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Apparently, ASL (American Sign Language) is a very popular choice for kids to take at my son’s public school as their “Foreign Language”. So popular, that they do not guarantee any child can take it.
My son, AC , is in 6th grade now and mainstreamed. His school recently sent home a standard form for kids/parents to state preferences [...]
Filed under: 504 Plan, ASL, child hearing loss, educational needs, middle school | Tagged: ASL, mild hearing loss, Moderate Hearing Loss | 6 Comments »
I received the newest WrightsLaw Newsletter – and wanted to share the below article since I hear so many parents fighting with schools about wether their child qualifies for services or not. Too often schools think that unless a child with hearing loss is failing and doing really poorly – they don’t qualify for services. This is NOT [...]
Filed under: 504 Plan, child hearing loss, educational needs, hearing loss | Tagged: 504, Eligible, Hard of Hearing, Heaing Impaired, IEP, Special Education | Leave a Comment »
The big brain on my son, that is… (my side ).
I hope this doesn’t come off the wrong way… but, I am pretty psyched and wanted to share. We just got AC’s first report card from middle school today. He got strait A+’s!! . =) We’re so proud of him!!
I thought he was [...]
Filed under: 504 Plan, FM, educational needs, hearing aids, middle school, placement | Tagged: 504 Plan, child hearing loss, FM system, Hard of Hearing, hearing loss, mainstreaming, mild hearing loss, Moderate Hearing Loss, placement | 6 Comments »
“His extraneous movement did not appear to be related to his hearing loss”. Oh Really??
Filed under: ADD, Behavioral, child hearing loss, educational needs, hearing loss, third grade | Tagged: ADD, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Disability, Hearing Impaired, hearing loss, mainstreaming, mild hearing loss | 18 Comments »
I was surfing, and found a post about a recent study and article done, called: “Effect of Minimal Hearing Loss on Children’s Ability to Multitask in Quiet and in Noise”. The full text in a PDF format, and more info can be found here: http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/3/342. The abstract reads:
Effect of Minimal Hearing Loss on Children’s Ability [...]
Filed under: child hearing loss, diagnosed, educational needs, grieving, hearing aids, lip read, positive coping, stigma | Tagged: Hard of Hearing, hearing aids, Hearing Disability, Hearing Impaired, mild hearing loss, Moderate Hearing Loss, stigma | 5 Comments »
