Children are pre-taught skills, concepts, vocabulary and routines they will be exposed to in their mainstream kindergarten classroom. Children use their hearing aids or speech processors in order to access auditory information and develop spoken language. Parent Involvement Parents have an integral role in our program. Parents are invited and encouraged to use our observation windows to observe their child throughout the course of the school day as they participate in therapy, small group, art, gross motor and play activities. Home-school notebooks are used to keep daily contact between parents and teachers.
Teachers are available daily to answer parents' questions and address their concerns.
In addition, weekly meetings can be arranged with parents to discuss their child's progress and address any concerns they may have regarding deafness and their child. Classroom Modifications Our kindergarten classroom is designed with the hearing impaired child's audiological needs in mind. Special acoustic wall covering has been installed in the classroom, gross motor room and therapy rooms to absorb extraneous noise and provide an accoustically conducive listing environment. In addition, a portable sound field system is used to amplify sound and provide our children with direct access to speech sounds.