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- - - - What are the responsibilities of audiologists? Audiologists administer and analyze specialized assessments, monitor and can help to provide personal hearing aids or instruments, recommend, fit, and manage hearing assistive technology, provide support services, guidance, strategies, and consultation in an educational setting, help develop an IEP, and advocate and provide resources for students and their families.
        
        How can audiologists support the IEP team? Audiologists can provide needed documentation and analysis for students to receive services and assistive technology, help students and teachers access skills and supports, provide guidance and strategies to the IEP team, provide direct support to students in a pull-out setting, monitor student data, collaborate with private practitioners who work with the student, and facilitate student learning.
        
        Strategies and the role of a school audiologist Students who are deaf or who have a hearing impairment can receive life-changing supports from an audiologist. Students may receive assistive technology like hearing aids and a variety of other services like an assessment of classroom acoustics to facilitate learning. Furthermore, school audiologists provide the following specific activities and supports to students...
        
        Specialized academic instruction to include preview and review of academic material to help optimize learning, including targeted instruction, frontloading instruction, vocabulary acquisition and use, etc.
        
        Specialized instruction in communication, career education, social-emotional skills, technology and family education.
        
        Provide and run support groups for students/peers with impaired hearing. Also provide resources to students and their families.
        
        Can help to develop and implement an appropriate therapy plan for the student. This can also include other school personnel like the SLP.
        
        Can help find ways to provide accommodations and supports like notetaking, text-to-speech, captioning, transliteration, and other direct support to the students
        
        Help advocate for the student at IEP meetings and help to develop, provide present levels, and monitor an IEP and its goals. Educational audiologists are significant members of an IEP team that serves a student with hearing impairment.
        
        Assessment that helps to differentiate between learning issues related to hearing loss or whether other cognitive, sensory or physical challenges are at play.
        
        Help to fit, monitor, and troubleshoot assistive technology for students with hearing impairment.
        
        Can implement and provide direct support towards language and communication goals that relate to classroom accommodations and modifications
- - - - Students who would benefit from Transportation:
        Students with mobility challenges Students with visual impairments
        Students with medical challenges, possibly with seizure disorder Students who need transportation for other services
        *Students who require special equipment during school that must be transported with the student
- - - - Activities to Improve Academic Achievement, Physical, and Social-Emotional Well-being
        
        Individualized tutoring targeting specific academic areas.
        
        Social skills groups focusing on communication and interaction.
        
        Physical exercises and therapy sessions to enhance motor skills and physical independence.
        
        Counseling sessions to address emotional and behavioral challenges.
        
        Utilization of assistive technology to facilitate learning and communication.
    - - Intellectual Disabilities
      - Geared toward individuals with limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
      - Services include:
      - Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) focusing on functional academic skills.
      - Social skills training to enhance interaction with peers.
      - Example: Sarah, a student with Down syndrome, benefits from individualized academic instruction focusing on basic literacy and numeracy skills. In social skills training, she learns turn-taking and conversational techniques.
      - Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
      - Targeting individuals with challenges in social communication and repetitive behaviors.
      - Services comprise:
      - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for behavior modification.
      - Social skills groups to improve interpersonal interactions.
      - Example: Alex, a student with ASD, participates in ABA sessions to reduce disruptive behaviors. In social skills groups, he practices initiating conversations and interpreting non-verbal cues.
      - Physical Disabilities
      - Aimed at individuals with mobility impairments or health conditions affecting physical functioning.
      - Services include:
      - Physical therapy to improve motor skills and mobility.
      - Assistive technology training for independent functioning.
      - Example: James, a student with cerebral palsy, undergoes physical therapy focusing on strengthening exercises and gait training. He also learns to use adaptive devices like a wheelchair for mobility.
      - Sensory Impairments (Visual/Hearing)
      - Designed for individuals with vision or hearing loss.
      - Services consist of:
      - Braille instruction for blind students.
      - Auditory-verbal therapy for hearing-impaired students.
      - Example: Emily, a student who is visually impaired, learns Braille to access written materials effectively. Additionally, she receives orientation and mobility training to navigate her environment safely.