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Accommodations to Consider for Students with Hearing Loss
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One-page checklist for school teams to use when considering school accommodations for students with hearing loss.
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
Article: Access is the Issue, Not Hearing Loss - New Policy Clarification Requires Schools to Ensure Effective Communication Access
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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
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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.
Court Case Summary - Setting up FM system doesn't meet IDEA documentation rules
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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.
Setting up FM System Doesn't Meet IDEA Documentation Rules
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Information about a court case regarding school district record keeping requirments to comply with provision of FM/DM/HAT in an IEP.
2014 FAQ on Effective School Communication - ADA
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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
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04, and IDEA as it pertains to communication access. Provides Q&A interpreting Title II of the ADA as it applies to schools.
ADA BUNDLE
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This
bundle of 6 items are designed to assist families, educators, and IEP teams
to better understand the requirements of ADA as applied to access to
education.
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