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Starting Kindergarten -any advice to give teachers on special needs for hearing loss
I want to give her some info (this is for private not public) without overwhelming her with stats and books! She will be wearing an FM system, but it will be new for us too. I told her about him sitting near the front, and that he lip reads as well....are there any other easy suggestions??? I could easily think of tons of stuff, but I want to let her know the most important and basic info..
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Re: Starting Kindergarten -any advice to give teachers on special needs for hearing loss
I have an info binder I made for daycare with a page describing different hearing levels and where Nate's falls. There is also a speech banana graphic audiogram that I have his most recent hearing levels charted with a brief explanation of how to read the chart. Lastly, I have a few pages of common signs and a list of the signs he knows(probably not what you need)
If he were going mainstream and not school for the deaf, I would also want to remind the teacher that HOH kids sometimes have problems advocating for themselves and asking for further explanation about a classroom task. I would remind the teacher to follow up with your child and make sure the message has been heard and understood correctly. Also, be sure to pack extra batteries and explain how to change them.
ETA: Nate has mild-moderate loss. He does not have his aids on in my soggy picture. We were pretending to be like everyone else at the park that day
'soggy' should read siggy. Damn iPad.
I had moderate hearing loss as a kid that was eventually able to be mostly corrected through several sets of tubes.
My teachers always had me sit in the front and I can read lips like nobody's business. My parents made sure to let my teachers know so that I was in the front. It helped a lot when I got glasses too because I got better at reading lips. It was hard for me because I was embarrassed but in hindsight I wish I would've had hearing aids. I remember once in first grade the teacher taped a note to my desk for me to take home to my parents asking for my information about my hearing loss. Even at that age I totally wished she would've just called them, I hated being singled out.
Lauren's hearing is one thing I plan on being super proactive about. If she needs hearing aids I want her to have them asap. I've already had her hearing tested twice and we see audiology in October.
Great job mama, for being proactive and thinking to talk to to teacher!
Thanks! The small binder is a great idea. I will put a page of instructions on batteries, his recent audiogram, and some tips. I just want a balance of info for my son, yet respect that she has 16 other kids to think of as well....I guess school is a learning process for all parents!
Thank you to the poster who was HOH as a child. I love hearing tips from adults on what worked for them......especially until my 5 yr old is ready to tell me himself.
We are in the same boat. We were told we would be able to meet with the teacher and talk before the first day of school but school starts next Thursday and we have yet to be able to meet!
My son has implants and we are planning on discussing the fm system, how to troubleshoot, how to change batteries or tell that he needs batteries. He is good about coming to someone with a problem if they aren't working but he may not in the new kindergarten environment.
My son isn't a good advocate for himself so I plan to tell the teacher that she needs to make sure Aidan understands the directions and lessons before she moves on. I plan to send a communication log that the teacher can write in daily as to any problems with the implant function, how well he is grasping the information, and what we need to work on at home. I don't want to get 6 weeks into the year before knowing he's not picking it up and I should have been a home working in stuff with him.
Aside from the stuff in the IEP like classroom modifications-close to the teacher so he can read lips, minimizing classroom noise, etc, we are also going to ask that staff make sure to approach him at recess so he knows what's going on when it's time to come in as well as have someone at carline to physically get him instead of just calling his name and hoping he hears with 200 other kids.
We have his implant user guide in his school file that will hopefully help, we also plan to leave several packs of batteries, and then we need to find out who will be responsible for setting up his fm at school-either his teacher or the speech therapist, each day.