Mainstream Resources
by: Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech A very special thank you to Oticon, for their generous sponsorship of Clarke’s spring #MainstreamResources series on social media, which wrapped up yesterday. We hope the information provided over the past seven weeks was helpful as
Mainstream News Spring Resource Series
by: Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech Starting tomorrow, Clarke will launch a special spring edition of Mainstream News sponsored by Oticon. In an effort to provide relevant, regular content to parents and professionals working from home, we will publish a Mainstream News Spring Resources Series with posts three times
Embracing Teleservice
Things have changed overnight for schools, educators and families. Remote learning is taking place in many states, with varying degrees of preparedness, from elementary schools through college. Teleservice, or the application of telecommunications technology to deliver professional services at a
Staying Healthy, Being Prepared
Clarke takes the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak seriously and is dedicated to ensuring proper protocols are in place to protect staff, students and family. Updates and CDC resources for the Clarke community are regularly posted at http://www.clarkeschools.org/covid19. According to Education Week:
Making the Grade
Preparing Your Students (and Yourself!) It’s midterm and finals time for all of my junior high and high school students. I’ve worked with my schools to make sure accommodations are in place for students who will take their exams in
Using Labels with Pride
Selecting a Name I was sitting in a high school class, observing my student. There is a second student with hearing loss in that class as well. They’re not really friends but they do have several classes together and
Welcome!
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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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.
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.
