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Testing Accommodations - ADA Requirements
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Informational handout from the US Department of Justice describing ADA requirements for testing accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Childhood Hearing Screening Guidelines - 2011 AAA
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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
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puretone, otoacoustic emissions, and tympanometry screening plus recommendations for follow up.
My Child Has Permanent Hearing Loss: Now What?
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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
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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.
Transition - Skills with Identified Common Core Standards (fillable)
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Progress monitoring sheet specifying student skill areas for transition with the specific common core standard identified for each skill area. Fillable.
Accessibility Considerations for Students with Hearing Loss
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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
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ing loss as it is for their typically hearing peers through the provision of appropriate auxiliary aids and services. This handout provides examples of auxiliary aids and services that can make aurally delivered information available to students with hearing disabilities so that they can receive information from, and convey information to, others as effectively as students without disabilities.
Million Dollar Settlement Highlights Need to Accommodate Students with Hearing Loss
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Information about a court case regarding placement of a deaf student in a self-contained classroom for students with significant disabilities instead of providing appropriate services to address needs
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caused by deafness.
Individual Education Plans (IEP) and 504 Plans
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Informational handout for families on the two primary laws that cover a child's rights to a public education: IDEA and 504. Includes a 1-page checklist of accommodations to consider for students with
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hearing loss.
Student Listening Challenges – Puzzle Piece
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Student Listening Challenges – Understanding the Missing Pieces summarizes the results of a Functional Listening Evaluation in a way that helps educators and family members understand listening challe
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lenges under the different conditions of near, far, in quiet and in noise. Includes an image of a story imposed on puzzle pieces with different parts of the text missing to correlate with decreased speech perception due to hearing loss and listening under different auditory challenges.
Estimating Access of Communication Effectiveness
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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
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). 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
Issue - Eligibility Determination
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The information below has been derived from sections of the law and Office of Special Education Program comments. The guidance provided helPS- clarify the intent of IDEA and may be useful to professio
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nals and parents alike who are trying to advocate appropriate services and supports for children with hearing loss.
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