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Table of Contents
Parent/Professional Collaboration
This section contains articles that reflect on the importance of, and opportunities for Parent/Professional Collaboration. This is a high value and part of our mission at Hands & Voices.
Social Emotional Topics
This section contains articles that discuss the areas of Social and Emotional development for children who are Deaf/HH. This is an area of great importance that should be considered along with other aspects of the D/HH experience.
What's Going On?
This section contains articles of interest that typically reflect time-sensitive events, and/or may have happened in the past, but readers may find them of interest and still relevant.
DHH Plus
This section contains articles that reflect “Deaf/HH Plus” and is meant to be a positive term, not in any way negative or insensitive to the child who has medical and/or other issues along with hearing loss. The “Plus” most often means the child and family has added responsibilities and requires additional expertise in the additional areas identified.
Things You Should Know
This section contains articles about current resources or events you should be aware of.
Family Perspective
This section of articles covers a variety of topics written from the ‘parent perspective’. Many of the articles are from the perspective of “One Family’s Journey” but may provide insight to parents in their own unique stories. Because we have so many Family Perspective articles we have them groupedin no particularorder into three groups below.
In A Perfect World
These short essays written by Leeane Seaver appear in every issue. The topics range from personal stories to comments on systems and culture.
Deafed Reform
This section of articles contains articles that reflect historical and current efforts in the Deaf Education Reform movements across the U.S.A.
Early Intervention
These articles were written for and about the early intervention period (Birth –Three years of age in the USA) of children who are D/HH. Some articles are U.S. law specific, while others carry information of a general nature applicable beyond country borders.
Deaf People & Perspectives on Deafness
This section of articles covers a variety of topics from the ‘D/HH perspective’. Many of the articles are from “One Person’s Journey” but may provide insight to parents for their own children. The value and infusion of the D/HH perspective at H&V is of utmost importance.
Education
This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are D/HH. The main focus is on WHAT to consider. The Advocacy section takes a deeper look at HOW to get what a child needs and the Law section provides resources for the legal implications in education.
Advocacy
This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are D/HH. The Advocacy section takes a deeper look at HOW to get what a child needs and the Law section provides resources for the legal implications in education. The education section generally focuses on WHAT to consider in education.
The Law - IDEA & ADA
This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are D/HH. The main focus of this section provides resources for the legal implications (mostly U.S) in education. The education section focuses on the WHAT to consider in education, and the advocacy section takes a deeper look at HOW to get what a child needs.
Technology
This section of articles explores different technology opportunities, perspectives, and insights.
Program Articles / H&V Resources
Communication Considerations A to Z™
O.U.R - Our Children's Safety Series
The "What Parents Need to Know" Series
"The H & V White Papers:"
Parent/Professional Collaboration
This section contains articles that reflect on the importance of, and opportunities for Parent/Professional Collaboration.   This is a high value and part of our mission at Hands & Voices.
What it Means to Hold Space -
Applications for EHDI Providers
My Not So Well-Laid Out Path
Looking Back:  A professionals perspective
Professionals at H&V:  What is Their Role?
An ENT Perspective
Pediatric Audiology Certification - New help for locating a qualified clinical audiologist for your young child
Breaking the News: Late Onset or Progressive Hearing Loss
What Do Parents Have To Say About Professional Bias?
Five Reasons Why Professionals Need to Listen to Parents
Preventing Learned Helplessness
Rebuilding Burnt Bridges
Honoring Each Family: A Message to Professionals
How do you get a Preschooler to Listen?
Connecting to Deaf Adults: A New Outlook for Parents and Professionals
Meaningful Family Involvement: A Short Guide for Professionals
Professionals in our Childrens' Lives
A Parents Wishlist for Audiologists: The Parent Perspective
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Social Emotional Topics
This section contains articles that discuss the areas of Social and Emotional development for children who are Deaf/HH. This is an area of great importance that should be considered along with other aspects of the D/HH experience.
