“Ugh! I HATE science! I give up!” my seventh grader grumbled, pulling her science book out of her backpack then laying her head in her hands, eyes closed. I opened the book to the unit her teacher had...

As teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing, we understand the importance of fostering self-advocacy skills in all our students, even our preschoolers! Our students all have goals and objectives focused on self-advocacy because this early, supported practice helps...

 Like the students, Hear Me Out is going on break for the summer. I’ll return in August with back to school planning tips! 

As itinerants, there are many things we’re thinking about as the school year comes to a close. I have multiple IEP meetings, in-services for some of my students, transition meetings and June progress reports. My planner is a rainbow of...

    The end of the school year is quickly approaching and with it, a variety of special excursions off school grounds. For several of my students, this will include their first overnight school trip! Eighth-grade campouts, overnight museum stays and city...

I walked into the eighth-grade health class for an observation after April break. Before class officially began, a student with typical hearing commented on my tan and asked where I had been. My student came up during our conversation and...

Although there is still cold weather in the forecast here in Massachusetts, I’m told it’s spring!  Along with the potentially warmer weather, spring also means end-of-the- year reports and for many of my students, IEP and 504 meetings. Decisions made...

“You’re so lucky you’re deaf. You can just turn everyone off.” My head whipped up just in time to notice the look of dismay briefly cross my seventh-grade student’s face. He recovered quickly, smiled hesitantly, and muttered, “Yeah” as he...

“Oh! Here…nope, not this one. It says, ‘hammer, anvil, and stirrup.’ I want one with the scientific words –malleus, incus, and stapes,” my eighth grader softly explains as he scans internet images of the ear on my computer, looking for...

It’s January! Along with the bitter cold, snow, and ice here in Massachusetts come the quarterly and mid-year progress reports. As teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing, we spend hours each quarter reviewing data from individual sessions with each student,...