Deaf Success: Guide for High Schools
Consider transition planning as a coordinated design for life that starts with deaf students.
NDC is here to provide resources and support the transition planning process. This guide has key strategies to support deaf success at your high school and beyond. Use the links to explore NDC resources, FAQs, and toolkits on a variety of topics.
KEY STRATEGIES
- Advocate for students’ rights to receive accommodations and services in school.
- Help students to apply for vocational rehabilitation services to obtain support for life after high school.
- Emphasize self-determination skills and the lifelong benefits in school, the workplace, and the community.
- Share various deaf people’ experiences using NDC’s #DeafSuccess video playlist.
- Encourage students to play Deafverse, an online game that comes complete with student and teacher guides, home activity packs, and more.
- Create opportunities for accessible online learning where students can learn and interact.
- Introduce online accommodations that may be used in hybrid and online classrooms.
- Ensure events and activities online are accessible for all students.
- Incorporate captioned media in instructional materials and student projects.
- Support students in maximizing the use of technology and finding ways to stay connected to school during remote learning.
- Encourage strategies for communication at home between deaf youth and their family.
- Connect with each other, deaf role models, after school programming, and mentoring programs.
- Inform students and families about postsecondary entrance exams and help them advocate for accommodations.
- Promote college readiness by starting college searches early, even if remote, and prioritize the student’s fit within the entire college community.
- Remember: Access is more than accommodations.
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