Learning Opportunities

Professionals who work with students who are deaf or hard of hearing are very familiar with two separate but related challenges:

Enhancing students’ social skills: For most children and youth, a crucial part of the school day revolves around their social interactions with peers. However, students who are deaf or hard of hearing have been found to interact less with peers than do hearing children of the same age. The first part of this workshop will focus on strategies to help promote and support communication and interactions between students who are deaf and hard of hearing and their hearing peers.

Engaging parents: Parental involvement in school-based programs is a predictor of many child outcomes, but varies greatly among parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The second part of the workshop will focus on strategies aimed at increasing engagement with parents.

Target Audience

Professionals who work with students who are deaf or hard of hearing – including Classroom Teachers, Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Audiologists