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Spring Issue of Mainstream News Now Available
The spring issue of Clarke’s Mainstream News is now available online! You’ll find ideas for how to support students who are deaf or hard of hearing as they job search, learn about the educational and social importance of pen pal
Communicating with Families at Each Stage of Mainstream Education
Families are an integral part of our educational support team in mainstream settings. Here are my tips for connecting with them as valued team members!
Divide and Conquer
As itinerant teachers of the deaf, we depend on our relationships with other professionals in school buildings to ensure comprehensive services for our students and carryover of skills. I try to co-treat regularly with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), reading teacher
Winter Issue of Mainstream News Now Available
The winter issue of Clarke’s Mainstream News sponsored by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf is now available online! Find recommendations for how best to support children who are deaf or hard of hearing as they make educational transitions, discover the
Rethinking Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch is a common accommodation for students with hearing loss. Typically, rather than eating lunch in a noisy cafeteria, a student with hearing loss and a few peers meet in a quiet space with an adult (often a teacher
The Role of Tests
School is now in full swing and grades close for the first term in just a few short days here in Massachusetts! As that date comes closer, it is common for teachers to administer quizzes, interims, tests and summatives… the
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The Hear Me Out blog is a forum for itinerant teachers of the deaf to share their experiences as they grow as professionals. It is produced by Clarke's Mainstream Services team as part of our mission to support children with hearing loss and the professionals who serve them. While we do not anticipate publishing new posts here, professionals will find numerous informative articles and resources on the blog.
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About the Hear Me Out Blog
Itinerant teachers of the deaf (TOD) provide direct services to children with hearing loss in mainstream schools, consultation to their teachers and professional development to school staff. Itinerant TODs travel to a child’s neighborhood school to provide one-on-one educational support, foster listening and spoken language development and help children build social and self-advocacy skills. They also act as a liaison between the family and their mainstream school. Hear Me Out provides a unique forum for these special teachers to share their experiences as they grow as professionals.
Hear Me Out is produced by Mainstream Services at Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech as part of our mission to support children with hearing loss and the professionals who serve them.
About the Author
Heather Stinson (CAGS, MED, S/LP-A) received her master’s degree in Education of the Deaf from Smith College in 2006 and a graduate certificate in Children, Families, and Schools (with a concentration in research methodology) from the University of Massachusetts in 2012. In addition to her many years of experience working with children with hearing loss who communicate using listening and spoken language, Heather has also worked as a preschool classroom teacher.
Heather has presented both locally and nationally on issues related to mainstreaming students with hearing loss and is a contributing author to Odyssey magazine. Heather currently works as an itinerant teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing at Clarke Mainstream Services, a program of Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech.