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Working with Students Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing A Guide for Faculty

Working with Students Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing A Guide for Faculty. Chances are that sometime in your teaching career you will have a student who is deaf or hard of hearing in your class.

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Working with Students Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing A Guide for Faculty

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  1. Working with Students Who Are Deaf/Hard of HearingA Guide for Faculty

  2. Chances are that sometime in your teaching career you will have a student who is deaf or hard of hearing in your class.

  3. “Both the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (ADAA) were enacted to remove obstacles that would prevent otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities from enjoying the same opportunities that are available to persons without disabilities.”

  4. This can be summed up in four words: Equal access for all !

  5. Every student should have an equal opportunity to benefit from, and participate in, the highest quality education UCF can provide… and you can help!

  6. Before the semester begins… • Student Disability Services (SDS) will contact you via email. • Web classes/online content is made accessible through the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) • Please fill out the online checklist that is sent to you. • If the student self-discloses his/her disability to you, you may want to meet with the student to discuss services/accommodations.

  7. The SDS office meets with each student to assess their needs and to determine reasonable accommodations. Once accommodations have been approved, we ask that you cooperate with any staff and service providers who may be providing communications for the student.

  8. And by all means, expect the student to be responsible for the same course content as all the other students in the class.

  9. During a lecture, many students who are deaf/hard of hearing rely on speech reading or reading your lips. Speech reading is only 30-50% accurate!

  10. With this in mind… • Try to face the class while speaking. • Keep movement around the classroom to a minimum. • Facial hair impedes speech reading. • Please repeat comments or answers from other members of the class.

  11. And if there is a microphone handy, please use it!

  12. Videos: To be compliant with the ADAA, ALL video material must be captioned. If videos/movies are part of your lecture material, please do the following:

  13. Learn how to activate the captions in the classroom. • Check to make sure that the material is captioned accurately. • If they are not captioned, please contact the SDS office here on campus, and they will arrange to have the material transcribed. • This takes time – please allow 2 weeks to transcribe.

  14. Some students may be assigned a speech-to-text provider or captionist… But what IS captioning?

  15. “A captionist’s role is to provide communication between a student who is deaf/hard of hearing and hearing persons via the typed word using a computerized abbreviation system.”

  16. Remember, • Captionists are not note takers • The captionists will require two seats • Should be seated near an electrical outlet • Require access to course syllabus and materials

  17. Captionists: • Will caption everything spoken/occurring • Will not participate in the lecture • Will not remain in class without the student • Will not distribute transcripts to anyone but • the student and SDS

  18. Not all deaf/hard-of-hearing students work with captionists… Some students will need to work with a sign language interpreter

  19. A sign language interpreter is in the classroom to facilitate communication between the student and his/her professor, and between the student and his/her classmates.

  20. Remember, The interpreter may voice for the student When speaking with the student, look at the student, not the interpreter Be aware of lag time between asking a question and the time the student responds to it When two interpreters are teaming, they will switch out every 15-20 minutes.

  21. Also, If you would like to speak to the student after class and will need the assistance of the interpreter, ask the interpreter if she/he can stay for a few minutes.

  22. For additional information and suggestions for teaching students who are deaf/hard of hearing, please contact: Student Disability Services Ferrell Commons, UCF (407) 823-2371 You can also visit the PepNET website at: www.pepnet.org

  23. Thanks to: PepNET (information) Flickr (photos)

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