Mainstream Services
Support for students, families, schools and districts
Mainstream Services
Itinerant Teacher Services—Providing Support Right Where They Need It
Clarke’s itinerant teaching service puts an experienced teacher of the deaf at a neighborhood school several times a week to offer assistance to both the student and the teacher. For many students who are deaf or hard or hearing, this personal attention is critical to success. The itinerant teacher’s expertise in hearing loss and its effect on the learning process ensures that any academic or social challenges students face are noticed and addressed immediately. Itinerant teachers observe students in class so they can offer meaningful consultation to teachers. Having an itinerant teacher involved in a student’s program helps put the student, the classroom teacher, the student’s entire school team and the other children at ease so they can all focus on what’s important – learning and growing together.
Read more about our Itinerant Teaching Services on Clarke’s Hear Me Out blog, and check out Mainstream News, our newsletter for educators and families.
Mainstream Services
Consulting Services—Educating Mainstream Schools
Most public and private schools in the United States have had little direct experience with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. When a school is unfamiliar with hearing loss, hearing aids, cochlear implants and other assistive devices commonly used by these students, it can be difficult to anticipate the students’ unique needs, both academically and socially. A mainstream consultant, who is a trained and experienced teacher of the deaf, provides support and training to school professionals, caregivers and students through a variety of personalized services which incorporate specific strategies to enhance each student’s communication access and success. Mainstream Services will work with a school’s team to create a customized consulting model that works for that school and the students it serves. Consultants are also available to do a one-time program evaluation.
Mainstream Services
Transitional Planning—Easing the Transition to the Mainstream
Transitioning from a specialized program, like those available at Clarke, to a mainstream school is a very exciting time for each child and family. Mainstream Services helps families lay out a set of steps to follow and offers support and guidance to both students and families during this important time of change. Once a school is chosen, a mainstream consultant begins to prepare the staff of the school to receive the student and is available to provide ongoing support through our itinerant services. But it can also raise a lot of questions:
- What is the best placement for my child?
- What kind of support services will my child need?
- How do we educate our child’s teachers and classmates about hearing loss?
- What do we do if something unexpected comes up?
Mainstream Services
Educational Audiological Management / Acoustical Classroom Evaluations
Educational audiologists are uniquely qualified to support students in the mainstream to assure they have auditory access to the information in all learning environments. They work directly with students, caregivers, classroom teachers, the itinerant teacher of the deaf, support personnel and administrators as part of the educational team. Our educational audiologists can also address the acoustical challenges that impact your staff and students and offer recommendations for minimizing these challenges.
Outcomes
Individualized support for students
Optimized learning environment
Training and coaching for educators and administrators
Family guidance
Our Stories
Dexter
Dexter has a single-sided profound hearing loss and wears a bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) to help access sound. He started attending Clarke New York’s...
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Madeline
Madeline’s diagnosis of moderately severe to profound hearing loss in both ears at the age of 18 months changed her...
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Jaden
Jaden is six years old and a fun and outgoing first grade student who’s bound to always leave you with a smile. He has...
Read More »Recent Clarke News
Clarke’s Chief Program Officer Featured in District Administration
Judy Sexton, Clarke’s chief program officer, has recently been published in District Administration. She shares best practices for facilitating success for students who are deaf or hard of hearing who use listening and spoken language in mainstream schools.
Clarke Leaders Featured in Equity and Access PreK-12
Read the May-June 2021 issue of Equity and Access PreK-12!
Florida Family Shares Their Listening and Spoken Language Journey
Despite living over 110 miles away, Danny’s family knew that Clarke’s site in Jacksonville was where he needed to be to learn to listen and talk.
