PRODUCTS WE RECOMMEND:

"A is for Access: Creating Full & Effective Communication Access for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing"

"A is for Access" is a video designed to generate greater awareness of communication access issues for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. This video is targeted to professionals as well as parents. Viewers will gain a greater understanding of what effective communication access looks like for these students across all aspects of their academic and extra-curricular experience in school. Communication methods and modalities are equitably represented, across a variety of age and grade levels. "A is for Access" is a definitive work that explores effective communication access as the key to improving academic and social outcomes for this population."

* "We Are Hands & Voices" and "A is for Access" CAN BE PURCHASED WITH A CHECK PAYABLE TO:

HANDS & VOICES, PO Box 3093, Boulder, CO 80307

The "Early Intervention Illustrated" video series.

This video series is targeted to professionals working in the field of early intervention with families and their newly identified babies who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Tape 1: "The Home Team" focuses on establishing trusting, caring relationships between interventionists and families using the family-centered approach featuring real home vists.
Tape 2: "The Art & Science of Home Visits" is targeted to interventionists who want to know how to do effective home visits. It models best practice techniques when working with babies and their families through actual home visits.

tape costs: $24.95/ea plus $5.95 shipping & handling*

This series is available from Boystown Press, www.boystownpress.org/

"Teaching the Kids With High Tech Ears" (Training Video)

What do you do with your student who was profoundly deaf, but now can hear with a cochlear implant? How does that change your teaching and accommodations in a public school classroom setting? Do you do anything different than you would for students wearing hearing aids? What can schools do to meet the unique needs of these students? What should your expectations be for a kid with "high-tech" ears? Follow the experiences of a large metropolitan school district that studied and implemented an innovative program for this population. What they learned can help not only kids with CIs, but all students who are deaf or hard of hearing in mainstream classrooms.

tape costs: $24.95/ea plus $5.95 shipping & handling*  Available from Butte Publications, www.buttepublications.com/

"We Are Hands & Voices" (video)

Hands & Voices is a non-profit, family support organization that unites parents, professionals and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing towards the goal of enhanced educational outcomes and social success for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This group is non-biased towards communication modes and methodology, and strives to connect families with the information, networks and advocacy support they need to make good decisions and realize their high expectations for their children. This video describes the group's purpose and takes you into the Hands & Voices world. Find out how this highly effective organization works and why. This video is particularly useful at parent workshops or in settings where a parent group is starting up and a successful model is needed.

tape costs: $14.95/ea plus $4.95 shipping & handling
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Bringing Sound to Life
Principles and Practices of Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation
Developed by Mary E. Koch, M.A., CED
A Project of The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins University and The Advisory Board Foundation
www.bionicear.com/

Read With me Series:  Brenda Schick and Mary Pat Moeller:  Boystown Press
www.girlsandboystown.org

Sign With Me:  Sign With Me Series -  A family sign language curriculum   by Brenda Schick and Mary Pat Moeller  Boystown Press
www.girlsandboystown.org

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