Guest guest Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 In a message dated 4/22/2004 5:13:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, htt3004@... writes: However, they did assign a D/HOH itinerant teacher who was to spend 20 min every 3 months to observe him in the maintream classroom (basically so she can do her " report " ). He's also receiving pull-out services for small group speech 30 min/week, and twice a week resource for 30min each. Hannah: This part of your note keeps coming back to me -- so I'm writing you again. I would argue for TOD services on a daily/weekly basis. What they are doing is nothing more than an observation, it's not even an evaluation. I would (and did) request that the TOD test our son's coping abilities to see how he was dealing with the hearing classroom. I don't remember everything she did, but one of the tests she was to see how well he was lip reading. She turned him so his back was to her and said nonsense words that sounded like real ones. " jight " is not a word, but Ian made it into " right " when she said it behind him. " lound " became " round " ... you get the idea. When she faced him, he would repeat the nonsense words correctly and laugh and tell her they were silly made-up words. This confirmed that he was using lip cues to figure out what was being said to him. It proved to the school that he did not have " selective hearing " or was being lazy about following class discussions. He really could not hear them or follow them. I am very opinionated about TOD services for D/HOH kids. I think kids could all benefit from the services of a TOD. Especially at younger ages when they are absorbing language like little sponges. There is a difference between a TOD and a Spec Ed teacher. Our district argued that they were serving the same purpose, but they don't. Spec Ed was a disaster for our son because it was the wrong focus, the TOD has been wonderful. And then there are some kids who benfit from having both. I'd push for a TOD coming 3 days a week as a start. ... you can always add more days or stop the services if they do not seem to help. --Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Our TOD works with our daughters 5 days a week for 2 hours each day. It is a necessity in our case. It is also insane for any school system to say a Teacher of the DEAF is not necessary for a deaf/hh student. My arguement is always the TOD is trained to work with the deaf. If it isn't necessary, why would anyone be able to get a degree in working with the deaf????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Our TOD works with our daughters 5 days a week for 2 hours each day. It is a necessity in our case. It is also insane for any school system to say a Teacher of the DEAF is not necessary for a deaf/hh student. My arguement is always the TOD is trained to work with the deaf. If it isn't necessary, why would anyone be able to get a degree in working with the deaf????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Our TOD works with our daughters 5 days a week for 2 hours each day. It is a necessity in our case. It is also insane for any school system to say a Teacher of the DEAF is not necessary for a deaf/hh student. My arguement is always the TOD is trained to work with the deaf. If it isn't necessary, why would anyone be able to get a degree in working with the deaf????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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