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Self Advocacy Inventory
(pdf)
“No Limits” Philosophy Drives Boise Junior Miss
Catapulting the Kids
Listening to Angels
Things I Have Learned From Having a Deaf Son
One Family’s Story: Know When to Hold Them
The "Dynamite" Happy Hands Club
- A real life counterpart to the club made famous in the movie
"Napoleon Dynamite"
Calling Our Bluff: Using Communication Strategies in Social Situations
Kathy Allen's Communication Strategies
A Note to Coach
Cognition in the Classroom: The Academic and Social Implications
KU researchers Examine how Family Life is Affected by Children who are Deaf
Acoustics and Socialization
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What's Going On?
This section contains articles of interest that typically reflect time-sensitive events, and/or may have happened in the past, but readers may find them of interest and still relevant.
Measuring the Impact of Parent to Parent Support
A Look Back with Dr. Christie Yoshinaga-Itano
Did you Help Anyone Today?
Mental Health Issues:
Entering Into Daylight
There’s an App for that: IEP App for Iphone
Decision Guide to Communication Choices
Unilateral Loss and Family Support A GBYS Yahoo Groups Discussion Unveiled
Stories from the Field
How did you get involved with Hands & Voices? We posed this question to our national membership, and here are two of the many stories that we received.  If you have a story to share, please do so for a future issue.
Reflections on Leadership
Hands & Voices: What Have We Done For You Lately?
2004 IDEA Final Regulations Finally Here!
A Quick Peek Down Under
- An Interview with Damian Lacey, Executive Director of Deaf Children Australia (DCA)
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DHH Plus
This section contains articles that reflect “Deaf/HH Plus”  and is meant to be a positive term, not in any way negative or insensitive to the child who has medical and/or other issues along with hearing loss. The  “Plus” most often means the child and family has added responsibilities and requires additional expertise in the additional areas identified.
Problem-Solving - A Family’s Perspective on Deaf-Blindness
Is it Okay to Blame the Hearing Loss? The Link Between Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and Hearing
One Family’s Journey: Sunshine After the Storm
D/HH Plus Column: Dual Diagnosis: Deaf-Autism
DHH Plus Searching for Support (Morrison)
D/HH Plus Column: Learning from Evan
D/HH Plus Column: Reflecting on Early Intervention
Deaf Plus Column: New Driver? New Worries!
DHH Plus Column: Learning Curve
D/HH Plus: Supporting the Whole Child
Plus Means Positive
High Expectations
Back to School…Stress and Hope
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Things You Should Know
This section contains articles about current resources or events you should be aware of.
Air Force Legislation Introduced
EHDI Pals
Deaf Interpreter, Sign Language Interpreter — What’s the Difference?
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Family Perspective
This section of articles covers a variety of topics written from the ‘parent perspective’.  Many of the articles are from the perspective of “One Family’s Journey” but may provide insight to parents in their own unique stories. Because we have so many Family Perspective articles we have them grouped
in no particular
order into three groups below.
Raising a Son with Microtia Atresia
Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Thriving Baby - One Family’s Journey
Reflections on Grief: Is What They Say True?
Along the Way
I Have a Dream For My Child
One Family’s Journey: Tarron’s Adventures in the Wild
The Parenting Side: Raising Derrick Coleman
Stop and Smell the Roses
One Family’s Journey - The Right Choice
One Family’s Journey: Branching Out - A Mom’s Reflection
Seeing the Gifts First
Connie’s Path to Communication
How the EHDI System of Care Helped A Parent See That She IS A Hero!
Maybe the Manual is in the Box to the Left
Bright and Pink: Permanent is Okay
One Family’s Journey: From Worry to Wonder - Taylor’s Story
How Bad Can Mild to Moderate Be
One Family’s Journey: How  Can Serendipity Lead to  Falling Through the Cracks?
Worth Every Mile to Family Camp
One Family’s Journey: Just Like Any Child
Eight Steps to Bike Ride
What’s Your Sign?
One Family’s Journey: A Mother’s Dream:  A Career in Deaf Education
Getting Outside: Kids with Equipment
One Family’s Journey: Seeing is Hearing: Adopting and Parenting a Deaf Child
A Father’s Outlook
Music to My Ears
A Perfect World Letter to Myself - guest columnist Ann Porter shares part of her story.
