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Early Intervention

• Services and Supports: A Model Program in Colorado **NEW
• Where in the World Has EHDI Gone Now? Saipan!
• Thriving in the Detour
• Homebirth and Hearing Screening: A Dilemma in Public Health
• Top 10 Ways You Know You Have a Toddler Who is Deaf or H/H
• Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
• Transition to Preschool
• Elements of a Language-Rich Home Environment
• Spoken Language gets a Piggy-back Ride on Language in any Modality - Excerpts from an upcoming book by Christie Yoshinaga-Itano
• KU researchers Examine how Family Life is Affected by Children who are Deaf
• Part C of the IDEA: What You Need to Know
• Unilateral Hearing Loss: Tips for Parents
• The Birth - Three Corner Frequently Asked Questions
• Birth - Three: Accessing Services for Infants and Toddlers
• A Parents Wishlist for Early Interventionists
• Early ID and Intervention: The Journey Starts Here
• Building A Strong Foundation
• For the Sake of Joy
• FROM THE HEART: Impact of Newborn Hearing Screening on Outcomes for Children and Families

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What Parents Need to Know Series:

• Socialization and the Child who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• Self-Advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• School Placement Considerations for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Student
• From High School to Post-Secondary Education: The Transition Process

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In a Perfect World

• The Name Game **NEW - First of a series from the Fall 2007 issue of "The Communicator"

Education

Because Education encompasses such a broad range of issues we have divided it up into the following 4 categories to facilitate your search (Education, Deaf ed. Reform, The Law, and Advocacy).

Education:

• Homeschooling the Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child **NEW
• What Do Parents Need to Know About Recommended Practices in Deaf Ed? **NEW
• Implementing Classroom Acoustics Standards: A Progress Report
• Are They All Visual Learners? Learning Styles and our Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Kids
• RTI: What it is, What it Isn't
• One Year’s Growth in One Year, Expect No Less
• Mainstreaming at a Residential School : Is it Possible?
• Making Progress: The One for One Rule
• Does Your Child Use An Interpreter?
• Defining "Appropriate" Education for Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  - an excert from COLORADO QUALITY STANDARDS
• Cognition in the Classroom: The Academic and Social Implications
• Shared Reading Project Brings Stories to Life
• Early Literacy Initiative: Teaching Our Kids to Read - [ Escrito en espanol tambien ]
• The Parent Checklist for Preschool/Kindergarten Placement -
  A checklist for families to use when they visit preschool programs when their child is preparing to "graduate" from their early intervention program and enter preschool.
• Another Path: A Resource for Homeschooling Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
• Making the Grade: Are You Satisfied with Your Child's Education?
• Tennis Balls Increase Children's Attention
• Tips for Successful Inclusion: A General Educator & Teacher of the Deaf Team Up to Share Their Advice
• Ask Shirley (Parent Advocate)
• Educational Captioning
• The Functional Listening Evaluation
• Mainstreaming Children Who are Deaf / Hard of Hearing -Available Only as a PDF file-
• Hands and Voices Interview: Improving Acoustics in the Classroom Through a Parent's Perspective
• Raising the Bar: Literacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
• Assessment: Meeting Colorado's Standards
• Making The Grade:  A Hard of Hearing Adult looks back on Her Education
• A Young Man's Journey: American Sign Language as a Foreign Language for High School/College Requirements

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Deaf Education Reform:

• NDEP Statement of Principle
• First National Deaf Education Reform Leadership Summit Held
• FAPE vs. BEST: Oops! Someone used the word "BEST"
• The Reform Movement: Changes for Deaf Education Reform Imminent
  With excerpts from "A Blueprint for Closing the Gap - Developing a Statewide System of Service Improvements for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing," a report of the Colorado Department of Education, Deaf Education Reform Taskforce.
• The Communication Gap: Why we Need to Reform Deaf Education
• Deaf Education Reform: The Time Is NOW
• What Kind of Diploma is Your Child Going to Receive?
• Interpreting in the Schools: A Look at Standards
• More On President's Commission On Excellence In Special Education Report

