Teacher and Parent Resources

1. Teacher and Parent Resources Resources for Teachers of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their parents Marie DeRegnaucourt

2. Current Research (2000+) www.thehearingjournal.com (The Hearing Journal) The Hearing Journal provides results from research findings in regards to Audiological testing and new technology in hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other assistive devices.

3. Current Research (2000+) Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) This journal provides all of the newest findings on research about the field of speech and language. This journal has been around since 1936 and the database for the entirety of the publication is available on the website jslhr.asha.org

4. Current Research (2000+) http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/Features/Top-Story/Cochlear-Implants-Linked-to-Improved-Language-Skills.aspx (Cochlear Implants Linked To Improved Language Skills) This research was done to see how big of an impact cochlear implants have on language development and the research concluded that the earlier the child is implanted, the better their speech and language will be. They go on to say the specific ages where they see a difference in results and the age they recommend for students to get implanted.

5. Current Research (2000+) http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=220348 (Clues to Vocal Learning, Speech Disorders) This was a very interesting study done to compare the way the Zebra Finch songbird learns to sing, through imitating a parent and the correllation between those genomes and those of human babies. The study finds that those who have trouble with speech and language could have the same genomes present that affect those skills as those found in the Zebra Finch songbirds when they have difficulty imitating the songs of their parents. This study concludes by adding that this information helps researchers better understand the causes for speech and language problems and maybe start to get more conclusive evidence on how to better help those students.

6. Current Research (2000+) http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/2/152 (The Early Years of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in U.S. Schools by Judith Felson Duchan) This article focuses on how the early years of Speech and Language Therapy were taught and how we can better those practices for the future. This covers “retrospective research” where they studied documents, practices, and results from sessions to better understand how to improve SLP practice in the future.

7. Current Research (2000+) http://lshss.asha.org.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/cgi/reprint/22/3/111?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&title=Effect+of+FM+Auditory+Trainers+on+Attending+Behaviors+of+Learning-Disabled+Child&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT (Effect of FM Auditory Trainers on Attending Behaviors of Learning Disabled Children) This article provides information for educators about how big of an impact an FM system makes for students with a hearing loss as well as learning disabilities. This is proven to increase attentiveness, as well as turning to specific sounds, and eye contact as well.

8. Current Research (2000+) http://www.uiowa.edu/~clrc/pdfs/ona-bo-wie.pdf (Children with a cochlear implant: Characteristics and determinants of speech recognition, speech-recognition growth rate, and speech production) by Ona Bø Wie, Eva-Signe Falkenberg, Ole Tvete§, Bruce Tomblin This research article focuses on the effects of students learning more than one language while using their Cochlear Implant. This study showed an increase in speech perception and how quickly the speech perception came if they had two languages to have as a base for knowledge, reference, and communication.

9. Current Research (2000+) http://www.uiowa.edu/~clrc/pdfs/reading.pdf Reading Skills in Children with Multichannel Cochlear-Implant Experience This article highlights the research done on students who have multichannel cochlear-implants and their reading ability. The studies showed that those who have the experience with multichannel cochlear-implants have a greater chance of having the ability to read fluently and comprehend what they read.

10. Current Research (2000+) http://www.uiowa.edu/~clrc/pdfs/tomblin-article.pdf Validating Diagnostic Standards For Specific Language Impairment Using Adolescent Outcomes by J. Bruce Tomblin This article focuses on the outcomes of specific language strategies used on children who have now grown up and how we can better change our practice in the future to better the lives, growth, and development of our students.

11. Current Research (2000+) The Effect of Audibility On Audio-Visual Speech Perception In Infant Cochlear Implant Recipients by Brittan A. Barkera & Sandie M. Bass-Ringdahl This is a research article about speech perception with infants who have cochlear implants and how that connects to audio-visual perception as well. The study showed that there was a significant improvement in audio-visual perception and receptive abilities with infants who have cochlear implants as opposed to infants who got implanted later.

12. Books In Print for Educators Speech and the Hearing-Impaired Child: Theory and Practice by Daniel Ling This book illustrates the different methods that have been proven to work when teaching students who are deaf/hard of hearing how to produce speech sounds. This book focuses on speech production as well as reception.

13. Books In Print for Educators Foundations of Spoken Language For Hearing-Impaired Children by Daniel Ling This text focuses on a more communication-centered approach to speech instruction. This discusses the “Ling System” which discusses the different levels of development in regards to phonemes and phonological awareness

14. Books In Print for Educators Language Issues In Deaf Education by B.L. Stahlman This book helps teachers of the Deaf/Hard of hearing with ideas, diagrams, examples, tips for helping students with studying, resources, and ideas about how to apply activities to your lessons.