Auditory Neuropathy: A Frustrating Diagnosis
One Family’s Journey The Path Less Traveled
Coming Full Circle
More Than We Know
One Family’s Journey The Best Fit for One Family
A Babe in the Woods - A journey of awareness
One Family’s Journey: A Child Like Us… Or Not?
Celebrating the Music in Our Lives
If We Only Knew Then
One Family’s Journey: False Positive Fades to Just Positive
Hip, Hip, Hooray for Hippotherapy
One Family’s Journey: Unexpected Opportunities
When My Daughter made her first ling sound
A Learning Experience
Mixed Feelings:  Making Surgical Decisions for Children with Microtia/Atresia
Kids Say the Funniest Things
Less Payneful Homeschooling . . .
One Family’s Journey: Silver Lining
One Family’s Journey: Lifejacket in Place for Mom of Three Boys
Shape of the Future
Learning from Friends
What Matters?
Birth to Graduation: Just Like That
Grandparents Joining the Journey
Listening to Dads
A Day in the Life of Hands & Voices
Some typical questions sent in to our Headquarter offices and the answers we replied with are showcased in this article from
The H&V Communicator
Permission to be Sad When “It Could Be Worse”
Lainey’s Diagnosis - A New Beginning
The Sunshine of my life
Deaf: Not a Four Letter Word
Finding Services and Support in Rural British Columbia
Baby, It’s A New World Outside
A short essay on the benefits of taking young children outside to play.
One Family’s Story:
Growing as an Advocate for Alyssa Naomi
One Family’s Journey:
You Can (Almost) Always Get What You Need
Foster Care:
Tyler's Story
Through the Hands of Tori
One Family’s Journey:
Uncommon Gratitude
GBYS Profile Meet Christine Griffin,
Program Coordinator, WA
A Story of Hope and Love
A Son’s Hearing Loss; A Mother’s Personal Challenges
“Don’t You Know How to Sign?” Sign Language Interpreters in the Medical Setting
Our Children/Our Stories: Three Families Share the Spotlight
One Family’s Journey... Reaching a New Normal
Lee Woodruff: Raising a Child with a Different Ability
How Auditory Neuropathy & Cued Speech Sent Us Home
One Family’s Journey: To BAHA or Not To BAHA
Born Premature at 24 weeks: Scotts Story
One Family’s Journey: Summer with the John Tracy Clinic
LVAS & Progressive Hearing Loss
Darth Vader Takes a Holiday
My Twins Story: Neonatal Intensive Care for 88 Days
Does She or Doesn’t She? Insights from the Dinner Table
One Family’s Journey: Will My Deaf Son Ever Learn to Read?
IEP Survival Kit
Deciphering Dane
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Adults: Still Relevant After All These Years
Beyond Here Be Dragons (Just Where Is Best Practice in Deaf Education?)
The Name Game
Words of Wisdom
Idioms - All the fun’s in how you say a thing
We Interrupt this Commercial Message
One Family’s Journey: The Value of Connecting to Other Parents
Things I Have Learned From Having a Deaf Son
One Family’s Story: Know When to Hold Them
It Takes a Village: An IEP Experiment Pays Off in Michigan
One Family's Journey: Conducting the Sweetest Sound
part one
. A two part story about a family's journey after having a child with a conductive hearing loss.
One Family's Journey: The Sound Conductor
part two
One Family’s Journey: An Italian Road to English
One Family’s Journey: An Implant for a Culturally Deaf Child
One Family’s Journey:  When the Medical System Fails a Child
Following Your Child’s Lead: The Dance of Language
Jumping Naked:  Texas Toddler Goes Natural
Crossing Over
- A story of the journey from "parent" to "professional"
Chinese Deaf Adopted: Bailee’s Story
Twists and Turns: Journeys with Implants
The Choices We Make
For Better or For Worse - Keeping Relationships Strong while Parenting Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Ho Ho Huh?
Ideas for Surviving the Holidays
My Life is Changing Before My Eyes
- An article about watching your child grow up and take charge on her own life.
