This guide considers the auditory, communication, environmental, visual, and motor behaviors that are factors in a young child's development as a communicator. It provides characteristics of children ... who may use speECH-, formal signs, informal signs, etc.

“Super Kena – A Girl Made Fierce with Hearing Aids” is meant to empower children with hearing aids like Kena but also other “differently-abled” children who get teased and only want to fit in.The book ... fit in.The book touches on children with glasses, with diabetes, who stutter, who have food allergies, with asthma, and who are in wheelchairs. Together they use their unique super powers to make a difference in the world by spreading understanding and acceptance . . .  one classroom at a timeNOTE!!How to read Open EPUB or Open PDF e-books on a computer:Download the free Adobe Digital Editions: https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.htmlOpen Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) on your Windows or Mac computer.Go to File > Add to Library.Find the saved EPUB or PDF file on your computer. By default, files are saved to your computer's "Downloads" folder.Double-click an e-book to start reading, or follow these steps to transfer it to an e-reader.Under top menu ‘Reading,’ select Double Page View

This resource describes communication options for children who are deaf and hard of hearing as different features based on challenges to learning each type. Features can be combined to create communic ... ation options that are tailored to the individual child.

Summary provides an overview of research findings on the impacts of signing on development and learning for children of all ages and abilities. Provides research supported answers to common questions ... about signing with children.

This resource explores the choice of ASL sign language for communication.

This item contains a poster with ASL signs related for washing hands, pandemic, social distancing, etc.  It also has a print and do handwashing word find in fingerspelling and repeat ... ed in English. 

This paper provides research-based recommendations for strategies to enhance language learning by use of visual communication strategies, such as attention getting and following the baby's interests.

The goal of the observation record is to identify the language strengths and needs of each child and to document the progress made over a period of time. It also serves as a guide fo teachers in asses ... sing their role as language models and how they use language with children. By California School for the Deaf.

Developmental skills by age grouPS-: 3-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, 3-4 years, 4-5 years, 5-6 years. By California School for the Deaf.

The Auditory Language & Learning Guide is an EXCELLENT informal evaluation tool for listening and language that can be used with students of any age and language ability. The 2 page checklist format e ... asily allows the teacher to develop IEP goals based on identified student weaknesses in the 4 areas of audition/listening, receptive language, expressive language, and social communication. Skills can be rated as 'targeted', 'emerging', 'mastered' or 'previously assessed' and checked off by date achieved. This assessment tool can be used from year to year allowing instructors and parents to see growth in a students language and learning.