Children & Young Adults

 

Transitions are the times of change in life that we all go through as we move from childhood into adolescence on to adulthood. They may feel challenging, especially to children and young adults who are still finding their way in life. However, transitions are also opportunities to learn, grow, and discover new things about ourselves and the world around us.

The Ida Transitions Management tool is an interactive platform designed to help children and young adults with hearing loss and their families successfully manage key transitions during childhood and youth.

What are the benefits?

Enables children and young adults with hearing loss and their families to:

• Learn about their new environment and plan a successful transition
• Identify and articulate their needs for professional support
• Openly discuss the child or young adult’s hearing loss in the family

Provides:

• an effective go-to suite of online resources for children, young adults, and their families to help them manage transitions
• key insights into the needs of children and their families to provide appropriate and timely support
• a framework based on the principles of self-determination

 

Setting Language in Motion, a free, web-based resource developed as a collaborative effort between the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program of Boston Children’s Hospital includes seven video modules for parents, caregivers, and early intervention specialists of children with hearing loss.  It is based on the Building Blocks of Intervention webinar series created by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Children’s.

The goal of Setting Language in Motion is to foster an understanding of the importance of early language acquisition that supports robust linguistic competence and conceptual development in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Early intervention providers, deaf educators, early childhood specialists and allied professionals, parents, and other caregivers will benefit from this resource.

Modules include:

• Overview
• Early Identification
• The Ear and Testing
• Hearing Aids
• Language Learning Through Sign
• Communication and Language in the Home
• Family Supports

About the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program of Boston Children’s Hospital

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program provides comprehensive evaluation and consultative services to deaf and hard of hearing children. Program professionals interact closely with the child’s physician, school, and other applicable agencies. The team at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program cares for more than 1,000 children and their families each year. This program is one of the largest and most experienced programs of its kind in the country.

About the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center

The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, a division of Gallaudet University includes Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES), the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), and associated research, evaluation, training, and dissemination services. The primary purpose of the Clerc Center is to fulfill the national mission of improving the quality of education afforded to deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through age 21 across the country.

 

Students with Cochlear Implants: Guidelines for Educational Program Planning is a comprehensive set of guidelines designed to facilitate the planning of appropriate educational programs, supports and services for students using cochlear implant technology in the classroom.  The guide is the result of the collaborative work between the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program of Boston Children’s Hospital.

The Guidelines gives members of a student’s educational planning team a place to document key information, including:

• Language development
• current educational accommodations
• school-based language competencies in receptive
• expressive and pragmatic language for American Sign Language
• spoken English, spoken English with Sign Support, or other communication methods
• social-emotional development
• self-advocacy skills
• the student’s overall use and access to hearing assistive technology.