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SIFTER - Secondary Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk
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The Screening Instrument For Targeting Educational Risk (SIFTER) was created as a tool to screen the functional performance of students with hearing loss in secondary school. It includes a scoring gri
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d to identify areas of concern. User's manual is at S0XASM0142. Part of the fillable SIFTER Bundle #1289.
The Nature of Inclusive Education
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Choosing the most appropriate school for a child requires collaboration between the parents and the school. Together, they should decide which will be the best option for the child. This module define
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s the concept of inclusive education, as well as the barriers which a child with hearing loss could experience. However, these barriers can be overcome through an attitude of determination, with ongoing training and self-enrichment on the part of the teacher and the broader community. Overcoming the barriers is imperative for inclusion to be successful. Inclusive education starts with parents advocating for their children with school management.Inclusion exposes a child with hearing loss to individualized teaching strategies. It requires additional support from family and the school team, which usually includes the classroom teacher and the teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing and may also include the speech-language therapist and other special education support staff in the child’s school.The purpose of inclusive education is to ensure that all children gain access to knowledge and skills that will make them socially and economically independent. The main requirement for inclusion is that the school must be willing to accept the challenge and adapt.
Kids in the Middle - Students Not Served in Traditional Delivery Models
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“Kids in the middle” refers to students who may not be served in traditional delivery models for deaf and hard of hearing students. Therefore, the resulting services may, or may not, adequately addres
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dress the communication, social, and academic needs of these students. Examples of students “in the middle” include: Kids on 504 Plans, not qualified for 504 or an IEP, no DHH provider available, etc.
Secondary SIFTER - Screening Instrument For Targeting Educational Risk - Portuguese Translation
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Portuguese Translation -The Secondary Screening Instrument For Targeting Educational Risk (SIFTER) was created as a tool to screen the functional performance of students with hearing loss in secondary
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school (ages 12-18). It includes a scoring grid to identify areas of concern.
Levels of Communication
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The Levels of Communication handout, adapted from the Communication Matrix, helps parents, caregivers, and professionals understand where a DHH student with additional considerations may be in their
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communication development. From early behaviors to full language use, it provides clear examples that make progress easy to see and support.
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.
Communication Development Monitoring Birth-3
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PPT presentation describing a simplified process to determine growth in expressive vocabulary for ages 8-36 months at 6 month intervals using a modified version of the MacArthur Communication Developm
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ent Inventory (MCDI). The modified MCDI report forms and other checklists are available on Teacher Tools Takeout.
Assessment - Data Opens the Door Articles - BUNDLE
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These 9 articles discuss how assessment data opens doors for individualizing instruction. Topics addressed include IDEA regulations, eligibility concerns, working with the IEP team, impact of a hearin
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g difference on working memory, language processing, and auditory skills. Articles are research-based.
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.
Should Children with Hearing Loss Learn a Second Language?
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Blog presenting 9 questions and answers related to students with hearing loss learning a foreign/second language. Specifically Spanish but information applies across languages. From Hearing Health Mat
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ters.
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