DHH Standard 11: Collaborative Partnerships
In addition to the Special Education Program Standards: Effective Communication and Collaborative Partnerships, each candidate demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with families, support providers (i.e. interpreters, audiologists, speech/language pathologists, paraprofessionals, and other members of the educational team), general education professionals, community agencies, and the d/Deaf community, recognizing and respecting their roles and responsibilities in meeting the needs of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, including those who are deaf-blind and/or those with additional disabilities.
Candidates demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with their peers through
group assignments and projects throughout the teacher training program. Strategies
for working collaboratively with parents are presented in CDDS 201 Interviewing and Counseling in Communicative Disorders. Extensive information regarding
assessment of hearing loss, hearing instruments, cochlear implants, equipment checks,
and Early Intervention prepare candidates to work audiologists in CDDS 202 Aural Rehabilitation. CDDS 262 Seminar: Speech provides foundational knowledge of speech and language development
in students who are deaf and hard of hearing and strategies for coordinated services
between DHH teachers and speech language pathologists.
Candidates are encouraged to volunteer at a local deaf and hard of hearing service
center and are required to attend at least two events of the local Deaf community.
Candidates in the Fresno area are encouraged to attend Deaf-Blind Support Service
Provider Training workshops at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, Fresno
office. Topics include: Deaf-Blind Culture and Etiquette, Communication Modes, Human
Guiding, Becoming an effective Support Service Provider, Causes of Deaf Blindness,
Deaf-Blind Perspective Panel.
The program instills knowledge of local, state, and national resources through visits
to California State Schools for the Deaf, campus visits from national leaders in Deaf
Education, accessing resources through the Internet, and encouraging students to attend
the annual California Educators of the Deaf professional conferences.
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