Constantly on the Move -
A Military families story
Transition to Implants: A Family Story
Of Fences & College Freshmen
Maddies Choice
A mothers perspective on the decision to get a cochlear implant for her daughter
In Praise of Siblings
The Oullette Family: Journey through Choices
Six Small Ears, Four Earmolds and One Happy Household
A Parent's Right to Choose
Hands & Voices Interview: High School Senior Elise Bartley
The Juggler
- A Beautifully Poignant Insight into a Mother's Perspective
Hands & Voices: Supporting Families Without Bias
The Good Things
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Where do we fit in?
Cooking up Work Experience at Glen Eyrie - Adventures in a Teens First Job.
Marlee Matlin: What My Parents Understood
Meet the Colemans: The Story behind 'Signing Time'
THE SUPPORT DRIVER (or the Tour de Nevada)
A Note to Coach
Una Nota Para El Entrenador
Hey Mom, I Love You Too!
Testing for Connexin 26:  One Family's Story
Social Issues for Our Kids - Letter and Responses
A Student's Perspective
Hearing Moments: Life with Auditory Neuropathy
What's in a Name
- Discussing Labels Placed on Our Kids
Surviving Preschool: Experiences of the Reluctant Parent
A Students Perspective: My Heritage
Educated Knowledge vs. Real Life
Doing What Works for Our Children: A Parent's Story
From Vulnerability to Confidence: Riding the Swing
Making Sacrifices: Doing What's Best
My Baby Brother: One of Us
What Did You Say? A Lesson For Us All
Field of Dreams Baseball Camp
..I've seen the future
Transition: High School to College
The Road Less Taken: Supporting a Deaf Child in a Rural Community
A Birth Story and the Not So Helpful "Helping Professions"
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In A Perfect World
In a Perfect World
These short essays written by Leeane Seaver appear in every issue. The topics range from personal stories to comments on systems and culture.
Beyond Here Be Dragons (Just Where Is Best Practice in Deaf Education?)
The Name Game
-- We Interrupt this Commercial Message
Feng Shui in the DHH Family
IEP Survival Kit
Deciphering Dane
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Adults: Still Relevant After All These Years
Can Schools Withhold Information about D/HH Educational Options?
What’s Missing in the Mainstream?
Is This a Deaf Thing
Rants, Raves & Realizations
The Hat of Public Trust
Words of Wisdom
Idioms - All the fun’s in how you say a thing
In a Perfect World: You can Feel a Lu llaby
In a Perfect World Letter to Leeanne
In A Perfect World: The Road to Eathie
In a Perfect World –The Seer
In a Perfect World: Speechless
In a Perfect World All You Need Is Love
In a Perfect World: The Powhiri at Ruamoko Marae
In A Perfect World - Perfect Recall - 15-1 perfect recall
In A Perfect World: Objects May Be Clearer in the Rearview Mirror
In a Perfect World: Wait for it
A Perfect World Letter to Myself
- guest columnist Ann Porter shares part of her story
In a Perfect World Seasons
In a Perfect World: Socially Blundering and Blowing It
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Deafed Reform
Deafed Reform
This section of articles contains articles that reflect historical and current efforts in the Deaf Education Reform movements across the U.S.A.
What’s Changing in Deaf Ed in WA?
What Have We Learned from Research in Deaf Ed?
OCR Position on Accelerated Programs Access
The Office for Civil Rights has issued a “Dear Colleague” letter  addressing the growing practice of refusing to allow children with disabilities to participate in challenging academic programs, such as Advanced Placement courses...
Are State Schools for the Deaf at the “Tipping Point”?
NDEP Statement of Principle
FAPE vs. BEST: Oops! Someone used the word "BEST"
The Reform Movement: Changes for Deaf Education Reform Imminent
With excerpts from "A Blueprint for Closing the Gap - Developing a Statewide System of Service Improvements for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing," a report of the Colorado Department of Education, Deaf Education Reform Taskforce.
The Communication Gap: Why we Need to Reform Deaf Education
Deaf Education Reform: The Time Is NOW
What Kind of Diploma is Your Child Going to Receive?
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Early Intervention
These articles were written for and about the early intervention period (Birth –Three years of age in the USA) of children who are D/HH.  Some articles are U.S. law specific, while others carry information of a general nature applicable beyond country borders.
