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Explanation of Services
Lee County
provides educational services to 175
students identified as deaf or
hard-of-hearing. The Deaf or Hard-of Hearing
Program offers a full continuum of services
to meet both academic and communication
needs identified on a student's Individual
Educational Plan (IEP). Eligibility for the
program is based on both a documented
hearing loss and educational need. Students
aged 3 through 22 years can receive
itinerant services at their home school or
attend a designated school site where
classes are taught by a teacher certified in
deaf education. The designated school sites
are Allen Park Elementary, Fort Myers Middle
Academy, and Fort Myers High School.
Auditory-oral and total communication
options are available at all levels. Sign
language interpreting services provide
students access to classroom curriculum and
extra curricula activities. Additionally, a
wide range of audiological services are
provided for students through the district
Audiologist.
Who is the Child
with a Hearing Disability?
A student
who is deaf or hard of hearing has a hearing
disability aided or unaided, that interferes
in processing language and adversely affects
communication, developmental skills,
academic achievement, vocational-career
skills or social-emotional adjustment. The
degree of loss may range from mild to
profound.
How Does a Child
Qualify for Services Through the
Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Program?
A child is
eligible for services through the Deaf/Hard
of Hearing Program if s/he has the extent of
hearing loss that meets state criteria and
there is evidence that the hearing loss
interferes with progress in any one of the
following areas:
* developmental skills or academic
performance
* social-emotional development
* linguistic and communicative skills
and
requires special education and/or related
services in order to benefit from education.
American Society
for Deaf Children
Alexander Graham Bell
Association for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
Auditory Verbal International, Inc.
Deaf Service
Center of Southwest Florida
District Contact Information
Lyn Ferreira
Coordinator for Exceptional Student Education
(239)337-8367
Jon
Anne Hart
Program Specialist
(239)334-2167
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