Ask Abbey: Considerations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners in the General Education Classroom (Full Series)

Learning Objectives:

• Identify Ohio assessment requirements and how interpreter guidelines, assistive listening devices, and language access can impact assessment.
• Name three strategies to support learners who are D/HH.
• Identify two classroom resources to assist in planning for learners who are D/HH.
• Name one resource used to facilitate the education of D/HH learners and a reason to support the use of the resource.
• Identify two different types of service providers and their roles related to D/HH learners.
• Identify three environmental considerations for D/HH learners.
• Identify three ways to provide access to information within the educational environment.
• Name one resource document used to facilitate the education of D/HH learners and a reason that supports the use of the document.
• Name two resources to support the mental health of D/HH learners and name one reason why it is important.
• Be able to explain the difference between modifications and accommodations and their future implications.

Presenter:

• Abbey Weaver, Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Southern Ohio Educational Service Center/Hopewell Center Region 14