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- Autism
- Deaf-Blindness
- Deafness
- Emotional Behavioral Disorder
- Hearing Impairment or Deafness
- Cognitively Disabled
- Multiple Disabilities
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Other Health Impairment
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech and Language Disability or Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Visual Impairment and Blindness
Response to Intervention
Tier 1: Core Intervention- all students, preventive, pro-active
Tier 1 Interventions plus:
Tier 1 & 2 Interventions plus:
- Staff awareness of signs of hearing loss
- Hearing screening to identify hearing loss
- Hearing loss prevention education
- Classroom acoustical modifications
- General classroom communication accommodations including consideration of classroom sound distribution system in classrooms with high ambient noise levels
- Multi-sensory reading techniques
- Frequent checks for comprehension
- Experiential education opportunities
- Good lighting
- Reduction of visual/auditory distractions
- Predictable routine with structure and paired with language
- Graphic organizers
- Monitor learning rate and level of performance
- Problem-solve to adjust strategies
Tier 1 Interventions plus:
- Inservice education about implications of HL for staff and students
- Specialized assessments
- Targeted accommodations to provide communication access
- Assistive Technology
- Monitor implementation of accommodations and use of assistive technology to assure appropriate use (when used)
- Discuss and problem-solve concerns with parents/student
Tier 1 & 2 Interventions plus:
- Core and expanded core curriculum
- Specialized instruction
- Determine interventions with parent and student input
- Individualized accommodations
- Training for general educators about deaf education and the roles of other support service providers
- Team meetings to assure interventions are implemented appropriately
- Resources for specialized assessments/consultation