...puretone, otoacoustic emissions, and tympanometry screening plus recommendations for follow up.
Communication access is a key component of 504, IDEA and Title II of the ADA. Under Title II of the ADA, schools are required to ensure that communication access is as effective for children with hear
...ing loss as it is for their typically hearing peers through the provision of appropriate auxiliary aids and services. This handout provides a forum for team discussion of the need for auxiliary aids and services for different school situations so students can receive information from, and convey information to, others as effectively as students without disabilities.
The New Teacher resource is an invaluable bundle packed with information you can use to explain the impact of hearing loss to your student's teachers and parents. 30 pages of resources. The New Teach
...acher Combo includes:1. Impact of Hearing Loss on Listening, Learning, and Social Interactions (5 pages)2. Emailable, computer fillable SIFTERs (Preschool, Elementary, Secondary) (6 pages)3. Emailable, computer fillable LIFE-R Teacher Appraisal (2 pages)4. Emailable, computer fillable Access to Curriculum Inventory (ATCI) for General Education Teacher (3 pages)5. Children with Hearing Loss Miss More Than You Think (1 page)6. Listening Comprehension Exercise – Mother’s Aprons (1 page)7. Barriers to Listening – Visual analogies of listening in noise, reverberation, and distance (5 pages)8. Student Listening Challenges – Understanding the Missing Pieces (1 page)9. Attitude is Caught, Not Taught (teacher version) (1 page)10. Hearing Aid/Cochlear Implant Monitoring and the Law (1 page)11. Hearing Aid Monitoring – An Important Daily Activity (4 pages)12. Emailable Tips for Teachers (Early Childhood + K-12) Word version (15 pages)
This informational article describes the need to define and understand a student's ability to access verbal instruction. It includes description of the SpeECH- Audibility Audiogram for Classroom Liste
...ning. 2011.
This handout shows 3 popular analogies showing the impact of understanding written sentences in the presence of reverberation and noise and presents speECH- understanding in terms of puzzle pieces. C
...an also be used as teaching tools to increase student understanding of reverberation and noise effects.
This handout lists appropriate behaviors indicating typical development of social-emotional well-being age ranges in months along with recommended actions that a parent or caregiver can take to encour
...age healthy social-emotional development at each age range. From Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning.
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