by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 24, 2018 | ASL, Blind, Deaf, deaf-blind, disabilties, Early Childhood, instruction, learning, special education, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides unlimited access to over 8,000 accessible, educational videos. Because they are funded by the U.S. Department of Education, there is no cost for any of the services. They have videos for early learners through...
by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 22, 2018 | assistive technology, AT, autism, Classroom Management, disabilties, Early Childhood, instruction, learning, special education, Strategies, teaching
Discover a choice board; a visual support that may include objects, photographs, icons, black and white line drawings or words, and which is used by an individual to communicate a desired activity, item, location, etc. Click here to learn more!
by Oran Tkatchov | Oct 11, 2018 | Early Childhood, instruction, instructional assistant, language, learning, Literacy, Reading, Spoken Language, Strategies, Teach and Enrich, teaching
This document provides some beneficial and fun activities families can do at home to help their child become more successful in reading. Some of these activities could also be done in the classroom. Click here to access the document.
by Oran Tkatchov | Aug 20, 2018 | ASL, Deaf, Early Childhood, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, teaching
In this webpage and video, 15 principles for adults to use when reading to deaf and hard of hearing children are outlined. Click here to access the web page.
by Oran Tkatchov | May 17, 2018 | ASL, assessment, Deaf, Early Childhood, instruction, instructional assistant, instructional assistants, language, learning, Literacy, Spoken Language, Standards, Teach and Enrich, teaching, testing
This checklist, based on the ASL Standards, provides an overview of ASL skills a student should know prior to entering kindergarten. Foundational Kinder Ready Skills Checklist-ASL Content Standards
by Oran Tkatchov | May 16, 2018 | assessment, Early Childhood, Standards
These guidelines describe expectations about what infants and toddlers should know (understand) and do (competencies and skills) across multiple domains of development during specific age ranges, as well as what adults can do to support children’s optimal learning and...