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Classroom Accommodations for Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Students - Part II

• Illinois Service Resource Center
• 3444 W. Dundee Rd.
• Northbrook, Illinois 60062
• 847-559-8195
• www.isrc.us
• isrc_at_irsc.us

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Raven EmeritzTeacher of the DeafBehavior
SpecialistDeafEduc8or_at_Comcast.net
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When making accommodations for a Deaf or Hard of
Hearing student in your classroom consider
his/her specific needs. Follow the
recommendations on the IEP. The following are
suggestions, but implementation should be decided
on as a team with the specific child in mind.
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Visuals, Visuals, Visuals!!!

• Schedule
• Outline
• Posted rules
• Overhead
• Movies
• Computers
• Clip art
• Graphics
• Interpreter
• Closed captioning

• Pictures
• Charts
• Projector
• Power Point
• Calendar/Changes
• Cues
• Role play, modeling, skits, hands-on (kinesthetic)

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In the classroom

• Write important concepts on the board
• Seat student in the front of the room or closest
  to the place where instruction often occurs.
• Repeat questions from other students
• Establish a system to get everyones attention
  before instructing

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• Establish a system to ID whos talking.
• Display the daily routine and/or class outline.
• Provide organizational strategies (charts,
  timelines, compensatory strategies)

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Information Presentation

• Provide a written outline ahead of time
• Designate a note taker
• Remember to use visual materials and strategies
• Individualize assignments
• Length, amount, due date, topic

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• Use technology
• Teach specific study skills
• Write information and directions on the board
• Use a sign language interpreter

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Testing

• Extended time
• Interpret the questions from English to ASL
• Pre-explain each skill focus and expected type of
  response
• Practice questions, study guide

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• Provide choices
• Picture cues
• Limit visual distractions
• Notes, open book
• Consider revising or altering the test format
• More frequent shorter quizzes, fewer long tests

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Group Work

• Have written directions available
• Small groups of up to 4 students or partners
• Inform group members how to interact with the
  D/HH student.

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Homework

• Modified assignments
• Projects or hands-on
• Alternate means of presentation
• Videotape
• Draw
• Provide written explanation

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• Study buddy
• Remind about due dates
• Be sure you are asking for quality rather than
  quantity
• Allow time in school

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Grades

• Base grades on modified standards the IEP
  objectives, effort, improvement
• Do not base on English skills such as grammar and
  spelling
• Specific to skills desired and mastered
• Be sure to measure/assess your goal

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Communicate with home

• Home school communication system
• Email
• Notes
• Checklist
• Call
• Journal/log
• Newsletter

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• Regular parent/teacher meetings
• Progress reports
• Class and assignment schedule
• Use online resources
• Grade book
• School website to post info for parents

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Review

• Visuals!
• Instruction
• Expectations
• Support
• Review
• Changes or cues
• Hands-on / Kinesthetic

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Review

• In the classroom follow the IEP
• Seating / positioning
• Information Presentation
• Testing
• Group Work

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Review

• Homework
• Communication with home / family
• Grades and Assessment
• Explicit instruction and repeated exposure /
  practice

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Further Resources

• Illinois Service Resource Center Technical
  Assistance for parents and teachers of Deaf or
  Hard of Hearing students with emotional and/or
  behavioral special needs. Lending library of
  helpful resources. ISRC
• Resources, jobs and events for teachers of the
  Deaf/Hard of Hearing. Deafed.net
• Captioned Videos and resources. DCMP.org
• National Association of the Deaf

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Further Resources

• Designed to help with information regarding free
  appropriate public education, procedural
  safeguards, rights, and about placement decisions
  related to D/HH students. Office of Civil Rights
• Information about several aspects of hearing loss
  and deaf education. About.com
• Deaf chat, news, notes, store and people. Deaf
  Community Gateway

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References

• Moores, Donald F. (1996). Educating the Deaf
  Psychology, Principles, and Practices (4th ed.).
  Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_neuropathy
• www.asha.org/public/hearing/disorders/types.htm
• www.deafness.about.com/

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• www.ehealthmd.com/library/hearingloss/HL_types.htm
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• www.gohear.org/tech/audio.html
• www.hei.org/education/health/commun.htm
• www.kidsource.com/schwab/class.accom.schwab.html
• www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r77

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Congratulations!!

• You just completed Classroom Accommodations for
  Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Part II
• Please take a moment now to complete Classroom
  Accommodations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  Students Quiz Part II
• The quiz is located on the main e-learning page
  next to the link for this training module,
  labeled Quiz II

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CPDU credit

• In order to receive CPDU credit for this training
  you must now complete
• One activity from the list provided on the next
  two slides
• A reflection located as a link on the main
  e-learning page
• An evaluation form located as a link on the
  main e-learning page
• The CPDU checklist located as a link on the
  main e-learning page

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CPDU Follow-up Activities

• You must choose and submit at least one of the
  following activities to earn CPDU credit. (You
  may choose up to two additional activities to
  complete for extra CPDU credits. One credit per
  activity.)
• Adjust a current lesson plan to specifically show
  accommodations for D/HH students.
• Create a visual schedule to depict the daily
  events of your classroom.

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• Plot how you would set up your classroom
  environment to accommodate D/HH students.
• Research additional resources that would assist
  you when working with D/HH students. Document
  them in an annotated bibliography as well as how
  those resources could be utilized/helpful.
• Create a lesson, that you might use with your
  students, to help them understand hearing loss
  and the Deaf or Hard of Hearing child in your
  classroom.
• Create an activity, to share with your
  co-workers, to help them understand hearing loss
  and the Deaf or Hard of Hearing child in their
  classrooms.

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Submit your CPDU activity and all other
requirements

• Email isrc_at_isrc.us
• Attn E-learning
• Mail Illinois Service Resource Center
• Attn E-Learning
• 3444 W. Dundee Rd
• Northbrook, IL 60062
• Fax Attn ISRC E-Learning
• 847-559-8199