ollibean tag: 'hearing impairment'

Matching Content (326)

May
13

2013 Top Ten Signs of Special Ed Advocate Burn Out

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

Subtitle: Why you may need a trip to a COPAA conference to relax. 1. You thought the OSEP’s MOU on NCLB’s AYP came from CDC …

May
13

Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

Awesome ASL version of En Vogue’s ‘Free Your Mind’. “Before you can see me you’ve got to learn how to read me. Free your mind and the rest will follow.”

May
13

ASL Video “I Knew You Were Trouble”

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

Great ASL translation of Taylor Swift’s song!

May
13

Helpful On-Line Resources for Creating Inclusive Schools

  • 0
  • BY Alexis Clarkson

How do we help our children or students who are perpetually losing things, often running late and seem completely disorganized? Do we re… Teachers love …

Apr
13

Law Would Give Parents Final Say About Special Diploma Track

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

A proposed law moving quickly through the Legislature would give parents of kids receiving special education services the final say about their child’s placement on a special diploma track.

Apr
13

Shouldn’t New Disability Awareness Course Be Mandatory for Police?

  • 0
  • BY Sarah Levis

Kudos to New York State for making train-the-trainer disability sensitivity training available to its law enforcement officers as of April 2013, with the stipulation that …

Mar
13

Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

Anne Taylor uses a Google Nexus 7 tablet at the National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore. Commerce has moved online. Now, the disability lawsuits …

Mar
13

How to talk to a hearing impaired person? Don’t shout

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

First rule: Look at the hearing-impaired person when you speak.

Mar
13

Need for culturally sensitive treatment for deaf patients with psychiatric disorders

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

Members of the Deaf community who have mental health problems need culturally sensitive treatment to avoid misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, according to a report in …

Mar
13

Retention is Not a Form of “Specialized Instruction”

  • 0
  • BY Ollibean

The school wanted to retain my son who has an IEP for OT, PT and Speech. They insisted he repeat second grade. I disagreed. Now …