Chapter 6 Focus 1

There are many students with disabilities in the world that must be taught and have an equal chance at excelling to their potential.  These students require more assistance, technology, and more creativity in our lesson plans and classroom management.  There are obstacles in classrooms today that create issues for students who are hard of hearing.  One such issue is lecturing.  Lecturing can be too fast or the room can have poor acoustics.  Lecture can also not be understood by the student since the teacher walks around the room and it is tough to read lips without seeing the person.  There are also issues with the teacher pointing to items on the board or on a handout and describing something else.  It is tough when there is multitasking done by the teacher.  There are assistive technologies that can help with these issues though.