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Self-Advocacy Sinister, The Bad Listener
$ 5
This resource is a hilarious self-advocacy activity. Your students will say it is their favorite activity and, you will know they are learning to become the boss of their hearing loss. It was created
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to encourage self-advocacy skills in children who are deaf and hard of hearing but is effective when targeting listening skills in all kids.The Premise: Sinister has two ears, wears great hearing devices, and has been in listening and language therapy since he was a toddler. But, it doesn’t matter. Sinister is a BAD listener! He doesn’t try and makes up excuses for not listening. Sinister gets in a whole lot of trouble because he doesn’t listen.The adult leads a discussion using Sinister’s poor excuses for not listening. Kids love imagining the trouble Sinister gets himself into because he doesn’t listen. This activity is an easy, no-prep way to encourage the child to be Boss of Your Hearing Loss. Parents can use it at home, teachers and therapists both face-to-face and during tele-practice. While not age-specific it has been successfully used with kids in 1st grade and up through middle school. This resource can be easily leveled up or down to meet various children's goals and needs.Sinister The Bad Listener requires no prep or planning because everything is in this resource. It can be easily used by parents at home, teachers, and therapists both face-to-face and on tele-platforms. This Digital - No Print resource can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Boom LearningSinister the Bad Listener is also available as a Boom Deck in the Listen With Lynn Boom Learning store. Please note: Sinister The Bad Listener is a serve-and-return conversational game between the adult and the listener. There is no audio component or sound bytes included.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈You'll love all these resources for kids with hearing loss and self-advocacy activities!❤ ❤ Check out the Bundle of 8 Self-Advocacy $$ saving bundle! SELF-ADVOCACY Tips For Communication Success (Free)SELF-ADVOCACY The 5 L's For Listening (Free)SELF-ADVOCACY This or That?SELF-ADVOCACY Bluffing Never Have I Ever ActivitySELF-ADVOCACY Role Play Real-Life ConnectionsSELF-ADVOCACY Scenarios At Group Gatherings & CelebrationsSELF-ADVOCACY Sinister The Bad ListenerSELF-ADVOCACY Scenarios - Turning Lemons Into LemonadeSELF-ADVOCACY Perk Up Your Ears (Ear-related sayings and idioms)SELF-ADVOCACY Listen & Draw Directions◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Click here to stay updated!➼ Be the first to know about freebies, sales, and product launches.➼ New products are 50% off the first 24 hours
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Advocacy - Self-Determination and Transition - Discussing Challenges of Living with a Hearing Loss
$ 195
Students need to know and be able to discuss the facts and labels around their hearing. In this activity students transfer information from their most recent audiogram onto a graph that illustrates b
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oth hearing levels and speech sounds. Encourage discussion of students' challenges associated with having a hearing difference.
Listening Fatigue and Unilateral Hearing Loss
$ 0
Students with hearing loss experience listening fatigue, but this phenomenon has not been researched. A description of what listening fatigue in students can look like, strategies to mediate its impac
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t, and a call to action for IEP teams are discussed.
Mid-Frequency - Relationship of Hearing Loss to Listening and Learning
$ 0
Handout with information on possible impact on understanding language, speECH-, social, and need for educational accommodations and services. For mid-frequency or reverse-slope hearing loss.
Article: Benefit of S/N Enhancing Devices to Speech Perception of Children Listening in a Typical Classroom with Hearing Aids or a Cochlear Implant
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Article reporting results of a study comparing the speECH- recognition of students using hearing aids or cochlear implant only, FM systems, and soundfield/CADS systems. Results indicate increased bene
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fit of FM use over hearing aids only or soundfield amplification. 2005.
Advocacy - Supplement to Steps to Success BUNDLE
$ 1095
This bundle of teacher information, worksheets, and activities include a range of advocacy topics from college preparation, to living indpendently. Students will acquire new vocabulary, use critical
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thinking skills to solve problems, opportunities for self-discovery and discussion, and above all learn the who, what, when, how, and why of self-advocacy. Though some activities can be modified for upper elementary, most activities are for intermediate to advanced learners. 41 pages. Collected IDs in the BUNDLE: S0XHLU0740, S0XHLU0741, S0XHLU0742, S0XADV0743, S0XSOC0744, S0XSM0745, S0XADV0748.
Advocacy-Talk from the Trenches-Colleges
$ 2
Engage teens in discussion and goal-setting for future success as a young adult with hearing loss. This article deals with planning for success in college. See BUNDLE at S0XSOC739.
26-40dB - Relationship of Hearing Loss to Listening and Learning
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Handout with information on possible impact on understanding language, speECH-, social, and need for educational accommodations and services. For 26-40dB or mild hearing loss.
Accommodations Tic-Tac-Toe Games (Self-Advocacy for DHH Learners)
$ 4
Use this product to engage your students in a game while teaching them important terms/vocabulary that will help them to develop their self-advocacy skills.This resource contains 3 completed Tic-Tac-T
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oe Boards and one blank board for you to use to create your own game. Each board contains a variety of definitions in simple terms to help DHH students understand the meaning behind accommodations and modifications-related vocabulary words. Each board is paired with a list of terms/phrases that can be matched to the definitions given on the board. The accommodations on ones that are commonly used in IEPs for DHH students.This product is perfect for middle school age students and up!
Advocacy in Action Upper Elementary Handouts BUNDLE
$ 1295
Worksheet for entire Upper Elementary Advocacy in Action curriculum. There are 62 worksheets covering topics such as amplification (hearing aid, cochlear implant, FM system), listening environments a
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nd social awareness situations. Bundle IDs 0502-0526
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