Teacher and Parent Resources Resources for Teachers of

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Teacher and Parent Resources

• Resources for Teachers of Students who are Deaf
  or Hard of Hearing and their parents
• Marie DeRegnaucourt

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Current Research (2000)

• www.thehearingjournal.com (The Hearing Journal)
• The Hearing Journal provides results from
  research findings in regards to Audiological
  testing and new technology in hearing aids,
  cochlear implants, and other assistive devices.

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Current Research (2000)

• Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
  (JSLHR)
• This journal provides all of the newest findings
  on research about the field of speech and
  language. This journal has been around since 1936
  and the database for the entirety of the
  publication is available on the website
  jslhr.asha.org

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Current Research (2000)

• http//speech-language-pathology-audiology.advance
  web.com/Features/Top-Story/Cochlear-Implants-Linke
  d-to-Improved-Language-Skills.aspx (Cochlear
  Implants Linked To Improved Language Skills)
• This research was done to see how big of an
  impact cochlear implants have on language
  development and the research concluded that the
  earlier the child is implanted, the better their
  speech and language will be. They go on to say
  the specific ages where they see a difference in
  results and the age they recommend for students
  to get implanted.

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Current Research (2000)

• http//speech-language-pathology-audiology.advance
  web.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc220348
  (Clues to Vocal Learning, Speech Disorders)
• This was a very interesting study done to compare
  the way the Zebra Finch songbird learns to sing,
  through imitating a parent and the correllation
  between those genomes and those of human babies.
  The study finds that those who have trouble with
  speech and language could have the same genomes
  present that affect those skills as those found
  in the Zebra Finch songbirds when they have
  difficulty imitating the songs of their parents.
  This study concludes by adding that this
  information helps researchers better understand
  the causes for speech and language problems and
  maybe start to get more conclusive evidence on
  how to better help those students.

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Current Research (2000)

• http//lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/2/15
  2 (The Early Years of Language, Speech, and
  Hearing Services in U.S. Schools by Judith Felson
  Duchan)
• This article focuses on how the early years of
  Speech and Language Therapy were taught and how
  we can better those practices for the future.
  This covers retrospective research where they
  studied documents, practices, and results from
  sessions to better understand how to improve SLP
  practice in the future.

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Current Research (2000)

• http//lshss.asha.org.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/cgi/reprin
  t/22/3/111?maxtoshowhits10RESULTFORMAT1title
  EffectofFMAuditoryTrainersonAttendingBehav
  iorsofLearning-DisabledChildandorexacttitlean
  dandorexacttitleabsandandorexactfulltextandse
  archid1FIRSTINDEX0sortspecrelevanceresourcet
  ypeHWCIT
• (Effect of FM Auditory Trainers on Attending
  Behaviors of Learning Disabled Children)
• This article provides information for educators
  about how big of an impact an FM system makes for
  students with a hearing loss as well as learning
  disabilities. This is proven to increase
  attentiveness, as well as turning to specific
  sounds, and eye contact as well.

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Current Research (2000)

• http//www.uiowa.edu/clrc/pdfs/ona-bo-wie.pdf
  (Children with a cochlear implant
  Characteristics and determinants of speech
  recognition, speech-recognition growth rate, and
  speech production) by Ona Bø Wie, Eva-Signe
  Falkenberg, Ole Tvete, Bruce Tomblin
• This research article focuses on the effects of
  students learning more than one language while
  using their Cochlear Implant. This study showed
  an increase in speech perception and how quickly
  the speech perception came if they had two
  languages to have as a base for knowledge,
  reference, and communication.

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Current Research (2000)

• http//www.uiowa.edu/clrc/pdfs/reading.pdf
  Reading Skills in Children with Multichannel
  Cochlear-Implant Experience
• This article highlights the research done on
  students who have multichannel cochlear-implants
  and their reading ability. The studies showed
  that those who have the experience with
  multichannel cochlear-implants have a greater
  chance of having the ability to read fluently and
  comprehend what they read.

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Current Research (2000)

• http//www.uiowa.edu/clrc/pdfs/tomblin-article.pd
  f Validating Diagnostic Standards For Specific
  Language Impairment Using Adolescent Outcomes by
  J. Bruce Tomblin
• This article focuses on the outcomes of specific
  language strategies used on children who have now
  grown up and how we can better change our
  practice in the future to better the lives,
  growth, and development of our students.

