Used with permission of Sue Rose, UM
This website is designed as a resource for teachers serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) in a variety of educational settings. The goal is to equip teachers with the most appropriate tools and resources to maximize the academic growth of students who are D/HH. The website includes instructional strategies and activities in the areas of;
- Language development,
- Reading,
- Writing (under development),
- Assessment (under development), and
- Academic progress monitoring. Four webinars onprogress monitoring and the use of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) as an integral component of instruction are available.
Each of these areas is targeted as critical to the development of literacy and academic success for students who are D/HH. The resources included on the website have been selected specifically to address instructional practices at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels and can be applied across languages and modalites. The language and reading sections include instructional strategies, activities and sample lesson plans that support best and promising practices. The webinar includes the use of CBM and an introduction to the systemic use of data as an integral part of the teaching and learning process.
While few strategies can be classified as "evidence-based" with students who are D/HH, the information available through the progress monitoring webinar may assit teachers in gathering valid and reliable data and provide evidence regarding the effectiveness of instructional interventions.
The development of the webinar was supported by a combination of funds from the Minnesota Department of Education, USDOE:OSEP Personnel Preparation grant, and the University of Minnesota.
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