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Greater Essex County District School Board

Greater Essex County District School Board
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  • Itinerant Teachers –  Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    Our Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provide a range of services described below.

    Indirect Service:

    Indirect service is provided to both staff and students.

    • Advocate for and encourage self-advocacy by students with hearing loss throughout their school years
    • In-service school teams, including classroom teachers, on the educational impact of hearing loss
    • Develop strategies with classroom teachers to most effectively enable the student to access the curriculum, including providing suggestions around classroom acoustics
    • Liaise effectively with teachers, parents and support staff
    • In-service students’ peers as appropriate
    • Attend team meetings, Individual Placement and Review Committee Meetings (IPRC), and work collaboratively with the school team to develop and implement the student’s IEP
    • Collaborate and consult with community agencies/professionals such as audiologists, Children First, Canadian Hearing Society, Provincial Schools for the Deaf, Talk-2-Me, HelpLink, Infant Hearing Program, Cochlear Implant Teams, etc. regarding information that would assist with developing specific program supports and transition needs for students with a hearing loss
    • Monitor the academic progress of students using amplification who are not receiving direct itinerant support through regular contact with classroom teachers
    • Understand, implement, monitor and provide in-service in the use of all amplification equipment and technical devices for students with hearing loss and central auditory processing difficulties
    • Submit Special Equipment Amount (SEA) claims for students’ equipment needs such as FM systems
    • Remain current in knowledge of amplification devices by meeting regularly with representatives of companies that provide FM equipment 
    Direct Service:
    Direct Service is provided to students with:
    1. a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss of at least 40 dB in the better ear
    2. evidence of a language delay of at least one year as determined by a Speech and Language Pathologist
    3. difficulty accessing curriculum due to the apparent impact of their hearing loss
    These students are provided regularly scheduled individual and classroom support in the development of auditory skills, incidental speech, language, including the pre-teaching of classroom curriculum and amplification management.

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  • Itinerant Teachers –  Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    Our Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provide a range of services described below.

    Indirect Service:

    Indirect service is provided to both staff and students.

    • Advocate for and encourage self-advocacy by students with hearing loss throughout their school years
    • In-service school teams, including classroom teachers, on the educational impact of hearing loss
    • Develop strategies with classroom teachers to most effectively enable the student to access the curriculum, including providing suggestions around classroom acoustics
    • Liaise effectively with teachers, parents and support staff
    • In-service students’ peers as appropriate
    • Attend team meetings, Individual Placement and Review Committee Meetings (IPRC), and work collaboratively with the school team to develop and implement the student’s IEP
    • Collaborate and consult with community agencies/professionals such as audiologists, Children First, Canadian Hearing Society, Provincial Schools for the Deaf, Talk-2-Me, HelpLink, Infant Hearing Program, Cochlear Implant Teams, etc. regarding information that would assist with developing specific program supports and transition needs for students with a hearing loss
    • Monitor the academic progress of students using amplification who are not receiving direct itinerant support through regular contact with classroom teachers
    • Understand, implement, monitor and provide in-service in the use of all amplification equipment and technical devices for students with hearing loss and central auditory processing difficulties
    • Submit Special Equipment Amount (SEA) claims for students’ equipment needs such as FM systems
    • Remain current in knowledge of amplification devices by meeting regularly with representatives of companies that provide FM equipment 
    Direct Service:
    Direct Service is provided to students with:
    1. a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss of at least 40 dB in the better ear
    2. evidence of a language delay of at least one year as determined by a Speech and Language Pathologist
    3. difficulty accessing curriculum due to the apparent impact of their hearing loss
    These students are provided regularly scheduled individual and classroom support in the development of auditory skills, incidental speech, language, including the pre-teaching of classroom curriculum and amplification management.

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