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Current Research (2000)

• The Effect of Audibility On Audio-Visual Speech
  Perception In Infant Cochlear Implant Recipients
  by Brittan A. Barkera Sandie M. Bass-Ringdahl
• This is a research article about speech
  perception with infants who have cochlear
  implants and how that connects to audio-visual
  perception as well. The study showed that there
  was a significant improvement in audio-visual
  perception and receptive abilities with infants
  who have cochlear implants as opposed to infants
  who got implanted later.

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Books In Print for Educators

• Speech and the Hearing-Impaired Child Theory and
  Practice by Daniel Ling
• This book illustrates the different methods that
  have been proven to work when teaching students
  who are deaf/hard of hearing how to produce
  speech sounds. This book focuses on speech
  production as well as reception.

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Books In Print for Educators

• Foundations of Spoken Language For
  Hearing-Impaired Children by Daniel Ling
• This text focuses on a more communication-centered
  approach to speech instruction. This discusses
  the Ling System which discusses the different
  levels of development in regards to phonemes and
  phonological awareness

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Books In Print for Educators

• Language Issues In Deaf Education by B.L.
  Stahlman
• This book helps teachers of the Deaf/Hard of
  hearing with ideas, diagrams, examples, tips for
  helping students with studying, resources, and
  ideas about how to apply activities to your
  lessons.

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents

• Audiology by Mary Anne Maltby and Pamela Knight
• Description This book highlights the main
  elements of hearing tests, hearing loss, and
  audiograms from a very reader-friendly point of
  view. This book uses language that would
  typically be used in an informal setting that
  helps the reader understand the content of the
  text.

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents

• The New Language of Toys Teaching Communication
  Skills to Children with Special Needs- A Guide
  for Parents and Teachers by S. Schwartz J.
  Heller Miller
• This book is more for parents, since it includes
  a lot of things that parents can do at home to
  build those bonds with their child who has extra
  needs or needs support with language development.
  There are numerous chapters that focus on how
  language typically develops, ways to work with
  the child on their speech production and is
  organized by language development levels. This
  book is unique because it focuses on using toys
  (they give suggestions for specific toys) to play
  with your child and build language at the same
  time. A great idea for parents who are
  apprehensive about how to help their child with
  extra needs build language and communication.

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Books In Print for Educators

• Lend Us Your Ears A Hands-On Guide for Itinerant
  Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by T.
  Farrell M. Vincent
• This book is very nice for teachers who are
  looking for a book that covers all of the bases.
  This book not only covers the different topics
  related to different types of hearing loss, but
  also provides instructional strategies for those
  types of hearing loss as well. There are also
  chapters that cover the anatomy of the ear and
  how the ear works as well.This is an
  all-inclusive guide for teachers to carry around
  with them at all times.

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents

• The Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing
  Disorders Second Edition Updated by C.
  Turkington A. Sussman
• This book could be used for parents of students
  with a hearing loss because it includes
  everything from legal rights, to treatment
  options, and degrees of hearing loss. It is also
  a good resource for educators as well because it
  is a comprehensive dictionary of things to know
  in the profession. It will give better insight
  to the families you work for as to what their
  options are and better understand the child by
  having this all-inclusive book at hand.

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Books In Print for Parents

• Living With Hearing Loss by M.B. Dugan
• This book outlines the degrees of hearing loss
  and the early signs that usually accompany
  hearing loss. It gives suggestions for how to use
  strategies for emergencies and everyday events.
  There are chapters on speechreading,
  interpreters, and communication development with
  peers who have typical hearing. This will give
  parents an insight as to what to teach their
  children about how to communicate successfully
  with peers who have typical hearing.

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Books In Print For Educators/Parents

• These next few slides showcase different titles
  of books focusing on characters who are deaf/hard
  of hearing and there are also a couple of books
  that focus on characters of deaf parents. Having
  characters to relate to in the books students
  read is crucial for gaining a better
  understanding of themselves and their hearing
  loss. These books could spark conversation and
  also communication between parents, teachers, and
  students.

