Educational Evaulations for HOH Children

September 11, 1999

Dear LIstserv Members-

I am looking for information about places to get good educational evaluations

for HOH children. My daughter is in 3rd grade in a public school where she is

the only HOH child (she is also delayed in academics/speech/language and

needs a modified curriculum and support) and we are realizing that we need to

make a change. We are considering moving to a town that has a school that

would be more supportive of her needs or homeschooling. Before making this

decision, I would like to have her evaulated by a person or school that knows

a lot about HOH kids, especially about HOH kids who might have

under/overlying learning problems, ADHD etc. I am looking into taking her

for an evaluation at The e School in St. Louis, The Sunshine School in

San An, or Dr. Isquith who is in land (or somewhere East). If any

of you have experience with one of these (or any other) in terms of

educational evaluations, I would greatly appreciate you sharing your opinions!

Thank you in advance,

Sally Fogarty

September 11, 1999

In a message dated 9/11/99 8:33:58 AM Central Daylight Time,

Bridgesfog@... writes:

<< Educational evaluations

for HO children. My daughter is in 3rd grade in a public school where she is

the only HO child (she is also delayed in academics/speech/language and

needs a modified curriculum and support) and we are realizing that we need

to

make a change. We are considering moving to a town that has a school that

>>

This may be a stupid question.

What method of communication have you been using up to this point?

I am trying to learn and get input from other parents about what they use,

have used etc.

Thanks

Jo

September 11, 1999

Jo-

We have always used spoken language.

Thanks,

Sally

September 11, 1999

LInda-

Thank you very much for the information; I will add her to my list of

possibilities!

Sally

September 11, 1999

Kay-

Thank you for your response. If you don't mind asking Monday, I'd appreciate

it. If you recall, I began investigating Sunshine in June--then my husband

had an accident and all that stopped. Well, he's recovered enough for me to

start my process again. I have contacted the school director (back in June)

but did not get to discuss the evaluation process.

Thanks so much,

Sally

September 11, 1999

I have been recommending Dr. Donna Morere who did 's eval. She subsequently

has done evals for other children I've advocated for. She is a strong advocate

for your

child, not just an accessor. What's even better is that she understands and

uses all modalities of communication. She teaches psychology at Gallaudet. Her

son is deaf

with a cochlear implant and he signs and cues. She lives with deafness both at

home and at work. She has significant experience in assessing kids who have

hearing loss

and other compounding learning disabilities. She was there when it counted for

and as a result of her advocacy, he's finally getting most of the support

he has

needed for years! Her biggest problem is her busy schedule. She is now running

a remediation program (a part of which is administering the Fast Forword

Program) after

school is out for children with hearing loss and CAPD to help them achieve

literacy and overcome their learning disabilities. Her email address is

damorere@....

Bridgesfog@... wrote:

> From: Bridgesfog@...

>

> Dear LIstserv Members-

> I am looking for information about places to get good educational evaluations

> for HOH children. My daughter is in 3rd grade in a public school where she is

> the only HOH child (she is also delayed in academics/speech/language and

> needs a modified curriculum and support) and we are realizing that we need to

> make a change. We are considering moving to a town that has a school that

> would be more supportive of her needs or homeschooling. Before making this

> decision, I would like to have her evaulated by a person or school that knows

> a lot about HOH kids, especially about HOH kids who might have

> under/overlying learning problems, ADHD etc. I am looking into taking her

> for an evaluation at The e School in St. Louis, The Sunshine School in

> San An, or Dr. Isquith who is in land (or somewhere East). If any

> of you have experience with one of these (or any other) in terms of

> educational evaluations, I would greatly appreciate you sharing your opinions!

>

> Thank you in advance,

>

> Sally Fogarty

>

> ---------------------------

September 11, 1999

> I am looking into taking her

> for an evaluation at The e School in St. Louis, The Sunshine School

in

> San An, or Dr. Isquith who is in land (or somewhere East). If

any

> of you have experience with one of these (or any other) in terms of

> educational evaluations, I would greatly appreciate you sharing your

opinions!

I have not had an educational evaluation at any of these schools, nor has my

son ;-) , but my son is in the mainstream program of the Sunshine Cottage

School for Deaf Children. I don't know much about their educational

evaluation program (or if they have one), but if you would like, I'll be

more than happy to ask about it on Monday.

If you do end up coming down here for an evaluation, please be sure to let

me know.

Hugs,

Kay

September 11, 1999

Sally,

Since you mentioned St. Louis, I'm thinking you may have been referring to St.

ph's Institute for the Deaf. My daughter attended the pre-school there and

after we

left, we continued to receive quarterly newletters. According to the

newsletters, some time ago they started a new program for children experiencing

language

problems. The school is oral and the extra program was focused on those oral

children who did not seem to be making language progress. There was a focus on

increasing

certain visual input to increase comprehension and learning.

If you are considering St. Louis, it might be a good idea to contact them and

ask specifically about this program. Perhaps they utilize specialized testing

when there

are potential language problems.

Portland, OR