Helping Students with Hearing Loss Learn Language and Self-Advocacy to Help Themselves
October 7, 2017 My last post explained the research and effectiveness of Retrieval Practice from the book Make It Stick. Retrieval Practice is simply trying to answer questions or explain words without looking at the answer first. Research has shown it to be the single most effective study strategy! Rule the School has several products […]
Read MoreAugust 23, 2017 Well, I’ve had very full first days back to work this school year. I have new students and new schools in Grades 3-10. Since the beginning of the year is a huge organizational process for an itinerant teacher, I thought I would create something to help out myself and others. Here are […]
Read More6/28/17 I’m heading to the AG Bell Symposium in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and I can’t wait. If you are going, please come by my table in the exhibit hall and check out LASH. I like products to have multiple uses and boy does LASH ever! All of the hard products on the table will be […]
Read MoreMay 25, 2017 Do your kids with hearing loss say “Huh?” when they miss information? Are you looking for some fun activities to help them learn to use other responses? I finally finished Unit 4 for the Interactive Self-advocacy Notebook on Communication Repair available in my TeachersPayTeachers Store. Here is a preview of some […]
Read More5/6/17 Recently one of my students complained that he didn’t like using his FM system because of the “scratchy” sounds. I listened to it and did not hear any scratching. Then he explained that the mic flips over when the teachers are wearing it. I asked “What should you do when that happens?” and he […]
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April 2, 2017 The latest unit in the Interactive Self-Advocacy Notebook is available here. I hope you find it useful! It includes a Rationale – have you ever been asked at an IEP meeting why a student should be pulled out of class to learn this information? Here you go! What is included in […]
Read More3/19/17 I have a question for anyone who works with deaf/hard of hearing students with self-advocacy goals on their IEPs. Our state recently required that all IEP goals be progress monitored 7-10 times per quarter. This is easy to do with many types of goals but not so easy for self-advocacy goals. For goals related to wearing and […]
Read More2/11/17 Have you ever had anyone ask you “Why do you need to remove that student (with a hearing loss) from classroom instructional time to work on learning about the ear?” This is a very common question and the answer is the very basis of self-knowledge. I’ve had students tell me they feel stupid […]
Read More1/22/17 What is an Interactive Notebook? As a teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing, I had little exposure to Interactive Notebooks until I noticed them in the regular ed classrooms that I’m frequently in. There they are used across many subjects. Why? For my purposes I see two important reasons. First, they are brain-based learning […]
Read More10/30/16 I am so excited to share that my apps are now available in the Chrome Store. Over the past several years, I have had innumerable requests for Rule the School apps to be used on devices other than Apple products. Because of the widespread adoption of Chromebooks by school districts, I have had many […]
Read MoreOctober 15, 2016 It’s hard to believe that there are only 2 more weeks in the first quarter of the school year. It has been sooooo busy but: < I love my new students < I am thoroughly enjoying getting to know my middle and high school students and their needs. I have worked at the […]
Read More10/10/16 Previous blogs discussed Equipment Management, Self-Knowledge, and Preferential Seating so today let’s look at Communication Repair (CR). Can you imagine how excited I was to see CR as part of the Common Core Standards Speaking and Listening Strand for Grades K-2? Kindergarten: Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or […]
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