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Children
and Youth

• Moses Goes To A Concert by I. Millman
• Moses Goes To School by I. Millman
• Moses Sees A Play by I. Millman
• Words In Our Hands by A. Litchfield
• When I Grow Up by C. Hodges
• I Have A Sister, My Sister Is Deaf by J. Peterson
• Can You Hear A Rainbow? The Story of a Deaf Boy
  Named Chris by J.R. Heelan
• Silent Observer by C. MacKinnon
• Silent Lotus by J.M. Lee
• Im Deaf And Its Okay by L. Aseltine
• One TV Blasting and a Pig Outdoors by D. Abbott
• A Button In Her Ear by A. Litchfield
• Oliver Gets Hearing Aids by M.C. Riski N.
  Klakow
• Oliver Gets FM by M.C. Riski

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Children
and Youth

• Im The Boss of My Hearing Loss by A. Kroll
• Mandy by B. Booth
• Dad and Me in the Morning by P. Lakin
• Elanas Ears OR How I Became the Best Big Sister
  in the World by G.R. Lowell
• The Once Upon A Time series (storybook with ASL
  signed video)
• Goldilocks And The Three Bears by H. Bornstein
  and K. Saulnier
• Little Red Riding Hood told in Signed English
• The Night Before Christmas told in Signed English
• Hearing Loss An Alphabet Book by Walter Paul
  Kelley
• Words In Our Hands (a CODA story) by Ada B.
  Litchfield

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Young
Adult

• A World of Knowing A Story About Thomas Hopkins
  Gallaudet by A. Bowen
• A Season of Change by L. Hodge
• Child of the Silent Night The Story of Laura
  Bridgman by E.F. Hunter
• Belonging by V. Scott
• Deaf Child Crossing by Marlee Matlin
• Leading Ladies by M. Matlin D. Cooney
• Nobodys Perfect by M. Matlin D. Cooney
• Jakes the Name, Sixth Grades the Game by D.
  Piper

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Deaf
Culture History

• Deaf Heritage A Narrative History of Deaf
  America by J. Gannon
• Deaf Sport The Impact of Sports Within the Deaf
  Community by D. Stewart
• A Journey into the Deaf-World by H. Lane, R.
  Hoffmeister, B. Bahan
• Train Go Sorry Inside A Deaf World by L.H. Cohen
• Sign Me Alice Laurent Clerc Teacher Set by B.
  Allen M. Hatrak and Classroom Guide by G.
  Eastman

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- More
Literature

• Deaf Like Me by T. Spradley, J. Spradley, L.
  Spradley

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Sign
Language Dictionaries

• American Sign Language Unabridged Edition by M.
  Sternberg
• Random House Websters American Sign Language
  Dictionary by E. Costello
• Picture Plus Dictionary For Home, School or
  Professional Setting by V. McKinney
• These are dictionaries of signs. Most of them
  include multiple signs for the same word and
  often include variations based on context. If a
  student uses solely sign at first, but is working
  toward speech and verbal language, the Speech and
  Language Pathologist will be able to communicate
  with the student until they get more speech
  development.

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Books In Print for Educators or Parents- For
Upper Grades

• Signs of Drug Use by J. Woodward
• Signs of Sexual Behavior by J. Woodward
• Because this world is going in an interesting
  direction, and students are knowing grown-up
  things at a younger and younger age, Ive
  included these texts to give parents AND
  educators a peek into what signs to watch out for
  with students who are at any age

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Valid Websites

• www.acadcom.com or www.acawebsite.com
• This website offers many resources for anyone
  looking for more information in relation to
  speech and language pathology practices. These
  tools can be ordered by parents for fun games to
  play at home that will enhance what their student
  does during their speech and language sessions,
  or by professionals and teachers looking for more
  user-friendly material from a one-stop shop.

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Valid Websites- For Parents

• http//www.cicircle.org/
• http//www.handsandvoices.org/
• The first website offers parents a network of
  other families of students with cochlear implants
  and helps help give advice to new parents or
  parents seeking more information or advice.
• The second website is a very well-known group
  organized by parents that have children who are
  deaf or hard of hearing. Some parents in this
  organization have children with multiple
  impairments and they all connect to work on
  fundraisers and help one another with things they
  might face having a child with hearing loss or
  multiple impairments. It is a group of countless
  families that act as a leaning shoulder for
  each other and new parents who need someone to
  talk to.

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Valid Websites- For Educators

• http//www.speechville.com/education-station.html
  
• This website is a great resource for parents
  looking for information about their childs needs
  in terms of speech and language. There are
  sections of this website that cover the cost of
  typical Speech and Language Pathologists, books
  that parents can order that cover specific speech
  and language delays/disorders, etc. There is also
  a resource section that covers links and
  information about Speech and Language Pathology
  as well, to give parents more of a support system
  that they may be looking for.

