Prac 1B Reflection

On Friday X, our deaf student arrived at school without his hearing aids. Luckily this coincided with the visit of the van Asch support person. While the office was ringing X's mother to have her bring in his hearing aids, I was able to speak to the support person about X and how she had recently assessed him.

She thought that he had regressed a little in his learning and was concerned about his progress. She thought that at times he was unable to follow classroom conversations and instructions and was therefore "filling in the gaps himself" or just following his classmates, and in particular, his brother.

She thought that he may need another hearing test to see if his hearing had further deteriorated. To ensure that he does not miss out she thought that X had to develop better advocacy skills for himself. He needs to ask more questions if he is unsure and he needs to make an effort to position himself close to the teacher on the mat.
This making X responsible for his own learning will have a significant effect on his learning improvement.

Taking responsibilty for one's own learning is one of the goals of the class, so X must embrace this goal for himself.