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The Law - IDEA and ADA

• IDEA 2004 Final Regulations Finally Here!
• IDEA 2004 FINAL Regulations Pertaining to Deaf Education and Audiology
• Open for Business: The ADA and Hearing Loss
• Special Education Law: A New IDEA for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (pdf)
• What's the Big IDEA? The 2004 Reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act means big changes for all of us.
• Why the IEP Was Not For Me
• Frequently asked Questions: Communication Plan for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students
• One Teacher's Voice: The Million Dollar Lawsuit
• DEAF IS DIFFERENT: Educational Impacts and Cultural Perspectives
• Has IDEA. Been Interpreted Beyond Reasonableness
• Supporting Families in Transition between Early Intervention and School Age Programs
• A Question of Automatic Eligibility: Does My Deaf/HH Child Need an IEP?
• For More Effective Communication: The ADA Paves The Way
• Section 508 makes new technology More Accessible for families
• No Parents Left Behind
• More On President's Commission On Excellence In Special Education Report
• Newsflash on the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights
• DCBR Revisited: The Deaf Child Bill of Rights Six Years Later A look at the Deaf Childs Bill of Rights and an Overview of What Parents Should Know about their child's Communication Plan
• The Paperwork Reduction Act for IDEA: Pulp Fiction (2004 IDEA Reauthorization Op-Ed)
• President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education Predicts
  "A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and their Families"

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Advocacy

• Safety Patrol: A Fifth Grader, His Mom, and a Lesson in Advocacy
• Learning the Hard Way: Becoming a Successful Self-Advocate
• Do You Know What Is Being Signed To Your Child? A Quick Guide for the Novice Parent
• Parent Convinces Best Buy to Add Hearing Aid Coverage for Children
• Preventing Learned Helplessness
• Self Advocacy Inventory (SAI) - This informal inventory of observable skills should serve as a catalyst to spark dialogue and provide common ground for discussing issues that impact the students' lives in profound ways. pdf
• Our Journey with Matthew By Caloy Fernandez, CO Deaf Guide-by-Your-Side Advocate
• Self-Advocacy and Use of an Educational Interpreter
• Special Education Law: A New IDEA for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (pdf)
• News from Around the World: Advocacy Tips from Australia
• Self-advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• Top Ten Mistakes Parents of Deaf /HH Kids Make in Preparing for their I.E.P
• Top Ten mistakes Made by Professionals in Preparation for or an IEP Meeting
• What Parents Want General Educators to Know
• Special Needs and Hearing Loss: To Whom It May Concern (or continue to not bother)
• RAdvocacy and the New Vocabulary of Power
• Communication Breakdown: First Experience with an Educational Interpreter
• The Myth of the Perfect IEP: After the Paperwork is Finished...
• OSEP Addresses D/HH Language Proficiency
• We are Hands & Voices
• The pop-up IEP
• The ADA and Child Care
• Parent Strategies for Child Care Inclusion
• Hands & Voices Advocacy Q&A: Student Rights [ Escrito en espanol tambien ]
• A Mothers "To Do" List
• The P.E.I.: An Attachment for your childs I.E.P.

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Parent Professional Collaboration

• Five Reasons Why Professionals Need to Listen to Parents
• Preventing Learned Helplessness
• Rebuilding Burnt Bridges
• Honoring Each Family: A Message to Professionals
• How do you get a Preschooler to Listen?
• Connecting to Deaf Adults: A New Outlook for Parents and Professionals
• Meaningful Family Involvement: A Short Guide for Professionals
• Professionals in our Childrens' Lives
• A Parents Wishlist for Audiologists: The Parent Perspective

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Family Perspective

• Following Your Child’s Lead: The Dance of Language **NEW
• Jumping Naked:  Texas Toddler Goes Natural **NEW
• For Better or For Worse - Keeping Relationships Strong while Parenting Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
• Ho Ho Huh? Ideas for Surviving the Holidays
• My Life is Changing Before My Eyes - An article about watching your child grow up and take charge on her own life.
• Constantly on the Move - A Military families story
• Transition to Implants: A Family Story
• Of Fences & College Freshmen
• Maddies Choice A mothers perspective on the decision to get a cochlear implant for her daughter
• In Praise of Siblings
• The Oullette Family: Journey through Choices
• Six Small Ears, Four Earmolds and One Happy Household
• A Parent's Right to Choose
• Hands & Voices Interview: High School Senior Elise Bartley
• The Juggler - A Beautifully Poignant Insight into a Mother's Perspective
• Hands & Voices: Supporting Families Without Bias
• The Good Things
• Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Where do we fit in?
• Cooking up Work Experience at Glen Eyrie - Adventures in a Teens First Job.
• Marlee Matlin: What My Parents Understood
• Meet the Colemans: The Story behind 'Signing Time'
• THE SUPPORT DRIVER (or the Tour de Nevada)
• A Note to Coach
• Una Nota Para El Entrenador
• Hey Mom, I Love You Too!
• Testing for Connexin 26:  One Family's Story
• Social Issues for Our Kids - Letter and Responses
• A Student's Perspective
• Hearing Moments: Life with Auditory Neuropathy
• What's in a Name - Discussing Labels Placed on Our Kids
• Surviving Preschool: Experiences of the Reluctant Parent
• A Students Perspective: My Heritage
• Educated Knowledge vs. Real Life
• Doing What Works for Our Children: A Parent's Story
• From Vulnerability to Confidence: Riding the Swing
• Making Sacrifices: Doing What's Best
• My Baby Brother: One of Us
• What Did You Say? A Lesson For Us All Field of Dreams Baseball Camp
• ..I've seen the future
• Transition: High School to College
• The Road Less Taken: Supporting a Deaf Child in a Rural Community
• A Birth Story and the Not So Helpful "Helping Professions"

