Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Specialist
CurrentDeaf and Hard of Hearing itinerant teacher in the South County SELPA out of Davila Day School in Chula Vista CA. Provides access to general and special education curriculum to deaf and hard-of-hearing students as an itinerant service provider. Caseload of 30+ students in which I attend IEP meetings/assessments, provide academic, speech/language, and self-advocacy instruction and support. Work with teams to make sure that students have all accommodations in place to thrive in general education alongside their typically developing peers. Trouble shoot hearing aids (phonak, oticon, widex...), cochlear implants (Cochlear and Advanced Bionics), and personal microphone technology (Cochlear, Phonak, Oticon, etc). Provide in-services to staff working with deaf and hard of hearing students on equipment, trouble-shooting, accommodations, and knowledge of how deaf and hard of hearing students learn.