These 10 articles address topics typically associated with teaching students who require modified curriculum and alternative communication. Topics include appropriate assessment, eligibilty, consider
...ations for effective collaboration, determining services, universal design, story-based learning, alternative communication, and object schedules. 30 pages. For use with any age student.
Ten Self-Advocacy Mini-Lessons with Year-Round Scenarios Featuring Social Events and Settings For Kids That Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.Ideal for: Speech, Listening and Spoken Language, Teachers of t
...s of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Counselors, TeletherapyEach scenario is made up of 3 parts:➼ Part One Real photos illustrating a challenging listening situation at a celebration, gathering, or holiday event.➼ Part Two Guided questions, talking points, and discussion prompts.➼ Part Three Each scenario has a paired Try This! section with advocacy strategies to guide further learning.★ Digital No-Prep or PlanningEasily used by parents at home, teachers, and therapists both face to face and on tele-platforms. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. It can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet or on an iPad.
Feeling empathy for another person is the ability to share or understand his or her feelings. This article discusses how children learn empathy and provides instructional strategies and activities for
... teaching students to respond with appropriate empathy.
Perk Up Your Ears is a fun activity that contains 20 passages with ear-related sayings or idioms. This resource is created to encourage self-advocacy skills in children who are deaf and hard of hearin
...hearing but is effective when targeting listening skills in all kids. In addition to fostering communication skills, Perk Up Your Ears builds figurative language, nuances in word meanings and vocabulary that are essential to spoken and written language, pragmatics, and communication competence.While not age-specific it has been successfully used with kids as young 1st grade and up through middle school. This resource and be easily leveled up or down to meet a variety of children's goals and needs.Perk Up Your Ears require no prep or planning because everything is in this resource. It can be easily used by parents at home, teachers, and therapists both face to face and on tele-platforms. This Digital - No Print resource can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Nonlinguistic representation to support learning. Teach in ways to help students visually process information. Using graphic organizers, physical models, pictures, and kinesthetic activities. Include
...s fillable forms and ideas for sensory activities. See BUNDLE at S0XTEA0815.
This interactive Google Slides activity asks students to evaluate 4 listening situations (presented in pictures and short descriptions) and rate them on a scale according to listening difficulty. Afte
...r rating the situations, students are tasked with providing an explanation of why each situation is difficult or easy to hear. This would be a great 'stepping off' activity to begin a unit on coping skills or to evaluate how a student perceives different situations and why/how he/she feels about his/her listening abilities.There is very little digital learning activities available for remote learning today. This tool that asks students to rate situations that are difficult or easy to hear encourages introspection about a student's hearing loss. Asking student to explain why the situation is easy or hard to hear encourages them to evaluate their own listening skills and how advocacy can improve even the most difficult situation.Learning Objective:The student will be able to compare listening situations by rating them on a scale from easy to hear to hear. The student will be able to describe why a specific listening situation is difficult or easy to hear, giving support for their answers.
Role-Playing offers opportunities to make real-life connections that students face at school, at home, with peers and in their community. Self-advocacy success requires knowledge, skills, and importan
...ant practice.These Five Role-Playing scenarios are tried and true. They are derived from true situations of actual kids in my therapy practice.The scenarios help them understand the impact of their actions and reactions. They provide opportunities for kids to grapple with challenging situations and explore communication repair strategies within a supported environment.Ideal for: Speech, Listening and Spoken Language, Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Counselors, TeletherapyIncluded in this resource:Content regarding Coping Strategies -Take Charge strategies that lead to positive advocacy outcomes.Escape strategies often lead to negative consequences.Five Scenarios - Two Parts Each1. At School In The Noisy Hallway2. Driving To Soccer3. After the Birthday Party4. Pizza Party Plans5. At The Ice Cream ShopPart One illustrates a communication breakdown due to the speaker, the topic, the environment... The student using Escape or negative strategies.Talking Points follow with questions and prompts are provided for brainstorming and to lead a discussion.Part Two is the scenario again with the new Take Charge - positive strategies Talking Points - prompts are provided for reflection and to lead a discussion on how did everything work out.Digital No-Prep or Planning- Everything is in this digital resource.- This activity can be easily used by parents at home, teachers and therapists both face to face and on tele-platforms.- When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. It can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet or on an iPad.
AAC devices were initially intended for individuals with adequate access to spoken language but a limited ability to express themselves. Now AAC devices are used for children with a full spectrum of c
...ommunication abilities, including those who have hearing loss and/or severe receptive language delays. This handout provides information describing how different AAC devices can be integrated with a student's DM/FM device so that auditory access can be achieved.
20 Real-Life Scenarios portray common situations encountered by school-aged children who are deaf and hard of hearing. They are derived from true stories I have heard from children over the years. The
...he scenarios are of real photos that elicit language and engagement.Discussion prompts are included with each scenario and include guidance for the therapist, teacher or parent to incorporate when leading the discussions. The scenarios foster problem solving and brainstorming for possible solutions for each difficult communication situation.When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade - While the theme is lemons the scenarios are common listening situations where problems may occur due to the setting, the listener or the person talking.A scaffolding strategy, I find successful when introducing self-advocacy begins with an experiential language activity of making homemade lemonade. This rich experience sets a foundation for an ongoing series of lessons on self-advocacy and the premise of this resource. Children in my practice learn early, they are the boss of their hearing loss. Sometimes life hands them sour lemons but they can choose to turn those lemons into sweet lemonade.Digital - No PrintInteractive PDF with clickable buttons to navigate between pages.Teletherapy and as no print in face-to-face lessons/sessions.Read more on the HearSayLW blog. Any questions? I'm a great listener.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later. ➼ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn NewsletterLet’s Connect:InstagramFacebookPinterestHearSayLW.comHearSayLW BlogTwitterTERMS OF USEBy downloading this file you are entitled to:•Use this material for your personal classroom/caseload only•Make copies for your students and families•Save the file to your personal or school computerYou may NOT:Copy or modify any part of this documentShare this product with other professionals without purchasing an additional licensePost this product anywhere online or save it on shared drives/cloud/etc.Use this product on a commercial platform (ie Outschool)Keep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much! Lynn
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