Early Intervention Takes the Cake
Listening to Dads
One Family’s Journey - Impatient to Know More
Finding Our Way Through the EHDI System
IFSP – “Involved” Family Service Plan
Falling Through the Cracks with Microtia/Atresia
Transition to Preschool
Birth to Three Years:  Protecting Parents’ Privacy while Ensuring Continuity of Care
The Eligibility Survival Guide
Natural Environments:  A Call for Policy Guidance
Birth to Three Corner - No Time to Be Afraid
Where in the World Has EHDI Gone Now? Saipan!
Thriving in the Detour
Homebirth and Hearing Screening: A Dilemma in Public Health
Top 10 Ways You Know You Have a Toddler Who is Deaf or H/H
Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
Transition to Preschool
Elements of a Language-Rich Home Environment
Spoken Language gets a Piggy-back Ride on Language in any Modality
- Excerpts from an upcoming book by Christie Yoshinaga-Itano
KU researchers Examine how Family Life is Affected by Children who are Deaf
Part C of the IDEA: What You Need to Know
Unilateral Hearing Loss: Tips for Parents
The Birth - Three Corner Frequently Asked Questions
A Parents Wishlist for Early Interventionists
Early ID and Intervention: The Journey Starts Here
Building A Strong Foundation
For the Sake of Joy
FROM THE HEART: Impact of Newborn Hearing Screening on Outcomes for Children and Families
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Deaf People & Perspectives on Deafness
This section of articles covers a variety of topics from the ‘D/HH perspective’.  Many of the articles are from “One Person’s Journey” but may provide insight to parents for their own children.  The value and infusion of the D/HH perspective at H&V is of utmost importance.
More Than Their "S" Sound
The Cursive D - DHH Infusion
My First Language is Garbled
Discovering Me Myself and I
My Week at Tech Boyz Camp
The Talk
DHH Infusion: Finding My Own Way
My Story: Faith, Focus and Follow-through
Why Meet a DHH Guide?
My Cochlear Implant
Gifts of a Different Ability
A Whole New World: My Journey into Gallaudet
Out of the Deaf Closet
Barefooting and Family Support
Normally Deaf
Secrets of My Success: The Playground Effect
Growing Up Before EHDI… with Thanks to My Parents
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Infusion within Hands & Voices
A Hands & Voices Policy Document approved by the Hands & Voices Board of Directors in July, 2011. printed in The Communicator - Winter 2012
Matthew Weighs In with Hard-of-Hearing Perspective
Being a Deaf Mom
Learning to Love the Phone
Let’s Stop Waiting for the World to Change: Supporting Deaf Individuals with Mental Health Challenges
Uncommon Sense:  Sensory Impairment Doesn’t Slow Ike Junior
Advice from a College Bound Drama Queen
Hold On to the Dream:
Massage Therapist at Peaceful Valley
The Deaf Doc Is In
The Natural History of Bias -
The lead article of the Summer 06 issue of the Communicator
Following the Street Lights: Brian Hubbard's Story
“Renaissance Man” in Pursuit of Personal Goals
Chatting with Chelsea
- Some thoughts on connecting for teens
Finding My Rhythm
- A student's journey into dance
Welcome to my World
- A HS student shares her heart and thoughts on her world.
Mystery Author Unveiled: Meet Henry Kisor
Marlee Matlin: What My Parents Understood
'Sound and Fury' Update: A Family Comes Together Again
Communication at a Distance
My Life Experiences
Achieving Dreams through Persistence
Deaf children in Nicaragua teach scientists about language
"Please come to Pakistan"
A True life HV dialogue with a parent needing help in far off Pakistan - the marvels of e-mail and the web
Building a Joyful Life
Vocational Rehabilitation:  A Beginner's Guide
Why Wait to Communicate? Sign classes for Hearing Babies
Beyond "Survivor": An Interview with Christy Smith
Risk of Bacterial Meningitis in Children with Cochlear Implants: Study Released by CDC
A Fork in the Road: Progressive Hearing Loss
Ear Infections
Background Noise: The Hidden Culprit
A Traffic Violation Can Be High Anxiety For Some Deaf/Hard of Hearing Citizens
Families Living in Rural Settings... How Full is the Glass?