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Technology

• An Argument for Acoustics **NEW
• Audiology FAQ Part 1 **NEW
• Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
• Digital Cell Phones and Hearing Aids: Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers)
• "Minimal" Hearing Loss:  What Does it Mean?
• Disappearing Captions: A Strike at the Power of Inclusive Technology
• Great News on the Acoustics Front
• Acoustics and Socialization
• Technology: Parents Speak Out
• New Technologies for Students Who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing: A CDE Grant Studies the Possibilities
• The Swim Team
• Airplane, Hot Dog, Cowboy ...Life in the real world.
• To Aid or Not to Aid: Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss

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Research

• Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections in Newborn:
  A Common Cause of Hearing Loss
• Marschark Citings: An overview of research on deaf / hh literacy.
• Long QT and Congenital Deafness:  What Parents Should Know
• Genetic Testing: Some Answers and More Questions

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What's Going On

• Reflections on Leadership **NEW

• Hands & Voices: What Have We Done For You Lately?
• 2004 IDEA Final Regulations Finally Here!
• Have You Heard About Distant Pals? Distant Pals is a pen-pal program for children (ages 6 – 18) who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• A Quick Peek Down Under - An Interview with Damian Lacey, Executive Director of Deaf Children Australia (DCA)

Deaf People & Perspectives on Deafness

• Advice from a College Bound Drama Queen **NEW
• Hold On to the Dream: Massage Therapist at Peaceful Valley **NEW
• “Renaissance Man” in Pursuit of Personal Goals
• Following the Street Lights: Brian Hubbard's Story
• The Natural History of Bias - The lead article of the Summer 06 issue of the Communicator
• Chatting with Chelsea - Some thoughts on connecting for teens
• Finding My Rhythm - A student's journey into dance
• Welcome to my World - A HS student shares her heart and thoughts on her world.
• Mystery Author Unveiled: Meet Henry Kisor
• Marlee Matlin: What My Parents Understood
• 'Sound and Fury' Update: A Family Comes Together Again
• Communication at a Distance
• My Life Experiences
• Achieving Dreams through Persistence
• Deaf children in Nicaragua teach scientists about language
• "Please come to Pakistan" A True life HV dialogue with a parent needing help in far off Pakistan - the marvels of e-mail and the web
• Building a Joyful Life
• Vocational Rehabilitation:  A Beginner's Guide
• Why Wait to Communicate? Sign classes for Hearing Babies
• Beyond "Survivor": An Interview with Christy Smith
• Risk of Bacterial Meningitis in Children with Cochlear Implants: Study Released by CDC
• A Fork in the Road: Progressive Hearing Loss
• How to get a Deaf Child Sign on your street
• Ear Infections
• Background Noise: The Hidden Culprit
• Mr. Holland's Opus
• A Traffic Violation Can Be High Anxiety For Some Deaf/Hard of Hearing Citizens
• Families Living in Rural Settings... How Full is the Glass?

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Social/Emotional

• The "Dynamite" Happy Hands Club - A real life counterpart to the club made famous in the movie "Napoleon Dynamite".
• Calling Our Bluff: Using Communication Strategies in Social Situations
• Kathy Allen's Communication Strategies
• Healthy Families of Children who are Deaf: Research Study Findings
• A Note to Coach
• Cognition in the Classroom: The Academic and Social Implications
• KU researchers Examine how Family Life is Affected by Children who are Deaf
• Acoustics and Socialization