Helping Students with Hearing Loss Learn Language and Self-Advocacy to Help Themselves
7/24/18 The beginning of the school year is the time to begin building relationships with new students. A fun quick way for a student and professional to get to know each other is this free activity Getting-To-Know-You Cards . Simply take turns with your students turning over a card and answering the questions. When […]
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July 9, 2018 There is a new resource for professionals who work with kids with hearing loss called The Online Itinerant. It provides pre-recorded one hour courses and monthly live meet-ups on a variety of topics. Not only can you earn CEUs but you can sign up for one course or meet-up or subscribe to […]
Read MoreApril 6, 2018 Earlier this year I posted about a new referral that I received, a kindergartner who had not been amplified before January, 2018. I explained the testing that would be done. I want to pick up there and broadly describe strengths and weaknesses and what interventions the IEP team agreed on. Overall the […]
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2018 How is eligibility for special education services for students with hearing loss determined for school-aged children? I currently have a kindergartner for whom we signed the referral and permission to test paperwork just before Christmas break. I would like to share what information I gather, how I interpret it and what the IEP […]
Read More1/1/18 By the time December of this school year came around, I decided I needed some new materials to liven things up. In June, 2017 I attended the AG Bell Listening and Spoken Language Symposium where I heard Rehab Audiologist Lynn Wood give an excellent presentation on her favorite games. So I dug up that […]
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11/4/17 Did you know that the cochlear implant companies have free materials on their websites? Let’s look at the wealth of materials offered by Med-el. In addition to their online activities, sets of materials are periodically posted that can be downloaded, printed, adapted and used in articulation, language and auditory skill development. The latest lesson […]
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October 15, 2017 I see these buttons everywhere around schools. Then I read about some fun ideas on using them in speech-language therapy from SLP Talk with Desiree. Her blog and video describe how she uses them in phonological awareness, language and articulation activities. I thought they sounded like a lot of fun for the kids. […]
Read MoreOctober 11, 2017 Here is another post following up on the all-important retrieval practice – a learning strategy where the student tries to recall information from memory. It’s effectiveness and variations have been explained in this book Make It Stick by Peter Brown, et al. See this previous blog post for more information. Rule the School’s […]
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