15. Books In Print for Educators or Parents Audiology by Mary Anne Maltby and Pamela Knight Description: This book highlights the main elements of hearing tests, hearing loss, and audiograms from a very reader-friendly point of view. This book uses language that would typically be used in an informal setting that helps the reader understand the content of the text.

16. Books In Print for Educators or Parents The New Language of Toys: Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs- A Guide for Parents and Teachers by S. Schwartz & J. Heller Miller This book is more for parents, since it includes a lot of things that parents can do at home to build those bonds with their child who has extra needs or needs support with language development. There are numerous chapters that focus on how language typically develops, ways to work with the child on their speech production and is organized by language development levels. This book is unique because it focuses on using toys (they give suggestions for specific toys) to play with your child and build language at the same time. A great idea for parents who are apprehensive about how to help their child with extra needs build language and communication.

17. Books In Print for Educators Lend Us Your Ears: A Hands-On Guide for Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by T. Farrell & M. Vincent This book is very nice for teachers who are looking for a book that covers all of the bases. This book not only covers the different topics related to different types of hearing loss, but also provides instructional strategies for those types of hearing loss as well. There are also chapters that cover the anatomy of the ear and how the ear works as well.This is an all-inclusive guide for teachers to carry around with them at all times.

18. Books In Print for Educators or Parents The Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders: Second Edition Updated by C. Turkington & A. Sussman This book could be used for parents of students with a hearing loss because it includes everything from legal rights, to treatment options, and degrees of hearing loss. It is also a good resource for educators as well because it is a comprehensive “dictionary” of things to know in the profession. It will give better insight to the families you work for as to what their options are and better understand the child by having this all-inclusive book at hand.

19. Books In Print for Parents Living With Hearing Loss by M.B. Dugan This book outlines the degrees of hearing loss and the early signs that usually accompany hearing loss. It gives suggestions for how to use strategies for emergencies and everyday events. There are chapters on speechreading, interpreters, and communication development with peers who have typical hearing. This will give parents an insight as to what to teach their children about how to communicate successfully with peers who have typical hearing.

20. Books In Print For Educators/Parents These next few slides showcase different titles of books focusing on characters who are deaf/hard of hearing and there are also a couple of books that focus on characters of deaf parents. Having characters to relate to in the books students read is crucial for gaining a better understanding of themselves and their hearing loss. These books could spark conversation and also communication between parents, teachers, and students.

21. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Children and Youth Moses Goes To A Concert by I. Millman Moses Goes To School by I. Millman Moses Sees A Play by I. Millman Words In Our Hands by A. Litchfield When I Grow Up by C. Hodges I Have A Sister, My Sister Is Deaf by J. Peterson Can You Hear A Rainbow? The Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris by J.R. Heelan Silent Observer by C. MacKinnon Silent Lotus by J.M. Lee I’m Deaf And It’s Okay by L. Aseltine One TV Blasting and a Pig Outdoors by D. Abbott A Button In Her Ear by A. Litchfield Oliver Gets Hearing Aids by M.C. Riski & N. Klakow Oliver Gets FM by M.C. Riski

22. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Children and Youth I’m The Boss of My Hearing Loss by A. Kroll Mandy by B. Booth Dad and Me in the Morning by P. Lakin Elana’s Ears OR How I Became the Best Big Sister in the World by G.R. Lowell The Once Upon A Time… series (storybook with ASL signed video) Goldilocks And The Three Bears by H. Bornstein and K. Saulnier Little Red Riding Hood told in Signed English The Night Before Christmas told in Signed English Hearing Loss: An Alphabet Book by Walter Paul Kelley Words In Our Hands (a CODA story) by Ada B. Litchfield

23. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Young Adult A World of Knowing: A Story About Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet by A. Bowen A Season of Change by L. Hodge Child of the Silent Night: The Story of Laura Bridgman by E.F. Hunter Belonging by V. Scott Deaf Child Crossing by Marlee Matlin Leading Ladies by M. Matlin & D. Cooney Nobody’s Perfect by M. Matlin & D. Cooney Jake’s the Name, Sixth Grade’s the Game by D. Piper

24. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Deaf Culture & History Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America by J. Gannon Deaf Sport: The Impact of Sports Within the Deaf Community by D. Stewart A Journey into the Deaf-World by H. Lane, R. Hoffmeister, B. Bahan Train Go Sorry: Inside A Deaf World by L.H. Cohen Sign Me Alice & Laurent Clerc: Teacher Set by B. Allen & M. Hatrak and Classroom Guide by G. Eastman

25. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- More Literature Deaf Like Me by T. Spradley, J. Spradley, & L. Spradley

26. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- Sign Language Dictionaries American Sign Language: Unabridged Edition by M. Sternberg Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary by E. Costello Picture Plus Dictionary: For Home, School or Professional Setting by V. McKinney These are dictionaries of signs. Most of them include multiple signs for the same word and often include variations based on context. If a student uses solely sign at first, but is working toward speech and verbal language, the Speech and Language Pathologist will be able to communicate with the student until they get more speech development.

27. Books In Print for Educators or Parents- For Upper Grades Signs of Drug Use by J. Woodward Signs of Sexual Behavior by J. Woodward Because this world is going in an interesting direction, and students are knowing grown-up things at a younger and younger age, I’ve included these texts to give parents AND educators a peek into what signs to watch out for with students who are at any age

28. Valid Websites www.acadcom.com or www.acawebsite.com This website offers many resources for anyone looking for more information in relation to speech and language pathology practices. These tools can be ordered by parents for fun games to play at home that will enhance what their student does during their speech and language sessions, or by professionals and teachers looking for more user-friendly material from a one-stop shop.

29. Valid Websites- For Parents http://www.cicircle.org/ http://www.handsandvoices.org/ The first website offers parents a network of other families of students with cochlear implants and helps help give advice to new parents or parents seeking more information or advice. The second website is a very well-known group organized by parents that have children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Some parents in this organization have children with multiple impairments and they all connect to work on fundraisers and help one another with things they might face having a child with hearing loss or multiple impairments. It is a group of countless families that act as a “leaning shoulder” for each other and new parents who need someone to talk to.

30. Valid Websites- For Educators http://www.speechville.com/education-station.html This website is a great resource for parents looking for information about their child’s needs in terms of speech and language. There are sections of this website that cover the cost of typical Speech and Language Pathologists, books that parents can order that cover specific speech and language delays/disorders, etc. There is also a resource section that covers links and information about Speech and Language Pathology as well, to give parents more of a support system that they may be looking for.

31. Valid Websites http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx The Alexander Graham Bell Association provides links for almost every question or resource a parent or educator is looking for. There is information about hearing loss, advocacy, publications specific to the needs of the student, and three tabs of information: one for parents, one for professionals, and one for Deaf adults as well. One of the all-inclusive resources for parents and professionals

32. Valid Websites http://www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room/preview.cfm?langid=1 This website provides opportunities for students with a hearing loss to listen to sounds and practice with their listening skills. There are many lessons and activities to do that children can use to work on their receptive skills and their listening to sounds in the environment, such as telephones, etc.

33. Valid Websites http://www.evdcweb.org/index.html (Equal Voice For Deaf Children) This provides resources for parents and educators seeking lessons and projects for their child/student with a hearing loss. These resources are in-depth and also include a forum where parents can communicate about the trials and successes as well as educators.

34. Valid Websites http://www.ncbeginnings.org/ (Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing) This website is a network for parents to go to for information, support, and resources. There are areas for early intervention, audiology, communication options, technology, legislation, and school issues. This covers a lot of the bases that parents start thinking about as their child with a hearing loss grows and develops as a learner and soon-to-be in school.

35. Valid Websites www.harriscomm.com This website provides resources for every individual that works with or cares for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Parents or professionals can go to this website to find books about deafness, resources to use with your child or student who is deaf or hard of hearing, and fun gifts for special occasions.

36. Valid Websites www.thehearingjournal.com This website provides parents or professionals with new research findings that have been studied for/with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. It also provides advertising and information on the newest technologies so everyone who works with students who are deaf or hard of hearing will know the latest, up-to-date technology.

37. Valid Websites www.hopepubl.com This is a website for parents of students with hearing loss or cognitive impairments. This website provides a list of choices for books and media for parents to choose from for more information that will help them teach their child communication skills and bond with their child on a deeper level.

38. Valid Websites www.adcohearing.com This is a website that can be used by professionals and teachers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This website provides all kinds of texts and resources such as games and flash cards for professionals to use in their classrooms. There are more ASL resources than anything else, but teachers could begin with those exercises and activities before moving to more complex language development on a verbal basis.

39. Valid Websites www.oraldeafed.org This website provides information for professionals and teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. It provides free kits for such professionals that help with spoken language and how to teach students who have difficulty with their speech.

