Deaf and hard of hearing children with additional disabilities bring unique strengths and needs. Use this checklist to reflect on how you support them. It asks how you consider language access and additional disabilities together when planning, provide language-rich interactions using visual, tactile, and multimodal strategies, coach families during everyday routines, collaborate with specialists, and seek professional learning. Use it to reflect on your practice and adapt services to each child's profile.
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AAP resources on early hearing screening and family-centered intervention that recognize ASL as a complete, accessible language for deaf and hard of hearing children.
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A reference list professionals use to pick language assessments for Deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers, covering tools for ASL, spoken English, or both, with age ranges and publishers.