Hands and Voices, a Wisconsin based advocatcy group is looking for parents of D/HOH children who are receiving services here in Wisconsin. If you would like to participate, please answer the questions below and then email it to Hands and Voices. The email address is: handsandvoiceswi@yahoo.com
Here's the survey.
Effective Itinerant Services - DHH
Questions for Parents
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is hosting a workgroup to look at the effectiveness of itinerant services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. This workgroup has a blend of special education directors and DHH teachers with 2 parent representatives. More parent input is needed. The questions below come from this workgroup as they strive to reflect the amount of information you, as parents, have about educational service options, and to better understand any concerns or viewpoints you would like to share. Your feedback is very important to this process. No names of parents or districts will be shared, however for better design, regions of the state may be shared. We would appreciate your feedback by January 20, 2010 so it can be used at our next meeting. Simply type in your responses in the blanks left open and return the e-mail.
Which CESA region (CESA 1 -12) do you live in?
If you are not not certain about which CESA region, what school district do you live in?
Describe the type of services your child receives from the teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- How many hours per week does your child work with the DHH teacher?
- Is the DHH teacher an employee of the school district? Or employed by another agency and contracts in to your school district for short periods of time (itinerant teacher)?
- What, if any, concerns do you currently have about the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)/Itinerant services for your child?
What do you think the working relationship is with the DHH teacher and general education teacher, speech and language teacher, principal, others and with you? Is it working well? What would you like to see different?
Are you aware of the “continuum of educational placements” that are listed in the IDEA (federal law)? Has the school district shared this list of options with you – for your information? What do you know about the other programs and services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing in your district, in neighboring districts, at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, etc?
Are you aware of other school districts in your area with DHH services?
Does your child have the opportunity to join in planned activities with other DHH students either during the school day, after school hours, or on occasional weekends? If so, what are they?
Are you aware of area “regional school” districts with increased DHH services? Please share what “regional school” means to you?
Does your child go to school in a different school district? If yes, how many minutes does your child ride the bus? Is this time on the bus acceptable to you and your child?
If your child does not attend another school district for additional services, what is the maximum amount of time you would allow your child to travel on a bus for additional services? At what age would you consider beginning this additional bus time?
Sometimes socialization is just as important for a DHH student as the curriculum. In order to improve the socialization and/or academics, how likely would you physically move closer to a regional school if you know it would be an improvement for your child’s development?
Please add any other comments you wish to share.
If you have any questions, you can reach me at 920-793-4812. I am one of the parent representatives on this committee. We certainly appreciate your time to complete this. More information will be presented at the Family Conference in Madison on March 12-13.
Sincerely,
Kelly Hilliker
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