40. Valid Websites- ENT resource http://entnet.org/ This website offers numerous amounts of information about Otolaryngology practices, definitions, etc. Since I found this to be helpful when studying my student’s audiograms and understanding their hearing losses, I thought it would be helpful to share with others as well.

41. Valid Websites- For Parents www.johntracyclinic.org This website provides an at-home system for speech and language development for young children that parents can order online and do at home. These services have been proven to work, and have outlasted the test of time. My CT used these with her own son and said this system works very well and she still has the binder of information and remembered the name as soon as I asked for her opinion for resources on the topic.

42. Educator Tools- Activities Animal Alphabet Match-Up First Signs Match-Up Any of the Signing Time series Sign Language Bingo Peg-It Number Boards Finger Alphabet Magnets These tools are more hands-on for students who are kinesthetic learners and need those manipulative-like learning tools to help them better understand concepts, ideas, and lessons

43. Educator Tools- Videos and DVD’s The videos and DVD’s I have outlined on the next page give various documentaries, stories, and even Christmas carols that might be useful for classroom instruction as another language model for the students. These videos may bring to light the “hearing cultures” of song and stories that some students who are deaf/hard of hearing may not have access to. There is voicing with the sign so those who are learning to listen with their auditory skills can still have the comfort of listening with their visual skills as another way to understand the meaning behind the stories.

44. Educator Tools- Videos and DVDs Through Deaf Eyes: PBS Home Video The Miracle Worker: Disney Sound and Fury Summer’s Story: A Collection of Videos About Life Experience with the Cochlear Implant The Patriotic Spirit-Patriotic Songs in ASL: American Sign Language for the Deaf & Hearing A “Silent Night”- Christmas Carols in ASL: American Sign Language for the Deaf & Hearing “Signing Time”- Any of the series

45. Educator Tools- Assessments Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation- Second Edition (G-FTA-2) This assessment, according to the ASHA website “provides information about a child’s articulation ability by sampling both spontaneous and imitative sounds. Measures articulation of consonant sounds and determines types of misarticulation.” There are some sections that are norm-referenced and some that are not.

46. Educator Tools - Assessments Test of Auditory Processing Skills (TAPS-3) This test was recommended to me by the Speech and Language pathologist at my internship placement. She uses this test on a regular basis. Individually-administered, norm-referenced. Things included: Word Discrimination, Phonological Segmentation, Phonological Blending, Numbers forward and reversed, Word Memory, Sentence Memory, Auditory Comphrehension, Auditory Reasoning. Scaled scores, standard scores, percentile ranks, and age equivalents are also included in this packet of assessment materials.

47. Educator Tools - Assessments Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL-3) This test is norm referenced and focuses on receptive spoken grammar and syntax. It shows the student’s current ability to understand such things as word classes, morphemes, and elaborated sentences. Included in the packet are age and grade-based norms, percentile ranks, standard scores, and age equivalents.

48. Educator Tools - Assessments Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills- Sixth Edition (DIBELS) This assessment according to the ASHA website covers “phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary”. This is for K-3rd grade, and in 4-6th grade the two things that are being assessed are fluency and comprehension.

49. Educator Tools- Assessments Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI) This test was also on the ASHA website since it was designed specifically for students with a hearing loss. This test covers processing used to decode speech sounds and patterns, suprasegmentals, and linguistic processing skills. This test can also be used for students who have problems with auditory processing without a hearing loss.

50. Educator Tools- Assessments Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test- Fourth Edition (PPVT-4) This assessment provides pictures that the student names and/or describes. The assessment measures vocabulary as well as receptive/expressive skills.

51. Educator Tools- Assessment Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition (PLS-4) This assessment tests receptive/expressive language. The contents are appropriate for all “socioeconomic status’ and cultural/regional groups” according to ASHA.

52. Educator Tools- Assessments Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum and Evaluation (SPICE) This assessment was created by Jean Moog, and other colleagues and was published at the Central Institute for the Deaf. It tests “speech perception instructional curriculum and evaluation for children with cochlear implants and/or hearing aids; designed to provide a guide for developing listening skills in severely and profoundly deaf children.” as outlined on ASHA’s website.

53. Educator Tools- Assessments Dave Sindrey (by Word Play Publications) Listening for Littles (for ages 4 and younger) Cochlear Implant (for ages 4 and older) These assessments focus on receptive elements of language and fun activities to promote those skills. This includes games, books, activities, and other fun things to do with your students to help them develop language in a fun, interactive way.

