MAINSTREAM EDUCATION

Hearing Impaired

Special Education

The education of persons who

are physically, mentally,

emotionally or culturally different

from the so-called “normal”

individuals such that they require

modification of school practices

and services to develop them to

their maximum capabilities.

Special Education Teacher

- any teacher who handles a class

of children with special needs or

renders special education

services whether he is formally

trained or trained through in-

service trainings.Special Learning Areas- are those subjects taught to

children who are impaired in any

area due to disability.

Inclusion

- is the process by which a school

attempts to respond to all pupils as

individuals by considering its curricular

organization and provision.

MainstreamingThe placement of a learner with special

needs in regular educational programs

and given special instruction in

specific learning areas.

Regular Students

Special Needs

Students

Gifted and Talented

Students

Mainstream Education for All

Hearing Impaired

one who’s deaf or hard of hearing.

Deaf Person

is one whose hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes of life.

one who has a sense of hearing although defective, is functional with or without a hearing aid.

Hard of Hearing

Common Learning Styles of

Hearing Impaired Visuals

–Easily Distracted or “Pulled Off

Track”

Can Lose a Thought but Get it Back

“Controlled” Noise/Activity in the

Background for Other Tasks

–Tendency to Work Backwards – Big

Picture to Details and Ending Again

with the Big Picture

Learns effectively on manipulations

Common Learning Style of

Hearing Impaired –Need to Take Notes – but notes are

“messy”

–High Interactional Needs BUT Can

Learn Alone

–Constrained By Too Much Structure

in Learning Environments but Can

Adapt to Structure

–Weaker (Relative Weakness) Visual

Mapping Memory

Diagnostics and Informal Assessment

Teacher gathers info from parents

Enrolment –Gather necessary Data

Identify or Train teachers for Sign Language

Identify Classes to Mainstream the HIs

Mainstreaming of Hearing Impaired Students

Continues Trainingof Teachers/Personnel

Monitoring & Continues Student Assistance

SPED Coordinator -Teacher Conference

SPED Coordinator– Parent Conference

Results & recommendations provided to ES

ContinuingProgress on Educating the SPED - HI

Planning Process for Mainstreaming Hearing Impaired

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Ancillary Services

Administration

In all your

ways,

acknowledge

Him and lean

not on your

own

understandin

g.

-from the book of ProverbsSir Al Rea 1967-2013

Thank you very much! God Bless us all!!!

Ma’am Tess Rea