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Education
This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are D/HH.    The main focus is on WHAT to consider.  The Advocacy section takes a deeper look at HOW to get what a child needs and the Law section provides resources for the legal implications in education.
The Critical Shortage of TODs: What This Means for Our Kids
Sidebar 1- TOD Shortage: Professional Resources
Sidebar 2- What is the role of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teachers?
Reducing Effects of Split Attention
Mainstream Experiences: Split Decisions
Lies Your Mother Told You About Raising and Educating a Deaf Child
Win-Win for Two Unique Populations
Vocational Rehabilitation: My Perspective
Accomodations:  One Size Doesn’t Fit all (Wyvill)
A Dialogue Between Two Subjects (Excerpted from the Series, ‘Transgressing the Object’)
Back to School…Stress and Hope
Supporting Peers in the Classroom
Using Apps for Homework and More
Can We Teach That? Social/Emotional Skill Development
One Family’s Story: Raising a Reader
H&V Asks:  What About Deaf Schools?
Homeschooling a Child who is Hard-of-Hearing
Transitioning to College - Let People Know What is Needed
Happy or Not? When the Need for Specialized Instruction Lessens
Staying in Tune: Music in the Preschool Classroom
Beyond High School
- An H&V interview with
Ronald R. Kelly, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Research and Teacher Education. National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
One Family’s Journey:
How Auditory Neuropathy & Cued Speech
Sent Us Home
Ed. Interpreters Unplugged -
a compilation of responses to the statement, “What I want others to know about interpreting….”
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Self Advocacy Inventory
(pdf)
DHH & College Bound: Tips from Two Who Made the Leap
Later Intervention:
Meeting the Language Learning Needs of Students Far Past Preschool
How Many are Enough? Defining “Critical Mass”
Critical Mass - A Critical Message Op-ed
A followup piece to the How Many are Enough? Defining "Critical Mass" article above.
Parents Bridge Gap between Research & Practice
Taking a Picture Walk
A picture walk is a shared activity between an adult reader and child or group of children before reading an unfamiliar story.
Start the Music
Singing with your child creates a bond whether they can hear or not.
The Eligibility Survival Guide
Homeschooling the Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
What Do Parents Need to Know About Recommended Practices in Deaf Ed?
Implementing Classroom Acoustics Standards: A Progress Report
Are They All Visual Learners? Learning Styles and our Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Kids
[ Link to
Spanish Version
- ]
RTI: What it is, What it Isn't
One Year’s Growth in One Year, Expect No Less
Making Progress: The One for One Rule
Defining "Appropriate" Education for Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- an excert from COLORADO QUALITY STANDARDS
The Parent Checklist for Preschool/Kindergarten Placement
A checklist for families to use when they visit preschool programs when their child is preparing to "graduate" from their early intervention program and enter preschool.
Cognition in the Classroom: The Academic and Social Implications
Shared Reading Project Brings Stories to Life
Another Path: A Resource for Homeschooling Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
Tennis Balls Increase Children's Attention
Tips for Successful Inclusion:
A General Educator & Teacher of the Deaf Team Up to Share Their Advice
Ask Shirley
(Parent Advocate)
Educational Captioning
The Functional Listening Evaluation
Mainstreaming Children Who are Deaf / Hard of Hearing
-Available Only as a PDF file-
Hands and Voices Interview: Improving Acoustics in the Classroom Through a Parent's Perspective
Raising the Bar: Literacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Making The Grade:  A Hard of Hearing Adult looks back on Her Education
A Young Man's Journey: American Sign Language as a Foreign Language for High School/College Requirements
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Advocacy
This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are D/HH. The Advocacy section takes a deeper look at
HOW
to get what a child needs and the Law section provides resources for the legal implications in education.  The education section generally focuses on WHAT to consider in education.
The POP-UP IEP
- One of our most asked for pages!
Applying for Disability
Benefits For a Child
Parallels: Parenting and Legislation
Parents as Advocates in a Child’s Education
The Advocacy Corner: Relationship Building is the Place to Start
Diving into the Mainstream Classroom: Steps to Success
Advocacy Corner: Interpreting Services
What Motivates Us?
