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New consultation service available for districts with hearing impaired students | MyCentralJersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission will provide Central Jersey school districts with deaf and hard-of-hearing students new consultation services from Karen Noble, a specialist in the field of hearing-impaired students.
The new service will include a three-hour consultation by Noble, former New Jersey Department of Education consultant for the deaf and hard of hearing. The consultation costs $300 and consists of student observation, testing, and meeting with staff to ensure the district’s efforts are aligned with the student’s Individual Education Program, according to a commission release.
Once a determination is made, as to whether in fact the district is interested in services, then districts would be billed at an hourly basis of $65 an hour.
“Mrs. Noble is recognized for her expertise in this area, so her services will be of great use to school districts in helping them meet the needs of their deaf or hard of hearing students,” said Commission Superintendent of Schools Mark Finkelstein. “More and more districts, for a lot of different reasons, are accommodating hard-of-hearing populations in district. Fewer and fewer deaf and hard-of-hearing students are being pulled from in district. Districts are really trying to establish programs in house.”
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission already works in conjunction with the Trenton-based Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf. According to Finkelstein, the commission is expanding its existing “Partnerships for Children with Hearing Loss/Itinerant Services” division “because districts rarely have the in-house expertise to address student needs.”
“Appropriate education of deaf or hard of hearing students is a state mandate,” Finkelstein said. “However, not many organizations can assist districts in this area. We are delighted to be able to offer additional support.”
Noble has a bachelor’s degree in deaf education, a master’s degree in special education, and taught at the Katzenbach School for nearly two decades. In addition, she has completed professional preparation in Cochlear Implants program. This program is “designed for teachers of deaf children, speech-language pathologists and educational audiologists,” and is offered by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in conjunction with the Clarke School for Hearing and Speech in Bryn Mawr, Pa.; the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City, Calif.; the Atlanta Speech School, in Atlanta; and the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission serves more than 400 school districts and municipal communities throughout New Jersey. Established in 1977, the commission provides specialized, auxiliary and remedial services to thousands of eligible special needs students, a comprehensive Professional Development Academy, and the Collaborative Educational Services program, with the aim of helping districts offer educational programs for special needs students within their neighborhood schools.
The MRESC Co-op, the largest in New Jersey with representation in every county, reduces costs for schools and other government agencies by increasing its participant’s buying power on equipment and supplies ranging from natural gas and electricity, to vehicles, office supplies and playground equipment.
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission will provide Central Jersey school districts with deaf and hard-of-hearing students new consultation services from Karen Noble, a specialist in the field of hearing-impaired students.
The new service will include a three-hour consultation by Noble, former New Jersey Department of Education consultant for the deaf and hard of hearing. The consultation costs $300 and consists of student observation, testing, and meeting with staff to ensure the district’s efforts are aligned with the student’s Individual Education Program, according to a commission release.
Once a determination is made, as to whether in fact the district is interested in services, then districts would be billed at an hourly basis of $65 an hour.
“Mrs. Noble is recognized for her expertise in this area, so her services will be of great use to school districts in helping them meet the needs of their deaf or hard of hearing students,” said Commission Superintendent of Schools Mark Finkelstein. “More and more districts, for a lot of different reasons, are accommodating hard-of-hearing populations in district. Fewer and fewer deaf and hard-of-hearing students are being pulled from in district. Districts are really trying to establish programs in house.”
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission already works in conjunction with the Trenton-based Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf. According to Finkelstein, the commission is expanding its existing “Partnerships for Children with Hearing Loss/Itinerant Services” division “because districts rarely have the in-house expertise to address student needs.”
“Appropriate education of deaf or hard of hearing students is a state mandate,” Finkelstein said. “However, not many organizations can assist districts in this area. We are delighted to be able to offer additional support.”
Noble has a bachelor’s degree in deaf education, a master’s degree in special education, and taught at the Katzenbach School for nearly two decades. In addition, she has completed professional preparation in Cochlear Implants program. This program is “designed for teachers of deaf children, speech-language pathologists and educational audiologists,” and is offered by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in conjunction with the Clarke School for Hearing and Speech in Bryn Mawr, Pa.; the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City, Calif.; the Atlanta Speech School, in Atlanta; and the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission serves more than 400 school districts and municipal communities throughout New Jersey. Established in 1977, the commission provides specialized, auxiliary and remedial services to thousands of eligible special needs students, a comprehensive Professional Development Academy, and the Collaborative Educational Services program, with the aim of helping districts offer educational programs for special needs students within their neighborhood schools.
The MRESC Co-op, the largest in New Jersey with representation in every county, reduces costs for schools and other government agencies by increasing its participant’s buying power on equipment and supplies ranging from natural gas and electricity, to vehicles, office supplies and playground equipment.