Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 In a message dated 3/8/2006 9:09:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, guidish_family@... writes: Okay now that you have supplied that info..that I appreciated reading..thank you.... How can a public school justify only giving a deaf child access to the HI and not a TOD...because if the HI doesn't have to be teacher qualified what exactly is the HI other than a mediator /equipment checker? ~Cathy~ Cathy, Here in NY, all the HIs I've met and worked with are TODs. They have all that licensing. The terms are interchangeable. I've never head of a kid here getting an HI who is not a TOD. When it's only a tech position, then they can provide anyone but I doubt they'd call them an HI around here. Our school uses an audiologist for the equipment checking/consulting but the TOD will troubleshoot it before she sends it out of the school to the audi. As for the mediator job, that seems to come with the territory for our TOD. She interprets Ian's needs, interacts with his teachers and the school's tech people. She also keeps in touch with us so that we can support Ian in any way we can. Are you concerned about a specific unqualified person being provided to a child? My interest in this subject comes from finding a legal definition of a TOD so that I can help a friend help another TOD keep her job when the district is trying to pass off an SLP as a TOD. I've found that HI and TOD are all mushed together as far as an official definition. -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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