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An estimated 20%-40% of all students with hearing loss have a secondary disabling condition. Because most teachers have not been trained to work with these students, they can present a special challenge. This presentation provides information regarding the various characteristics, behaviors, and learning challenges presented by these students in the classroom setting. The presenters will share some tips for teachers that can be used to enhance learning and provide time for questions and discussion. This module is intended for new teachers, regular education teachers, college students, interpreters and teacher aides and does not discuss specific additional disabilities in depth. Target audience: parents, educational interpreters, general and deaf education teachers, college students, and those new to the field. Training will incorporate hands on team approach techniques. With this population of children, we need to ensure that all providers are working as a single unit to enhance the interventions the infant/toddler and family are receiving. Children with multi needs require consistency, techniques of how to manage that team approach are role played and provided as well as information sheets on the most prevalent comorbid disabilities including deafness as a major symptom.
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