What communication services are appropriate for children who are deaf-blind?
The best program for your child is one that considers you as an important partner on the educational team. Your child has unique hearing, vision, physical, and learning needs. The educational team will generally include a special educator, speech-language pathologist, and a physical and/or occupational therapist as key team members. The team will design an individualized program for your child that will meet your child’s unique needs and that focuses on your priorities for his/her learning. The program will be individually designed with your input and carried out by the team via the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). The services selected for your child will be those needed to ensure that the IEP can be implemented. In addition to a special education teacher, services might include a team member who will be a vision specialist, speech-language pathologist, and motor therapist (physical or occupational therapist), depending upon your child’s needs More… Few generalizations can be
The best program for your child is one that considers you as an important partner on the educational team. Your child has unique hearing, vision, physical, and learning needs. The educational team will generally include a special educator, speech-language pathologist, and a physical and/or occupational therapist as key team members. The team will design an individualized program for your child that will meet your child’s unique needs and that focuses on your priorities for his/her learning. The program will be individually designed with your input and carried out by the team via the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). The services selected for your child will be those needed to ensure that the IEP can be implemented. In addition to a special education teacher, services might include a team member who will be a vision specialist, speech-language pathologist, and motor therapist (physical or occupational therapist), depending upon your child’s needs. Few generalizations can be made ab
