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Sheri Cook

Deaf Children with Disabilities - Finding available resources. Sheri Cook. Objectives:. You will learn about… My personal experience working with deaf children with multiple disabilities What the latest research says about deaf and hard of hearing children with additional disabilities

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Sheri Cook

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  1. Deaf Children with Disabilities - Finding available resources Sheri Cook

  2. Objectives: You will learn about… • My personal experience working with deaf children with multiple disabilities • What the latest research says about deaf and hard of hearing children with additional disabilities • About helpful resources available

  3. My experience working with deaf and hard of hearing children with multiple disabilities

  4. I Only Have a Degree in Deaf Education! • Graduated college in the spring of 1993 • Started teaching at WSD in the fall of 1993 • Adaptive Education Department • 4 students, 3 aides!!!

  5. CPI, Physical Management classes, Time-out Room • ED, BD, LD, ADD, ADHD, OCD, PDD… • Tourette’s Syndrome • Asperger’s Syndrome • Counselors, Social Workers, Foster parents, O.T., P.T., Speech and language therapists, paraprofessionals, educational interpreters, doctors…

  6. What does it mean to be deaf or hard of hearing with additional disabilities or to be Deaf-Plus?

  7. Who are deaf children with disabilities? A broad interpretation of the term "deaf with disabilities" implies a hearing loss combined with a disability generally needing services beyond those provided for a child with only a hearing loss. Examples of additional disabilities may include: • Intellectual/cognitive disabilities • Emotional and behavioral disabilities • Learning disabilities • ADD/ADHD • Visual impairment • Cerebral palsy • Autism • Orthopedic involvement, or • Other physical disabilities. • This definition, however, does not describe any general characteristics of deaf children with disabilities http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc_center/information_and_resources/info_to_go/educate_children_(3_to_21)/students_with_disabilities.html

  8. Have you worked with deaf or hard of hearing with additional disabilities?What kind of disabilities?

  9. How many deaf children have additional disabilities?

  10. By the Numbers (Gallaudet Research Institute, 2008) 39.3%: Number of Deaf with one or more disability

  11. How many deaf children have additional disabilities? • It is hard to count deaf children with disabilities since many students attend schools without programs for deaf children and may be overlooked in demographic counts. • However, estimates are that from 20% to 50% of all deaf and hard of hearing children have accompanying disabilities. • Statistics collected by the Center for Assessment and Demographic Studies of the Gallaudet Research Institute support this.

  12. What are the educational needs of deaf children with disabilities?

  13. The needs of children with disabilities vary greatly. They have different accompanying disabilities, function at different levels, and have different ways of learning. Some factors affecting each child's needs include: • The configuration of the hearing loss • The type and severity of the additional disability • The age of onset of each disability • The age when the child starts receiving appropriate educational interventions are provided http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc_center/information_and_resources/info_to_go/educate_children_(3_to_21)/students_with_disabilities.html

  14. What does research say?

  15. NOT MUCH!!!

  16. Families and professionals are challenged by the lack of information and resources for supporting deaf and hard of hearing children with other disabilities.

  17. For example… “The research on young children with dual diagnosis of hearing loss and autism spectrum disorder is meager and scattered.” (Myck-Wayne, Robinson and Henson, 2011)

  18. “There’s a surge in research, resources, and information available for hearing children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), information to help parents, educators, and professionals working with children who are deaf and hard of hearing and have ASD continues to be scarce and often nonexistent.” • (Szymanski, Odyssey, 2012)

  19. What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? • A group of developmental disabilities that cause severe problems with … • Socialization, • Behavior, • And communication

  20. ASD • Autistic Disorder • Pervasive Developmental Disorder • Asperger’s Syndrome

  21. What is known?

  22. “1 in 110 children is diagnosed with ASD and the rate of this diagnosis is increasing 10%-17% each year.” (Autism Society of America, 2010)

  23. “This increase has also been observed in children who are deaf and hard of hearing, with numbers growing from 1-81 to 1-59. (Gallaudet Research Institute, 2010)

  24. “Children who have hearing loss and ASD are diagnosed later than those who have ASD but are hearing.” (Roper, et al. 2003)

  25. Age of Diagnosis • 3 years – Hearing • 5 ½ years – Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Szymanski, Odyssey, 2012)

  26. WHY?

  27. “It’s harder to diagnose ASD in deaf and hard of hearing children because symptoms of hearing loss may appear similar to those of ASD and vise versa.” (Beals, 2004) • Example: • Autism screening- • Not responding to one’s name; • Cannot hear, cannot socialize

  28. Deaf and hard of hearing children with other disabilities are often places in inappropriate educational settings with inappropriate interventions. (Guardino, 2008)

  29. What materials and strategies are used with deaf children with disabilities?

  30. What materials and strategies are used with deaf children with disabilities? • No single specific educational technique is appropriate for all deaf children with disabilities since each student has unique needs. Characteristics of successful programs include: • A high level of structure • Specific, clearly stated objectives • A focus on the individual needs of each child • Instruction that is step-by-step in nature. • Practical experiences in natural environments http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc_center/

  31. What materials and strategies are used with deaf children with disabilities? • Consistent routines • Age-appropriate materials are important • A focus on motivating the child • Provision of successful experiences • An emphasis on the student's skills in given situations, not on his or her limitations • Over-learning (going over a skill after it seems to be mastered) is good and much repetition may be necessary. • Planning for the transfer of instruction to real life situations http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc_center/

  32. Since there’s not enough research pointing to effective and available interventions for deaf and hard of hearing children, what can be done?

  33. Parent-Professional Collaboration • “Parents have a vital role to play in helping professionals identify the needs of their unique children and assisting them in evaluating the effectiveness of implemented interventions.” • Research shows that involving the parents into the intervention services leads to positive outcomes for both the family and the child. (Myck-Wayne, Robinson and Henson, 2011)

  34. What else can you do…

  35. Find support…

  36. What helped me?

  37. Experienced teachers • Great team work • Research • Workshops

  38. How can I help you?

  39. Gallaudet University Regional Center • Outreach center located in one of six regions (Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, West and Pacific)

  40. What is a GURC? • Addresses the educational, transition, and professional development needs of deaf and hard of hearing people from birth through adulthood, their families, and the professionals who work with them. • Brings the resources of the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf and hard of hearing people – Gallaudet University and Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center to the GURC.

  41. What is a GURC? • In partnership with Gallaudet University, GURC… • Provides coordinationof workshops, training opportunities and extension courses available through the Gallaudet University College of Professional Studies and Outreach and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center.

  42. What is a GURC? • Promote Gallaudet University to potential students and families. • Assist students and families with the admissions process. • Follow-up with students from the region after they have enrolled at Gallaudet to support their retention. • Continue to create new avenues for supporting Gallaudet University recruitment and retention.

  43. What is GURC? • Every spring, Gallaudet University hosts the National Academic Bowl for high school teams. • High school teams compete against each other to answer questions on a wide variety of academic subjects.

  44. What is a GURC? • Welcomes opportunities to work collaboratively with: • Schools and programs for deaf/HH students • Interpreter training programs • Post secondary education programs • Professional agencies and organizations • Parent groups

  45. www.jalc.edu/gurc Deaf friendly website!

  46. Facebook Page Gallaudet University Regional Center of the Midwest Click here

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  48. What information, training and resources are available?

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