Be the Rainbow
Almost Heaven
Thoughts on Leadership
The Forest through the Trees
Hands & Voices Asks:  What Does it Mean to be Parent-Driven?
Will My Child Go To College, Get A Job, and Live Independently?
Thoughts on Leadership
Make Your Message Stick with Stories
Ensuring Equal Access for Signing Students
Do State Mandates for Hearing Aid Coverage Go Far Enough?
Getting to Yes: Confessions of a Reluctant Advocate
Why Families move
The Deaf Child Sign - Does It Work
Young Athlete Fights for Reasonable Accommodations
Unilateral Loss and
Family Support - A GBYS Yahoo Groups Discussion Unveiled
Neutral is a Shade of Color, Not an Organization
The Right Person at the Right Time:
Teresa Curtin, JD, Attorney for the Family
.Teresa Curtin is a New York City attorney who talks abour her experience working for families involved in a surge of Advanced Bionics cochlear implant “soft failures.” Teresa is a tenacious, personable powerhouse who just happens to be Deaf and a very satisfied CI user herself.
Top Ten Mistakes Parents of Deaf /HH Kids Make in Preparing for their I.E.P
Top Ten mistakes Made by Professionals in Preparation for or an IEP Meeting
What Parents Want General Educators to Know
One Family’s Story:
Growing as an Advocate for Alyssa Naomi
Smoothing the Way for Your Child’s Participation in Sports
One Family’s Journey:
You Can (Almost) Always Get What You Need
Preferential Seating: What Does it Mean?
Passing of the “Advocacy” Baton: One Family’s Story
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Self Advocacy Inventory
(pdf)
Matthew’s Presentation: PowerPoint as a Self-Advocacy Tool
Your Child’s IEP Team: Can you Request a Specific
Service Provider?
Click here for Spanish Version
IEP Survival Kit
- The lead article from our Spring '09 issue of
The Communicator
Mediation: Conflict Resolution for Parents and School Districts outside the Courtroom
Setting D/HH Standard for ‘Appropriate’ Education
- The lead article from our Winter '09 issue of
The Communicator
The Eligibility Survival Guide
Safety Patrol: A Fifth Grader, His Mom, and a Lesson in Advocacy
Learning the Hard Way: Becoming a Successful Self-Advocate
Do You Know What Is Being Signed To Your Child?
A Quick Guide for the Novice Parent
Parent Convinces Best Buy to Add Hearing Aid Coverage for Children
Preventing Learned Helplessness
Self Advocacy Inventory (SAI)
- This informal inventory of observable skills should serve as a catalyst to spark dialogue and provide common ground for discussing issues that impact the students' lives in profound ways.
pdf
Our Journey with Matthew By Caloy Fernandez, CO Deaf Guide-by-Your-Side Advocate
Self-Advocacy and Use of an Educational Interpreter
Special Education Law: A New IDEA for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (
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News from Around the World: Advocacy Tips from Australia
Self-advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Special Needs and Hearing Loss: To Whom It May Concern (or continue to not bother)
RAdvocacy and the New Vocabulary of Power
Communication Breakdown: First Experience with an Educational Interpreter
The Myth of the Perfect IEP: After the Paperwork is Finished...
OSEP Addresses D/HH Language Proficiency
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Hands & Voices
The ADA and Child Care
Parent Strategies for Child Care Inclusion
Hands & Voices Advocacy Q&A: Student Rights
Escrito en espanol tambien
A Mothers "To Do" List
The P.E.I.: An Attachment for your childs I.E.P.
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The Law - IDEA & ADA
This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are D/HH.    The main focus of this section provides resources for the legal implications (mostly U.S)  in education.  The education section focuses on the WHAT to consider in education, and the advocacy section takes a deeper look at HOW to get what a child needs.
Keeping the “I” in IEP’s
The H&V IEP Meeting Planner Unveiled
Expanded Core Curriculum for Students
Hard of Hearing Law Student Forced to Drop Out, Files Lawsuit
Understanding Your Child’s Rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Natural Environments:  A Call for Policy Guidance
How to guide for passing Hearing Aid Legislation
Senate & House Committee Vote YES to Reauthorize IDEA 2004
IDEA 2004 Final Regulations Finally Here!
