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Tune In! On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast Features Clarke Program Director

Tune In! On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast Features Clarke Program Director

Tune in to On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast hosted by Dakota Sharp to hear Meredith Berger, MSEd. SBL/SDL, Director of Clarke New York, lead a deep dive on Microtia/Atresia. Microtia is a small or absent pinna (outer ear), while...

March 27, 2023

Tune In! Social-Emotional Learning Podcast Features Clarke Education Support Specialist

Tune in to the BIG PICTURE Social Emotional Learning Podcast to hear Sherri Fickenscher, M.S., LSLS Cert. AVEd, teacher of the deaf and education support specialist at Clarke, discuss the importance of social-emotional instruction and support for children who are...

March 23, 2023

Are You An Active Listener?

Penny Gill (right), teacher of the deaf at Clarke, works with a family in Clarke’s Birth to Age Three Program. Tips for Professionals Working with Families Have you ever emerged from a conversation feeling energized, supported and truly heard? You...

February 22, 2023

Clarke Teacher of the Deaf Co-Authors Article on Korean Immigrant Experience During COVID-19 Pandemic

Joo Young Hong, teacher of the deaf at Clarke, has co-authored a publication in the Natural Hazards Review, an ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) journal, titled “Perceived Vulnerability to Disease, Resilience, and Mental Health Outcome of Korean Immigrants amid...

January 27, 2023

Muhammad

Muhammad was diagnosed at birth with bilateral moderate to profound hearing loss. Today he's fluent in spoken English and Arabic.

December 16, 2022

How One Inclusive Mural Benefits All in a Mainstream School

Each day, students at Plains Elementary School in South Hadley, MA, walk by a colorful mural depicting animals with varying abilities, including a tiger—the school’s mascot—wearing a cochlear implant.

December 1, 2022

American Education Week, Leadership Transition & Clarke’s Vision

As Clarke celebrates American Education Week this November, we’re honoring the work of educators who support students of all ages and generating awareness that impactful, safe, just and equitable learning is essential. For context, American Education Week was instituted in...

November 14, 2022

Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: What Does This Mean for Your Family?

Christine Kelley, AuD, audiologist at the Clarke Hearing Center in Northampton, MA. October is Audiology Awareness Month, and this year we’re following an interesting development from the FDA. On August 16, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter...

October 13, 2022

Teachers and Families: How Do Your Books Stack Up?

Clarke alum Leighton reads at home. National Literacy Month is here! We cultivate literacy skills all year long at Clarke,* and are eager to join in the efforts each September to help increase awareness of the importance of developing literacy...

September 1, 2022

This Just In: Baby Talk Is Used Around the World

“Studies show that regardless of age, ethnicity or socio-economic status, most adults use [baby talk] with infants or toddlers,” says Sherri Fickenscher, MS, LSLS Cert. AVEd, education support specialist at Clarke. Over the weekend, NPR shared an article titled, “The...

August 1, 2022

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Tune In! On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast Features Clarke Program Director

Tune In! Social-Emotional Learning Podcast Features Clarke Education Support Specialist

Are You An Active Listener?

Clarke Teacher of the Deaf Co-Authors Article on Korean Immigrant Experience During COVID-19 Pandemic

Muhammad

How One Inclusive Mural Benefits All in a Mainstream School

American Education Week, Leadership Transition & Clarke’s Vision

Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: What Does This Mean for Your Family?

Teachers and Families: How Do Your Books Stack Up?

This Just In: Baby Talk Is Used Around the World

How Teachers of the Deaf Can Collaborate with Families Throughout the Year

Winter 2023 Issue of Mainstream News Now Available

Fall 2022 Issue of Mainstream News Now Available

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