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Special education students are first and foremost general education students. Many, if not most, school districts in the US are actively embracing the inclusion model of education, in which all students are educated in the mainstream classroom, regardless of the diversity of their needs. Students...

An educational interpreter supports the ability of a student who is deaf or hard of hearing to be educated in a regular educational classroom. However, it is more complicated than simply placing an interpreter in the classroom. Real integration requires all members of the educational team to wor...

An educational interpreter enables a student who is deaf or hard of hearing to access the regular education class.  However, it is more complicated than simply placing an interpreter in the classroom. Real integration requires all members of the educational team to work together. This guide inclu...

As a student who is deaf or hard of hearing, you have the right to understand your teachers and classmates.  Although learning and making friends through an interpreter can be challenging, it is very important for you to be able to learn and communicate with all of your classmates and teachers.  ...

It is the position of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Division for communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD) that, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), credentialed teachers of students who are DHH (TODHH) are critical to the provision of appropriate evaluation, edu...