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National Scan on State Early Intervention Telepractice Policies
This report contains synthesized information on telepractice policies for early intervention (EI) services in all 50 U.S. states. Information came from publicly available copies of legislation, secondary sources such as the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and conversations with relevant stakeholders in some states.
Linking Language Building Strategies to Serve & Return
Sherri Fickenscher, LSLS Cert. AVEd, Clarke teacher of the deaf and education support specialist, presented at the 2021 Council for Exceptional Children. Participants linked language learning strategies to one of the five steps of brain-building Serve & Return outlined by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.
Adapting and Optimizing Learning for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Their Families in Virtual Environments
Sherri Fickenscher, LSLS Cert. AVEd, Clarke teacher of the deaf and education support specialist, participated in a panel presentation at the AG Bell Global Virtual Listening and Spoken Language Symposium in July 2020.
Resilience: Breakthrough Impacts for Brain Architecture
Sherri Fickenscher, Clarke teacher of the deaf and education support specialist, presented at the 2019 AG Bell Symposium in Madrid, Spain.
tVISIT Expansion Project
Clarke has expanded its application of the tVISIT service-delivery model to New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. This expansion project focused on using teleservices to increase access to high-quality LSL early intervention services for children ages birth to three years who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Recent Clarke News
Clarke Professionals Present at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo
Clarke Teachers of the Deaf Brittany Dorn, PhD, MEd, and Emily Snow, MED, will present “Reimaging the In-Service” at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo on January 18 in Orlando, Fl. Their poster presentation pulls research from behavior
Tune In! EmpowEAR Audiology Podcast Features Clarke Audiologists
Tune in to the EmpowEAR Audiology podcast hosted by Dr. Carrie Spangler to hear Ashley Dainton, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, audiologist at the Clarke Hearing Center, and Rebecca Huzzy, AuD, CCC-A, educational audiologist at Clarke, explore clinical and educational audiology and
Our Stories
Matthew
In early January, Clarke student Matthew and his classmates learned about Martin Luther King Jr. The following week, Matthew’s teacher asked...
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Leah
Leah was diagnosed with bilateral severe sensorineural hearing loss and was just under 10 months old when her family began...
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Muhammad
Muhammad has a bilateral hearing loss and began working with Clarke as a preschooler. In addition to his classroom experience,...
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