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Essential Competencies for Teaching Students With Hearing Loss and Additional Disabilities
- American Annals of the Deaf
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 146, Number 1, March 2001
- pp. 7-15
- 10.1353/aad.2012.0065
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The purpose of this national study was to establish an initial database of the essential competencies needed for working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing with additional disabilities. Surveys were sent to program supervisors across the United States; each supervisor was asked to give the survey to a professional on his or her staff who worked with students who were deaf or hard of hearing with additional disabilities. Respondents indicated that there were 67 specific competencies needed for working with this diverse population of students. A list of the specific competencies and a rationale for providing more in-depth training for teachers is provided.