Using a New Checklist to Identify Students Who May Have Brain-Based Hearing Issues and Strategies for Supporting Their Learning and Active Engagement
Dates: September 5
Speakers: Maurice Belote
Location: Virtual
No Cost
1 Contact Hour
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Program description: It has been said that central auditory processing disorder ( is to hearing what cerebral visual impairment ( is to vision. With CAPD, the ears may perceive sounds within typical levels but these sounds do not reach the brain in meaningful ways. Many of the risk factors for CVI and CAPD are the same, therefore it is possible that some children diagnosed with CVI may also have CAPD. Unfortunately, CAPD cannot be diagnosed in young children and CAPD assessments in older children require language acquisition. What do we do with children who are at significant risk for CAPD and have atypical responses to sound, but cannot be tested for a definitive diagnosis? This session will provide an overview of a new annotated checklist that can guide families and educational teams in determining whether a child might have a brain based hearing issue. A variety of strategies will be highlighted to support these children, including reducing auditory clutter, limiting simultaneous multi sensory input, and speaking to children at a rate that supports maximal auditory comprehension. A supplementary benefit to these strategies is that they support learning and engagement amongst almost all children and young adults.
Guest speaker: Maurice Belote has worked exclusively in the field of deafblindness for 41 years. Maurice served as Project Coordinator of California Deafblind Services (CDBS) at San Francisco State University (SFSU) from 1992 until his retirement in 2021. During that time, he served as adjunct faculty for two four-year personnel preparation grants at SFSU focused on training teachers of students who are deafblind. With his CDBS team, Maurice also developed an intervener certificate program through the SFSU College of Extended Learning that prepares paraeducators to effectively support communication and curricular access for deafblind students in school and community settings. He is currently adjunct faculty with two university teacher training programs, and he also serves as Co-Chair of the National Coalition on Deafblindness. He is a frequent speaker at national and international meetings and, in 2021, was awarded the Anne Sullivan Macy Medal for his decades of work on behalf of deafblind students.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the risk factors common to both CAPD and CVI.
- Understand ten signs that a child or young adult could have a brain based hearing issue and how these signs might be reflected at home and in school.
- Understand how to apply a variety of lo w tech and no tech strategies to support children with suspected brain based hearing issues.
Questions?
Contact Jodi Dowell, TVI, Research Associate, OCDBE, at dowelljr@ucmail.uc.edu
