Communication specialists Duel language working Know yourself and the staff Know the pupils

Oak Lodge Communication Specialists

2013 staff profile

A continuum?

Role models Creating the LRE (Least Restrictive Environment) Sign every where Deaf staff Competent hearing staff Using communication rules Using hearing aids effectively

2013 pupil profile

Modified sign Bigger Use less language but it’s more accessible Single signs focusing on meaning and form Do things to get attention, wait until they look Displace signs Sign slower and repeat signs Less questions more naming

Pupil Profiles

Using FM Year Group *Multi- modal SSE/OralBSL/SSEBSLSSEOralModifiedTotal Total Yes Is your audiologist deaf aware?20 Do you ask your audiologist questions?18 Do you like going to audiology appointments?16 Do you think the appointments are useful?15

Oak Lodge the resource

Assessment of Sign Supported English (SSE) Vocabulary

Assessment of SSE Vocabulary Syntax and Morphology

Assessment of SSE Vocabulary Syntax and Morphology Sequencing and Memory

Assessment of SSE Vocabulary Syntax and Morphology Sequencing and Memory Higher level skills

Assessment of SSE Vocabulary Syntax and Morphology Sequencing and Memory Higher level skills

Assessment of SSE Vocabulary Basic receptive and expressive Semantic linking Word association

Assessment of SSE Syntaxand Morphology Sentence structure Word structure Sentence formulation Comparison with written English

Assessment of SSE Sequencingand Memory Story retell Word association Familiar sequences Recalling sentences

Assessment of SSE Higher Level Skills Inference Prediction Reasoning Non-literal Blooms Taxonomy

Assessment Intervention BSL SSE