IDEA 2004 FINAL Regulations Pertaining to Deaf Education and Audiology
Open for Business:
The ADA and Hearing Loss
Special Education Law: A New IDEA for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (
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What's the Big IDEA? The 2004 Reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act means big changes for all of us.
Why the IEP Was Not For Me
Frequently asked Questions: Communication Plan for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students
One Teacher's Voice: The Million Dollar Lawsuit
DEAF IS DIFFERENT: Educational Impacts and Cultural Perspectives
Has IDEA. Been Interpreted Beyond Reasonableness
Supporting Families in Transition between Early Intervention and School Age Programs
A Question of Automatic Eligibility: Does My Deaf/HH Child Need an IEP?
For More Effective Communication: The ADA Paves The Way
No Parents Left Behind
DCBR Revisited: The Deaf Child Bill of Rights Six Years Later
A look at the Deaf Childs Bill of Rights and an Overview of What Parents Should Know about their child's
Communication Plan
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Technology
This section of articles explores different technology opportunities, perspectives, and insights.
Functional Listening: Parental Observations Key in Audiology Sessions
Demystifying Speech to Text Services
Wisdom from the Web
Gifts of a Different Ability
Equipment and Babies (Kennedy)
Ask the Audiologist: Cochlear Implant Mapping (Pargman)
Ask the Audiologist
Blogging Audi knows an APP for that
A Resource for Movie Accessibility: What is Captionfish?
Get in the Hearing Loop! Technology to Improve Listening in Noise
App Happy 2
After the Warranty Expires
What Happens after the Processor Warranty is Up?
Get App-Happy
Inject a little Music
Connecting Kids and Teens
Touch Screens Bridge a Gap
What Parents Need to Know about CI “Soft Failure”
A Story of Faith
- Family experiences with Cochlear technology
Going to the Theater
The BAHA: Is Bilateral Better?
New Cell Technology
One Family’s Journey:  CART Keeps Military Family Moving
Classroom Acoustics: The Untreated Learning Environment
TTY to Videophones:A Retrospective
Complicated Listening Environments: How do Children with Hearing Loss Manage?
New Captioning Methods and Software
Full Article
New Captioning Methods and Software
Summarized Article
My Family’s Genetic Puzzle:  Solved
Baha: Another Pathway to Sound
Vaccines Urgent for CI Children
An Argument for Acoustics
Audiology FAQ Part 1
How to guide for passing Hearing Aid Legislation
Twists and Turns: Journeys with Implants
Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
Digital Cell Phones and Hearing Aids: Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers)
"Minimal" Hearing Loss:  What Does it Mean?
Disappearing Captions: A Strike at the Power of Inclusive Technology
Great News on the Acoustics Front
Acoustics and Socialization
Technology: Parents Speak Out
New Technologies for Students Who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing:
A CDE Grant Studies the Possibilities
The Swim Team
Airplane, Hot Dog, Cowboy ...Life in the real world.
To Aid or Not to Aid: Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss
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Program Articles / H&V Resources
Communication Considerations A to Z
Communication Considerations A to Z™
is a series from Hands & Voices that's designed to help families and the professionals working with them access information and further resources to assist them in raising and educating children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Link to Communication Considerations
A to Z™
O.U.R - Our Children's
Safety Series
We don't like to think about it, but our kids who are deaf or hard of hearing are at a higher risk for both
abuse and neglect
. Like any children, they are at risk.   Hands & Voices is working closely with researcher
Harold Johnson at Michigan State University
to understand the scope of this problem, partner with supporting agencies (who often need to learn more about deafness), and teach ourselves how best to
bserve,
nderstand, and
espond to our children. As a result we have a
section of articles
addressing this issue. To keep them safe. To keep them free to grow up in the innocence of childhood.
Our Network Expands!
More info...
[ Check out the O.U.R series of articles ]
The "What Parents Need to Know" Series
The "What Parents Need to Know" Series discuss topics that parents often ask about.
Link to the "What Parents Need to Know" Series
"The White Papers:"
Where Hands & Voices stands on the issues
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