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Valid Websites

• http//www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
• The Alexander Graham Bell Association provides
  links for almost every question or resource a
  parent or educator is looking for. There is
  information about hearing loss, advocacy,
  publications specific to the needs of the
  student, and three tabs of information one for
  parents, one for professionals, and one for Deaf
  adults as well. One of the all-inclusive
  resources for parents and professionals

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Valid Websites

• http//www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room/previ
  ew.cfm?langid1
• This website provides opportunities for students
  with a hearing loss to listen to sounds and
  practice with their listening skills. There are
  many lessons and activities to do that children
  can use to work on their receptive skills and
  their listening to sounds in the environment,
  such as telephones, etc.

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Valid Websites

• http//www.evdcweb.org/index.html (Equal Voice
  For Deaf Children)
• This provides resources for parents and educators
  seeking lessons and projects for their
  child/student with a hearing loss. These
  resources are in-depth and also include a forum
  where parents can communicate about the trials
  and successes as well as educators.

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Valid Websites

• http//www.ncbeginnings.org/ (Beginnings for
  Parents of Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing)
• This website is a network for parents to go to
  for information, support, and resources. There
  are areas for early intervention, audiology,
  communication options, technology, legislation,
  and school issues. This covers a lot of the bases
  that parents start thinking about as their child
  with a hearing loss grows and develops as a
  learner and soon-to-be in school.

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Valid Websites

• www.harriscomm.com
• This website provides resources for every
  individual that works with or cares for children
  who are deaf or hard of hearing. Parents or
  professionals can go to this website to find
  books about deafness, resources to use with your
  child or student who is deaf or hard of hearing,
  and fun gifts for special occasions.

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Valid Websites

• www.thehearingjournal.com
• This website provides parents or professionals
  with new research findings that have been studied
  for/with children who are deaf or hard of
  hearing. It also provides advertising and
  information on the newest technologies so
  everyone who works with students who are deaf or
  hard of hearing will know the latest, up-to-date
  technology.

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Valid Websites

• www.hopepubl.com
• This is a website for parents of students with
  hearing loss or cognitive impairments. This
  website provides a list of choices for books and
  media for parents to choose from for more
  information that will help them teach their child
  communication skills and bond with their child on
  a deeper level.

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Valid Websites

• www.adcohearing.com
• This is a website that can be used by
  professionals and teachers of children who are
  deaf or hard of hearing. This website provides
  all kinds of texts and resources such as games
  and flash cards for professionals to use in their
  classrooms. There are more ASL resources than
  anything else, but teachers could begin with
  those exercises and activities before moving to
  more complex language development on a verbal
  basis.

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Valid Websites

• www.oraldeafed.org
• This website provides information for
  professionals and teachers of students who are
  deaf or hard of hearing. It provides free kits
  for such professionals that help with spoken
  language and how to teach students who have
  difficulty with their speech.

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Valid Websites- ENT resource

• http//entnet.org/
• This website offers numerous amounts of
  information about Otolaryngology practices,
  definitions, etc. Since I found this to be
  helpful when studying my students audiograms and
  understanding their hearing losses, I thought it
  would be helpful to share with others as well.

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Valid Websites- For Parents

• www.johntracyclinic.org
• This website provides an at-home system for
  speech and language development for young
  children that parents can order online and do at
  home. These services have been proven to work,
  and have outlasted the test of time. My CT used
  these with her own son and said this system works
  very well and she still has the binder of
  information and remembered the name as soon as I
  asked for her opinion for resources on the topic.

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Educator Tools- Activities

• Animal Alphabet Match-Up
• First Signs Match-Up
• Any of the Signing Time series
• Sign Language Bingo
• Peg-It Number Boards
• Finger Alphabet Magnets
• These tools are more hands-on for students who
  are kinesthetic learners and need those
  manipulative-like learning tools to help them
  better understand concepts, ideas, and lessons

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Educator Tools- Videos and DVDs

• The videos and DVDs I have outlined on the next
  page give various documentaries, stories, and
  even Christmas carols that might be useful for
  classroom instruction as another language model
  for the students. These videos may bring to
  light the hearing cultures of song and stories
  that some students who are deaf/hard of hearing
  may not have access to. There is voicing with the
  sign so those who are learning to listen with
  their auditory skills can still have the comfort
  of listening with their visual skills as another
  way to understand the meaning behind the stories.

