Key Indicators Areas of Impact HIGHLIGHT THE INDICATORS THAT APPLY FOR YOUR STUDENT 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 DEAF AND Student meets general student Student requires adaptation and additional Student requires extensive adaptation and/or Student who requires highly specialized and outcomes at or above grade level support. modification and may have difficulty meeting grade intensive programming and supports. Meets HARD OF through high quality instruction, level outcomes. May or may not meet criteria for the criteria for Alberta Education special HEARING including differentiation. Alberta Education special education coding. education coding. Deaf and Hard of Hearing No apparent hearing Residual hearing with possible Some residual hearing with language delay Minimal or no residual hearing and problems or may experience delay in language development. resulting from lack of exposure to language. deprivation from visual language (code 45). >Support needs transient hearing difficulties related primarily May demonstrate difficulty: May demonstrate difficulty: May demonstrate difficulty: to hearing impairments Language development may be delayed Following whole class instruction Difficulty following instructions in the (may seem inattentive or absence of contextual cues May have difficulty developing social connections on own Demonstrates some difficulties in social Aural-oral communication ineffective Delay in response time to verbal relationships Unless others sign will have difficulty instruction Will have difficulty knowing what is said developing social relationships, May be reliant on visual cues without visual support communicating with others Difficulty with the production of Language development may be delayed Requires consistent support for all forms specific consonant speech sounds Sign language or picture based of communication communication ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
Areas of Impact Key Indicators HIGHLIGHT THE INDICATORS THAT APPLY FOR YOUR STUDENT DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING 1 Student meets general student outcomes at or above grade level through high quality instruction, including differentiation. Level 2 Student requires adaptation and additional support. Level 3 Student requires extensive adaptation and/or modification and may have difficulty meeting grade level outcomes. May or may not meet criteria for Alberta Education special education coding. Level 4 Student who requires highly specialized and intensive programming and supports. Meets the criteria for Alberta Education special education coding. Deaf and Hard of Hearing >Support needs related primarily to hearing impairments No apparent hearing problems or may experience transient hearing difficulties Residual hearing with possible delay in language development. May demonstrate difficulty: Following whole class instruction (may seem inattentive or Delay in response time to verbal instruction May be reliant on visual cues Difficulty with the production of specific consonant speech sounds Some residual hearing with language delay resulting from lack of exposure to language. May demonstrate difficulty: Difficulty following instructions in the absence of contextual cues Demonstrates some difficulties in social relationships Will have difficulty knowing what is said without visual support Language development may be delayed Sign language or picture based communication Minimal or no residual hearing and deprivation from visual language (code 45). May demonstrate difficulty: Language development may be delayed May have difficulty developing social connections on own Aural-oral communication ineffective Unless others sign will have difficulty developing social relationships, communicating with others Requires consistent support for all forms of communication ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
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