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Wow. I wonder if you are in the right field, given that you feel this way. This is a 7 year old child, who is still learning how to use an interpreter. He was probably in a DHH placement up until he transitioned to the mainstream. Learning how to use an interpreter is not a skill that is...

Exactly.

Point of clarification: The Audiologist said he had good speech- not that he had good hearing. His speech has not been an area of concern for me. He does have great speech and language. It's the receptive end that concerns me.

Right. Anyone with a significant hearing loss has difficulty hearing in noise. However, there are individuals with a hearing loss and an Auditory Processing Disorder as evidenced by some of the posts in this thread.

Here is an interesting article relevant to the history of IDEA... Archived: History of the IDEA: Thirty Years of Progress in Educating Children with Disabilities Through IDEA

Word :)

Oh! Well I wasn't talking about that at any point in this thread. Glad we cleared that up.

What does that have to do with anything? I was addressing the notion that DHH kids don't get "special education diploma's" unless they have something else going on. "Special Education" does not = a severely handicapped placement. Special Ed is the supports, services and goals students...

I don't question the fact that you were "maintained" and put in Sp Ed classes. I do know, very much what I'm talking about. Having the ability to hear doesn't have any impact on my ability to learn and understand the ways of the system.

What! :lol: 1) Please don't speak on behalf of me. No need to generalize that I don't "like" a certain posters posts. I don't like inaccurate information, and I don't like being patronized. Other than that, I have no problem with the posts. 2) The fallout from that! Say what!?!? I wrote...

I don't quite follow your post. It is also not necessary to state that I am "missing" something when that is not the case. Sounds just like another poster and it's rather patronizing and incorrect. What is more likely that perhaps we are talking about two different things. "Flaws" that set...

The reauthorization of IDEA in 2004 made it clear that student's need to be in placements that meet their individual needs- not the general needs of the school district. It is more common now for DHH students to be in either mainstream settings with support, or in schools for the deaf. Some...

Typically, it's for student's who have been in self-contained placements which turn into life-skills classes etc. as they get older. Generally speaking, it's for individual students who don't have the cognitive ability to benefit from and progress in the general Ed setting. They only determine...

You seem to think "special Ed" means a classroom placement- which it doesn't. Special Ed and IEP's means the student gets support and services whether they are in a mainstream program or a Special Ed class. For the most part, Special Ed "diploma's" are only given to students who have other...

The mother likely continues with the signing because even though her daughter can speak and has a CI, she is still deaf. Expressively the girl may be able to speak, but that doesn't mean she has complete access to language receptively without sign. Often times kids with oral skills will drop...

:ty: for the link ;)

I get what you are saying... That's why it never even occurred to me that he might have an APD. But, with the test in noise the levels are theoretically loud enough for the patient to be able to discern the word being said. I'm definitely not hoping for another diagnosis, but I do want to...

Thank you for the post... My son is much the same as you... He gets tired at the end of the day, and even gets headaches from it sometimes. He has an interpreter at school which I know helps him, but I know there are situations where it's difficult for him. We have a new audiologist, and I...

I'm kind of the same way in terms of taking tests essentially in isolation, especially with math. When he does the math portion of the Star Test (statewide test), he goes in a distraction free room. I'm almost thinking to have him start taking majority of his tests that way and see if it...