IEP time came for us again in February. Having moved from one county to

another and then back again, it seems like a lot of meetings for one

little kid. Now we're in our forever home and have written the all

important IEP that will be used for her transition to kindergarten.



There are only two goals this time. Speech has been conquered and now

the task is to make sure she continues to grow as a listener. The first

goal is to maintain her skills. The second is… Continue

In the time since Julia’s hearing loss was diagnosed I’ve learned much about assistive technology. Here in PA, the county provides her with an FM System that transmits the teacher’s voice directly to her hearing aids. The teacher wears a necklace-type transmitter that they simply power ON to use. It’s handy in noisy classrooms or when they sing songs with background music. It really helps her. Unfortunately, a great deal of my newfound knowledge pertains to the resistance/inability of preschool… Continue

Hi All!

Just wanted to share my recent post on Fashionable Hearing Aids from my blog, A Deaf Mom Shares Her World.

Hi All!

Just wanted to share my recent post on Fashionable Hearing Aids from my blog, A Deaf Mom Shares Her World.

I came across this page "Hubbards Cupboard" and it has so many awesome resources to print and use in teaching a wide range of subjects.



I print them out changing the layout to be 4 pages per printed page, to save paper and make it a cute mini book. We go through the pages, reading the words, and he colors the pages. Then we staple it into a booklet and show/read it to everyone we can.



This is exactly… Continue