Guest guest Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 What all does a TOD do? Hi there, A TOD (teacher of the deaf, also known as a hearing itinerent) is a teacher who is trained to work with deaf/hoh children. There are special college courses that they need to take in order to be certified as a TOD. I think different TOD's work on different things depending on the skills of the child. For this means language issues. These are not to be confused with speech issues. has had her HI since starting preschool. Her HI has worked on things like cueing (looking) at the speaker, sequencing, sentence strucuring (helping her form good sentences), helping her to advocate for herself and was even able to get her to put her own hearing aids in. She also works on anything that comes up in the classroom that has trouble grasping. Story problems in math and writing sentences are two big ones. Even if your son doesn't need the services of a TOD I would think that he should be monitored by one. I know there is a better term for that, but it escapes me now. I like the best description of a TOD that Jill already shared with you, a TOD puts it in so the SLP can get it out. Debbie, mom to , 6, moderate SNHL and , 3, hearing Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. G.B Shaw --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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