I attended a meeting today for a student in one of my Honors classes. This student (named Student A for confidentiality purposes) is in the moderate range for hearing loss.
Each teacher was given this yellow form, which explained how to change your classroom to accommodate for this student. It was really helpful! I have now decided to move this student to the middle and front. I have also decided to have all of my worksheets and assignments accessible online so that this student can easily follow along without getting lost or having to hear and remember all the instructions.
Each faculty member was also given a diagram of the student’s hearing loss to see a visual of where this student was on the spectrum of noise (see right).
Again, this was helpful to see how my classroom might need to be changed. (Ex: moving this student away from the door, having this student work in groups close to the wall to prevent other outside, and most importantly, not singling this student out!)
Though this will be a challenge, I’m ready for it! And I’m excited to help this student have a great experience in my class!