meeting the needs of children and families by heejae lee
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MEETING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Student: Heejae Lee (300712970)Course: ECEP-233 Professor: Chris Cadieux
WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF LILY AND HER FAMILY? Lily: Having hearing impairment, first time in
a child’s care setting Lily’s family: Looking for services in Canada,
considering for other children’s education.
WHAT IS HEARING IMPAIRMENT? Losing some hearing in one or both ears.
The level is described as mild, moderate, moderate to severe, severe, or profound.
Three different types of Hearing Impairment: conductive hearing loss, sensory hearing loss, and neural hearing loss.
CAUSES OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT Sensory hearing loss: a damage to the inner
ear (cochlea) or hearing nerve in the brain Conductive hearing loss: sound is not
conducted efficiently through the ear canal, ear drum or middle ear.
Neural hearing loss: a damaged auditory nerve
POSSIBLE TREATMENT Sensory Neural Hearing Loss: Hearing aid
and cochlear implant Neural Hearing Loss: No possible treatment Conductive Hearing Loss: surgery, hearing
aids, clearing the built-up fluids in the ear canal, removing excessive ear wax, and medications
Reference: www. Connectibility.ca
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Visual cues of sign language Visual signs Documentation board Display of cultural materials Access and boundaries
TEACHING STRATEGIES Task analysis Prompting and Fading Visual materials Reference: www.Connectibility.ca
AGENCY 1: CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY Services: support of communication,
consultation, conference and community consultations, deafblind services, educational support
A minimum of 3 business days in advance The clients do not have to pay everything. http://www.chs.ca/signs-hearing-loss
AGENCY 2: AGINCOURT COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION Agincourt Community Services Association
(ACSA) is one of the big non-for-profit organizations in Toronto.
Services: Emplyoment/Financial Literacy, newcomer settlement services, food bank and cooking classes, early years.
First come and served services. Free services
http://www.agincourtcommunityservices.com/
RESOURCE 1: THE KIDS’ POCKET SIGNING GUIDE The Kids’ Pocket Signing Guide: The Simple
Way to Learn to Sign Using Everyday Phrases by Mickey Flodin
Visuals with instructions on sign languages Online cost $12.51.
RESOURCE 2: CONNECTIBILITY WEBSITE www. Connectibility.ca Free and useful resources for the family and
educators to work with people with special needs.
Good for children with unidentified special needs.
SELF-EVALUATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY www.Connectibilitiy.ca http://www.chs.ca/signs-hearing-loss http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/
408/532.html http://www.deaflinx.com/Technology/
conductive_hearing_loss_causes.html http://www.medel.com/us/hearing-loss/ http://
www.agincourtcommunityservices.com/