MPDHH program provides educational and related services to students who have an educationally significant hearing loss with or without cochlear implants. Students attend preschool, elementary school, middle school and high school classes within the public school system with the assistance of trained teachers of the deaf, educational assistants and interpreter/tutors.
Educational services may be accessed in the regular classroom or in resource settings, based on each individual student's needs and the appropriateness of that setting in meeting those needs. Each student's Individual Education Plan may include speech and language therapy, counseling and other related services, depending on individual needs.
Who are we??
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Role Models
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Peers
- On Staff Teachers of the Deaf,
Interpreter/Tutors, Educational Assistants
- On Staff Speech/Language specialist, Counselor, and School Psychologist trained to work with Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals.
What do we offer?
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Deaf Culture
- Visual Learning Environment
- Sign supported English for hard of hearing students and children with cochlear implants
- ASL and written English
- Staff are trained in a variety of specialty areas relating to deafness and hearing loss
- Rich environment fostering self-esteem
- Assistive equipment for students
- ASL classes for Non-Deaf students
- Opportunities for Mainstreaming as well as small group and one-on-one resource room instruction
- Extra-curricular opportunities with Interpreters and peers (Interpreting services are available)
- Community Education and support for parents
Preschool/Kindergarten Program:
Provides a rich linguistic environment with many opportunities for experiential language development. For children between the ages of three and six, hands and voices are used to assure that all students have full access to the wide array of information they need to develop to their potential - cognitively, socially, emotionally, and linguistically (develop listening, speech and sign language skills). A team approach with parental involvement is viewed as a priority so we offer support to aid parents with communication, behavior and socialization issues.
Elementary through High School Program:
Language development is an integral part of all program curricula. It is uniquely combined with the New Hampshire Curricula for Math, Reading, Social Studies, Science, English/Language Arts, etc. In fact, All related subject areas including Art and Physical Education are also designed to enhance a language based program. Our students participate in the rigorous State of New Hampshire Education Frameworks.