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Educator Tools- Videos and DVDs

• Through Deaf Eyes PBS Home Video
• The Miracle Worker Disney
• Sound and Fury
• Summers Story A Collection of Videos About Life
  Experience with the Cochlear Implant
• The Patriotic Spirit-Patriotic Songs in ASL
  American Sign Language for the Deaf Hearing
• A Silent Night- Christmas Carols in ASL
  American Sign Language for the Deaf Hearing
• Signing Time- Any of the series

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Educator Tools- Assessments

• Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation- Second
  Edition (G-FTA-2)
• This assessment, according to the ASHA website
  provides information about a childs
  articulation ability by sampling both spontaneous
  and imitative sounds. Measures articulation of
  consonant sounds and determines types of
  misarticulation. There are some sections that
  are norm-referenced and some that are not.

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Educator Tools - Assessments

• Test of Auditory Processing Skills (TAPS-3)
• This test was recommended to me by the Speech and
  Language pathologist at my internship placement.
  She uses this test on a regular basis.
  Individually-administered, norm-referenced.
  Things included Word Discrimination,
  Phonological Segmentation, Phonological Blending,
  Numbers forward and reversed, Word Memory,
  Sentence Memory, Auditory Comphrehension,
  Auditory Reasoning. Scaled scores, standard
  scores, percentile ranks, and age equivalents are
  also included in this packet of assessment
  materials.

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Educator Tools - Assessments

• Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language
  (TACL-3)
• This test is norm referenced and focuses on
  receptive spoken grammar and syntax. It shows the
  students current ability to understand such
  things as word classes, morphemes, and
  elaborated sentences. Included in the packet are
  age and grade-based norms, percentile ranks,
  standard scores, and age equivalents.

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Educator Tools - Assessments

• Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy
  Skills- Sixth Edition (DIBELS)
• This assessment according to the ASHA website
  covers phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
  comprehension, and vocabulary. This is for
  K-3rd grade, and in 4-6th grade the two things
  that are being assessed are fluency and
  comprehension.

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Educator Tools- Assessments

• Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired
  (APT/HI)
• This test was also on the ASHA website since it
  was designed specifically for students with a
  hearing loss. This test covers processing used to
  decode speech sounds and patterns,
  suprasegmentals, and linguistic processing
  skills. This test can also be used for students
  who have problems with auditory processing
  without a hearing loss.

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Educator Tools- Assessments

• Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test- Fourth Edition
  (PPVT-4)
• This assessment provides pictures that the
  student names and/or describes. The assessment
  measures vocabulary as well as receptive/expressiv
  e skills.

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Educator Tools- Assessment

• Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition (PLS-4)
• This assessment tests receptive/expressive
  language. The contents are appropriate for all
  socioeconomic status and cultural/regional
  groups according to ASHA.

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Educator Tools- Assessments

• Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum and
  Evaluation (SPICE)
• This assessment was created by Jean Moog, and
  other colleagues and was published at the Central
  Institute for the Deaf. It tests speech
  perception instructional curriculum and
  evaluation for children with cochlear implants
  and/or hearing aids designed to provide a guide
  for developing listening skills in severely and
  profoundly deaf children. as outlined on ASHAs
  website.

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Educator Tools- Assessments

• Dave Sindrey (by Word Play Publications)
• Listening for Littles (for ages 4 and younger)
• Cochlear Implant (for ages 4 and older)
• These assessments focus on receptive elements of
  language and fun activities to promote those
  skills. This includes games, books, activities,
  and other fun things to do with your students to
  help them develop language in a fun, interactive
  way.

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Educator Tools- Assessments

• Test of Early Reading Ability- Deaf/Hard of
  Hearing (TERA-D/HH)
• Normed for students who have moderate to profound
  hearing loss, this assessment measures vocabulary
  development and communication skills.

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Educator Tools- misc

• A Speech Guide for Teachers and Clinicians of
  Hearing Impaired Children by Sandra D. Waling and
  Wayne Harrison
• This book presents all of the skills needed to
  help students develop clearer speech and verbal
  communication skills through visual, tactile, and
  auditory strategies.
• Picture-Assisted Reading and Writing by Slater
  Software
• This software gives teachers a successful way to
  communicate to students who are non-verbal and
  non-signing. This worked very well for the
  student I work with who has Autism and profound
  deafness.

