HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities

by Lynae Holmen

This session will take a practical look at the identification and programming for students who have hearing loss coinciding with learning disabilities. Direct instruction, strategy instruction, and rehearsal and practice ideas to support students academically will be discussed. Accommodations and modifications necessary for academic success will be presented.
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Course Curriculum

    1. Course Handouts

    2. HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities – Module 1 – 21 minutes

    3. HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities – Module 2 – 19 minutes

    4. HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities – Module 3 – 17 minutes

    5. HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities – Module 4 – 12 minutes

    6. Quiz - HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities

    7. COURSE EVALUATION - HL + LD: Addressing the Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Plus Learning Disabilities

    8. RID Directions for Interpreters

3 Learner Outcomes

  • Examine the characteristics of a learning disability
  • Discuss methods used to identify learning disabilities in a student with hearing loss
  • Describe different strategies and hearing device retention accessories to assist in keeping hearing devices on young children

Meet Your Instructor

Lynae Holmen

Lynae Holmen retired after her 38th year of teaching preschool through high school Deaf/Hard of Hearing students for Minot Public Schools. She also taught students with Specific Learning Disabilities for 19 years. Mrs. Holmen earned undergraduate degrees in Elementary Education and Deaf Education and a master’s degree in Specific Learning Disabilities from Minot State University. She has also taught undergraduate Deaf/Hard of Hearing methods classes and mentored numerous deaf education practicum students, student teachers, and first year teachers. Since retirement she served one of her former students in the role of Educational Interpreter/TOD. Lynae lives in Minot, ND.