This resource focuses on the skills which a person who takes the position of an itinerant teacher might need that are above and beyond the skills learned to be a teacher in the self-contained classroom. It is a well developed resource that draws from the varied experiences of a steering committee, teachers, students and parents.

Topics include:

• Roles and Responsibilities of the Itinerant
• Working within the School
• Personal Lives/Professional Lives
• Foundation for Communicating with Adults
• Collaboration
• Managing Conflict
• The Audiological Partnership
• Working with Educational Interpreters and Instructional Assistants
• Working with Other Educational Specialists
• Orienting the School to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• Modifications in the General Education Classroom
• Working with Families
• Social Development of Young Children
• Social Development of School Age Children
• Behavior Management
• Developing Individualized Programs
• Transitions
• Assessment and Testing

"An excellent, teacher-friendly resource for specialist teachers who want to help their hard of hearing students understand their hearing losses and become their own best advocates. In addition, primary teachers will find the book full of fun, practical activities to include in units on hearing and the senses."

Janet Jamieson, Ph. D., Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Looking for a complete program you can use to teach your hard of hearing students all they need to know about their hearing losses? Using a combination of teacher-created materials and worksheets, Lend Us Your Ears does just that!

Lend Us Your Ears gives itinerant teachers of the Deaf and hard of hearing lesson guidelines with hands-on activities that your K-3 students will love to do. Each lesson for grades K/1 and 2/3 is divided into four sections:

1. prescribed learning outcomes,
2. suggested instructional strategies,
3. suggested assessment strategies, and
4. recommended materials.

Lend Us Your Ears covers a variety of hearing loss-related topics which include:
Hearing loss and hearing aids,
Individual hearing loss,
Strategies to improve communication, learning, and self-advocacy.

Completed worksheets included in Lend Us Your Ears can be compiled into a permanent portfolio which provides easy tracking for your records and an individual keepsake to show family and friends.

Facilitating the Transition
of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
John L. Luckner

The technological and societal demands on young people who are deaf or hard of hearing are great. These students need systematic instruction and careful planning in making transition as smooth as possible. Consequently, transition planning is now a critical component of every student's education. The purpose of this book is to help professionals, students, and families become familiar with how to develop and implement individual transition plans for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The knowledge gained from this book will increase the reader's ability to meet the transition mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997. In addition, the reader will have a better understanding of how to work in partnership with students, families, and professionals to develop appropriate transition plans and effective plans of study, which will in the long run help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing reach their maximum potential and lead fulfilling adult lives.

Contents:
1. Potential Impact of a Hearing Loss
2. Education and Employment Outcomes
3. Rationale for Transition Planning
4. Barriers to Succeeding in Postsecondary Education Programs and Finding Competitive Employment
5. Successful Adult Functioning
6. A Model for Facilitating the Transition of Students
7. Fostering Student, Family, and Professional Teams' Participation
8. Assessment
9. Transition Planning
10. Work and Career Instruction
11. Adult Agencies
12. Postsecondary Education
13. Final Thoughts

Teaching Kids With High-Tech Ears
Seaver Creative, Inc. and the Colorado Department of Education

What do you do with your student who was profoundly deaf, but now can hear with a cochlear implant? How does that change your teaching and accommodations in a public school classroom setting? Do you do anything different that you would do for students wearing hearing aids? What can schools do to meet the unique needs of these students? What should your expectations be for a kid with "high-tech" ears?

By viewing this video, you can follow the experiences of a large metropolitan school district that studied and implemented an innovative program for this population. What they learned can help not only kids with implants, but all students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in mainstream classrooms.