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Desk with keyboard and mouse, sticky notes including handwritten notes about finishing goals IEP meeting Monday, Call Mik’s Mom, contact O & M, and IEP at 8:30, insulated travel tumbler and water bottle.

When Your Only Expert Has No One to Ask: Why Sp...

Submitted by: Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Who supports the specialist who has become your district’s only expert? For many sensory professionals, that question becomes more important with every passing year....

When Your Only Expert Has No One to Ask: Why Sp...

Submitted by: Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Who supports the specialist who has become your district’s only expert? For many sensory professionals, that question becomes more important with every passing year....

Desktop with folio cover opened showing yellow pad, planner book with documents labeled Riverdale Middle School Campus Map and Student Schedule, with sticky note with middle school written on it. Pen is on top of the campus map.

Preparing for Students with Vision Impairments ...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Long before students return to school, districts begin preparing for another successful year. Technology is updated, student schedules are finalized, classrooms are assigned, and...

Preparing for Students with Vision Impairments ...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Long before students return to school, districts begin preparing for another successful year. Technology is updated, student schedules are finalized, classrooms are assigned, and...

notebook with words DHH team resource guide written on it beside a pen and planner with sticky notes and coffee cup on desktop

Preparing for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Every July, school districts begin preparing for another school year. Caseloads are assigned. Service providers are secured. New staff are onboarded. Student schedules begin...

Preparing for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Every July, school districts begin preparing for another school year. Caseloads are assigned. Service providers are secured. New staff are onboarded. Student schedules begin...

Cartoon illustration of a child wearing glasses standing near an adult at a busy outdoor family reunion pavilion. People gather around picnic tables, a LEGO activity table sits nearby, and a bathroom sign appears farther away in the background.

Planning Ahead for Social Transitions for Stude...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Imagine being a child with a visual impairment at a family reunion. You know this reunion. You have been there before. You know where...

Planning Ahead for Social Transitions for Stude...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Imagine being a child with a visual impairment at a family reunion. You know this reunion. You have been there before. You know where...

Cartoon illustration of a girl wearing a purple cochlear implant processor and matching purple backpack standing at summer camp while campers and counselors gather in groups around camp activities in the background.

Planning Ahead for Social Transitions for Deaf ...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Imagine being a child with hearing loss at summer camp. Your best buddy from next door is going too. You went to camp together...

Planning Ahead for Social Transitions for Deaf ...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher Imagine being a child with hearing loss at summer camp. Your best buddy from next door is going too. You went to camp together...

A cartoon of a boy with glasses and a cane stands by an open locker in a locker room while other students walk away. One shoe is missing and sits under the bench nearby.

How Speech Therapy Supports Students with Visua...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher May is Better Speech and Hearing Month, a time to look more closely at how speech therapy for students with visual impairments supports communication...

How Speech Therapy Supports Students with Visua...

Submitted by Janelle Parker, NC Teacher May is Better Speech and Hearing Month, a time to look more closely at how speech therapy for students with visual impairments supports communication...