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.
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 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.
Information in this article is presented to assist the educational audiologist, teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing, or speECH--language pathologist in demonstrating the impact of hearing loss on acce
...ss to classroom communication so that the ADA question “Does this student have effective access to communication in school?” can be answered in an evidence-based manner. By Karen Anderson.
Frequently Asked Questions on Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or SpeECH- Disabilities in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. Provides an overview of Title II, Section 5
...04, and IDEA as it pertains to communication access. Provides Q&A interpreting Title II of the ADA as it applies to 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.
Minnesota guide to hearing screening for children after newborn age until five years old - including pass/refer criteria, frequency of screening, ideal setting for screening, necessary training, docum
...entation for hearing screening, and monitoring program quality.
Summary of a 2015 court case in which a school was found to have violated IDEA because there was no documentation of daily availability of FM or use by student.
Progress monitoring sheet specifying student skill areas for transition with the specific common core standard identified for each skill area. Fillable.
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