54. Educator Tools- Assessments Test of Early Reading Ability- Deaf/Hard of Hearing (TERA-D/HH) Normed for students who have moderate to profound hearing loss, this assessment measures vocabulary development and communication skills.

55. Educator Tools- misc A Speech Guide for Teachers and Clinicians of Hearing Impaired Children by Sandra D. Waling and Wayne Harrison This book presents all of the skills needed to help students develop clearer speech and verbal communication skills through visual, tactile, and auditory strategies. Picture-Assisted Reading and Writing by Slater Software This software gives teachers a successful way to communicate to students who are non-verbal and non-signing. This worked very well for the student I work with who has Autism and profound deafness.

56. Educator Tools- misc. “Sound Hearing” this CD/booklet combination lets people with typical hearing hear what it sounds like to have different levels of hearing loss. This resource really puts things in perspective when professionals that work with students who have a hearing loss assume they can hear more or less than they can. Teaching Activities for Kids who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing (from the Moog Center)- this activity book gives a comprehensive amount of activities for language development and ideas for teachers

57. Educator Tools- misc. http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/Clinical-Resources.aspx This is a great tool for educators. This website offers visual printouts for parents about the different speech disorders, cochlear implants, etc. Very cool for parents to get an inside look at what their child is experiencing!

58. Parent-Friendly Resources Diaper Bag Dictionary: First Signs, Animal Signs, Food Signs, Year-Round Holiday Signs This little flash card book of signs is nice when you are on the go and your little one signs something that you can’t remember the meaning of or a new word you’d instantly like to introduce to your child. This can be an introduction to the verbal communication that will be sandwiched between meaning and signs if the student relies on sign language.

59. Parent-Friendly Resources Choices in Deafness: A Parents’ Guide to Communication Options by D.M. Dickman, Ph.D. This book is really nice because it describes all of the different options that parents have. Its approach shows parents of children with hearing loss that there are options and that they can find an option that is a good fit for their family and their child.

60. Parent-Friendly Resources American Sign Language Basics for Hearing Parents of Deaf Children by J.F. King & J.K. King This book illustrates basic sign language to use with children who have a hearing loss. This will help form that bond between parents and children, which will be well-needed all throughout the students’ life as they begin speech and language, verbal communication, and auditory/oral skills.

61. Parent-Friendly Resources Children with Hearing Loss: A Family Guide by D. Luterman This book helps families learn strategies for successfully communicating with their child who has a hearing loss. This book helps all members of the family include their child so they have a stronger, more unified family structure. This will help parents, siblings, and in the long run, the child with a hearing loss.

62. Parent-Friendly Resources Deaf Children in Public Schools: Placement, Context, and Consequences by C. Ramsey This book has a good outline of what the pros and cons are of each placement and some problems and successes that might arise. This takes an in-depth look at mainstreaming students who are deaf or hard of hearing and clearly outlines the options that the student has.

63. Parent-Friendly Resources Kid-Friendly Parenting with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Treasury of Fun Activities Toward Better Behavior by D. Medwid & D. Weston Oftentimes, parents do not know how to successfully work with their student who is deaf or hard of hearing. This book gives fun things that help parents and children bond and promotes good behavior and creates a more tight-knit family unit.

64. Parent-Friendly Resources Where is Baby? By Michelle Cryan This is a fun, interactive book to have to play with children who have a hearing loss. This could turn into a fun game, and even become an auditory/oral game as well.

65. Parent-Friendly Resources http://www.acadcom.com/ACAwebsite/prodView.asp?idproduct=632 (How Children Learn To Talk- Audiotape) This is an audiotape about how children typically learn to talk. This can help parents by listening to the ways children learn to talk and make speech sounds and compare those to the sounds their child is making. It’s a nice resource to give to parents to show what typical development is like.

66. Parent-Friendly Resources http://www.acadcom.com/ACAwebsite/prodView.asp?idproduct=603 (Parent Articles) This booklet of articles cover anything from infant stimulation to information on hearing loss, language development, etc. These articles are reproducible so parents can have a copy, along with the professionals working with their student, etc.

67. Parent-Friendly Resources http://www.acadcom.com/ACAwebsite/prodView.asp?idproduct=239 (Toddler Talk- A Family-Centered Intervention Program For Young Children) This book provides numerous at-home activities to help children who need help in the areas of speech and language. This book is a family-centered approach to helping the child in speech-therapy sessions and once they go home. It is a nice way to connect what happens in their speech sessions to what they can do at home to further help their child.