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for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Specially Designed Instruction

Texas Educational Diagnosticians’ Association ConferenceWaco, TX ● October, 2016

Special education means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique

needs of a child with a disability.

CFR § 300.39 (a) (1)

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Purpose of Specially Designed Instruction

To address the unique needs of the child that result from the child’s disability.

To ensure access of the child to the general curriculum, so that the child can meet the educational standards within the jurisdiction of the public agency that apply to all children.

CFR § 300.39 (b) (3)

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Definition of Specially Designed InstructionCFR § 300.39 (b) (3)

SDI means adapting, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible child, the…

content, methodology, or delivery…

of instruction.

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SDI Adaptations

• the state standards and functional skills

• accommodations, modifications, or prerequisite skills

• consider how the student accesses the general education curriculum

• any educational practice or approach that is evidence-based

• Universal Design for Learning, Differentiated Instruction, Routines-Based Interventions, etc.

• consider how the student learns

• application and implementation of the evidence-based practices

• visuals, preferential seating, small group, 1:1, cooperative learning, real life experiences, etc.

• consider how the information is presented

SDI: A Resource for Teachers

Tameka is a student with a learning disability that impacts mathematics calculations.

SDI: A Resource for Teachers

Examples of Implementing SDI

Adaptions of Content Research- Based Methodology

Delivery of Instruction

• Simplified digits • Chunking • Steps of multistep word problems are bulleted

• Calculator • Number line• Extended time

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Michael is a student with a disability of OHI due to ADHD which impacts his acquisition of knowledge and skills in

the classroom.

Examples of Implementing SDI

Adaptions of Content Research- Based Methodology

Delivery of Instruction

• None • Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

• Explicit instruction on routines and procedures

• Post routines on the student’s desk

• Use visual cues and/or gestures to remind student of a specific routine

SDI: A Resource for Teachers

Martin is a student with a speech/articulation impairment that impacts his acquisition of novel

vocabulary.

Examples of Implementing SDI

Adaptions of Content Research- Based Methodology

Delivery of Instruction

• None • Visuals• Models

• Peer modeling• Repetition in small

group

SDI: A Resource for Teachers

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What about

students…

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Purpose of Specially Designed Instruction

To address the unique needs of the child that result from the child’s disability.

To ensure access of the child to the general curriculum, so that the child can meet the educational standards within the jurisdiction of the public agency that apply to all children.

CFR § 300.39 (b) (3)

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Hearing Loss

Language

Communication

Literacy

AcademicConcepts

Cognition

Social-Emotional

• Systematic and explicit instruction of skills

• Explicit instruction of question-answer routines, following directions, classroom routines, figurative language

• Printed material posted to support routines in the environment

• Small group

• Semantics• Syntax• Pragmatics• Academic• Functional

• Repeated practice• Real world

application• Visuals• Modeling • Expansion• Self talk• Parallel talk • Wait time

Language

Content Methodology Delivery

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• Systematic and explicit instruction of skills

• Multiple modes• Sign language

interpreter• Realtime

transcription • Assistive listening

devices• Augmentative and

alternative communication systems

Expressive (speaking & signing)• Articulation• Intelligibility• Fluency

Receptive (listening & signing)• Functional• Attention• Discrimination• Memory• Comprehension

• Classroom acoustic considerations

• Total communication • Repeated practice• Real world

application • Visuals• Modeling• Chunking

Communication

Content Methodology Delivery

• Model predicting and inferring

• Explicit instruction of problem solving strategies

• Bulleted lists for multi-step directions

• Extended time • Simplified language

• General Knowledge• Working Memory• Critical Thinking• Problem Solving• Fluid Reasoning

• Activate prior knowledge

• Scaffolding • Repeated practice• Nonlinguistic

representations • Chunking

Cognition

Content Methodology Delivery

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• Systematic and explicit instruction

• Integration of skills throughout the school day

• Simplified written text

• Visual Phonics• Graphic organizers• Picture prompts• Small group

Reading• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics• Vocabulary• Comprehension• Fluency

Writing• Process• Structure & style• Mechanics• Meaning

• Visuals • Repeated practice• Scaffolding• Read-alouds• Oral drafting • Summarization • Question answering

Literacy

Content Methodology Delivery

• Pre-teaching new concepts

• Re-teaching and reviewing previously learned concepts

• Graphic organizers• Advanced organizers• Manipulatives • Small group• Simplified grade level

text

• Math, Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts

• Abstract concepts

• Nonlinguistic representations

• Activate prior knowledge

• Scaffolding • Repeated practice• Mnemonic devices• Universal Design for

Learning • Sheltered Instruction

Academic Concepts

Content Methodology Delivery

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• Systematic and explicit instruction of skills

• Role play• Peer modeling and

tutoring• Manipulatives • Social stories

• Social awareness• Conversation skills• Decision making• Self-awareness• Self-advocacy• Self-management• Support networks• Personal

responsibility

• Modeling• Role play• Repeated practice• Nonlinguistic

representations • STOIC Model• Positive Behavioral

Intervention and Supports

Social-Emotional

Content Methodology Delivery

Selena is a student with an auditory impairment that impacts her pragmatic language.

Examples of Implementing SDI

Adaptions of Content Research- Based Methodology

Delivery of Instruction

• Making requests • Visual prompts• Modeling

• Question cards• Small group

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Ashton is a student with an auditory impairment that limits his access to incidental learning. This impacts

his general knowledge across content areas.

Examples of Implementing SDI

Adaptions of Content Research- Based Methodology

Delivery of Instruction

• NA • Activate prior knowledge

• Nonlinguistic representation

• Advanced graphic organizer

• Videos or pictures of new concept

Diana is a student with an auditory impairment that impacts her expressive and receptive communication

throughout the school day.

Examples of Implementing SDI

Adaptions of Content Research- Based Methodology

Delivery of Instruction

• NA • Total communication • Classroom acoustic

considerations

• Sign language interpreter• Reduced background

noise• Assistive listening device

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Questions?

Kelley Watt, M. EdKelley.watt@esc4.net

713.744.6363

• Knoors, H. and Marschark, M. : Teaching Deaf Learners: Psychological and Developmental Foundations. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Print.

• Miller, M., Thomas-Presswood, T., Metz, K., and Lukomski, J. : Psychological and Psychoeducational Assessment of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents. Washington DC: Gallaudet University. 2015. Print.

• Pitler, H., and Stone, B. : A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works: 2nd

Edition. Denver: McREL, 2012. Print.

• Specially Designed Instruction: A Resource for Teachers; Region 20 Education Service Center and Texas Education Agency; http://programs.esc20.net/default.aspx?name=pgc.SDI

• Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss http://successforkidswithhearingloss.com/

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