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Educator Tools- misc.

• Sound Hearing this CD/booklet combination lets
  people with typical hearing hear what it sounds
  like to have different levels of hearing loss.
  This resource really puts things in perspective
  when professionals that work with students who
  have a hearing loss assume they can hear more or
  less than they can.
• Teaching Activities for Kids who are Deaf/Hard of
  Hearing (from the Moog Center)- this activity
  book gives a comprehensive amount of activities
  for language development and ideas for teachers

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Educator Tools- misc.

• http//speech-language-pathology-audiology.advance
  web.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/Clinical-Resource
  s.aspx
• This is a great tool for educators. This website
  offers visual printouts for parents about the
  different speech disorders, cochlear implants,
  etc. Very cool for parents to get an inside look
  at what their child is experiencing!

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• Diaper Bag Dictionary First Signs, Animal Signs,
  Food Signs, Year-Round Holiday Signs
• This little flash card book of signs is nice when
  you are on the go and your little one signs
  something that you cant remember the meaning of
  or a new word youd instantly like to introduce
  to your child. This can be an introduction to the
  verbal communication that will be sandwiched
  between meaning and signs if the student relies
  on sign language.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• Choices in Deafness A Parents Guide to
  Communication Options by D.M. Dickman, Ph.D.
• This book is really nice because it describes all
  of the different options that parents have. Its
  approach shows parents of children with hearing
  loss that there are options and that they can
  find an option that is a good fit for their
  family and their child.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• American Sign Language Basics for Hearing Parents
  of Deaf Children by J.F. King J.K. King
• This book illustrates basic sign language to use
  with children who have a hearing loss. This will
  help form that bond between parents and children,
  which will be well-needed all throughout the
  students life as they begin speech and language,
  verbal communication, and auditory/oral skills.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• Children with Hearing Loss A Family Guide by D.
  Luterman
• This book helps families learn strategies for
  successfully communicating with their child who
  has a hearing loss. This book helps all members
  of the family include their child so they have a
  stronger, more unified family structure. This
  will help parents, siblings, and in the long run,
  the child with a hearing loss.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• Deaf Children in Public Schools Placement,
  Context, and Consequences by C. Ramsey
• This book has a good outline of what the pros and
  cons are of each placement and some problems and
  successes that might arise. This takes an
  in-depth look at mainstreaming students who are
  deaf or hard of hearing and clearly outlines the
  options that the student has.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• Kid-Friendly Parenting with Deaf and Hard of
  Hearing Children A Treasury of Fun Activities
  Toward Better Behavior by D. Medwid D. Weston
• Oftentimes, parents do not know how to
  successfully work with their student who is deaf
  or hard of hearing. This book gives fun things
  that help parents and children bond and promotes
  good behavior and creates a more tight-knit
  family unit.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• Where is Baby? By Michelle Cryan
• This is a fun, interactive book to have to play
  with children who have a hearing loss. This
  could turn into a fun game, and even become an
  auditory/oral game as well.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• http//www.acadcom.com/ACAwebsite/prodView.asp?idp
  roduct632 (How Children Learn To Talk-
  Audiotape)
• This is an audiotape about how children typically
  learn to talk. This can help parents by listening
  to the ways children learn to talk and make
  speech sounds and compare those to the sounds
  their child is making. Its a nice resource to
  give to parents to show what typical development
  is like.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• http//www.acadcom.com/ACAwebsite/prodView.asp?idp
  roduct603 (Parent Articles)
• This booklet of articles cover anything from
  infant stimulation to information on hearing
  loss, language development, etc. These articles
  are reproducible so parents can have a copy,
  along with the professionals working with their
  student, etc.

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Parent-Friendly Resources

• http//www.acadcom.com/ACAwebsite/prodView.asp?idp
  roduct239 (Toddler Talk- A Family-Centered
  Intervention Program For Young Children)
• This book provides numerous at-home activities to
  help children who need help in the areas of
  speech and language. This book is a
  family-centered approach to helping the child in
  speech-therapy sessions and once they go home. It
  is a nice way to connect what happens in their
  speech sessions to what they can do at home to
  further help their child.