What instructional strategies/tools will help a student who is deaf?
• Use a multisensory approach to instruction, not just an interpreter. • Use assistive technology. • “Boardmaker” can print words with graphics; it’s color-coded for kinesthetic grammar practice. • The Attainment Company makes “Show Me Spelling,” which has picture clues instead of auditory. • TIMO makes software with lifelike, animated people (avatars) that sign. It’s designed to be a vocabulary builder and a story builder. • “Writing with Symbols 2000” lets you write using pictures, and it’s geared more for adults than Pixwriter. • “Co-Writer” is a good tool for students who are deaf. • Intellitools has an overlay-maker for writing sentences. • Contact your state’s school for the deaf for more ideas.
