Specialized Early Intervention Classroom for Students Who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing

1. Specialized Early Intervention Classroom for Students Who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Delaware County Intermediate Unit

2. Manual Communication • American Sign Language • Signed English • Combined Approaches • Total Communication • Cued Speech • Auditory/Oral • Lip-reading/visual • Listening and Spoken Language Auditory/Verbal Communication Options

3. Stefani Doyle: Supervisor of Hearing & Language Programs, Speech Pathologist, LSLS Auditory-Verbal Therapist • Kristen Palermo: Teacher of the Deaf • Alison Hefferan: Speech Pathologist, Teacher of the Deaf, LSLS Auditory-Verbal Educator • Carolyn Bennett: Audiologist, Speech Pathologist, LSLS Auditory-Verbal Educator • Irene Merenda: Audiologist • Connie Abbott: Teaching Assistant Our Staff

4. To provide a family centered program where children who are deaf or hard of hearing maximize their communication skills and potential for learning Mission of our Program

5. A comprehensive evaluation is completed through the transition or intake process to determine the level of intervention necessary to meet the child’s needs. • Children identified with hearing loss in need of specially designed instruction in order to access curriculum for whom less restrictive levels of intervention would not meet his/her needs Who Qualifies for our Classroom

6. Aggressive audiological management • Favorable listening environment • Dependency on amplification • Integrating listening into daily activities • Development of advocacy skills • Language development Classroom Components

7. Support for technology • Hearing Aid(s) • Personal and/or Sound field FM system • Cochlear Implant(s) • - Daily Listening / Equipment Checks We Provide

8. Opportunities for children to be included with typically developing peers • Weekly music sessions with the YMCA classroom at Marple Education Center We Provide

9. Auditory-Verbal Therapy • Speech Therapy • Cochlear Implant Habilitation • Multidisciplinary, developmental evaluations Our Classroom Includes

10. On-going diagnostic teaching • Acoustically managed learning environments • Educational audiology services and loaner equipment • Parent Education Our Classroom Includes

11. Inter-agency collaboration • CHOP, DuPont, etc. • Related Services: Occupational, Physical, and Vision Therapies as needed Our Classroom Includes

12. The goal of this program is to provide students with hearing loss access to preschool curriculum and foster speech and language development which will enable these students to participate in mainstream activities and build relationships with typical peers We Provide

13. Thank you for your continued support!