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46: End of the Year & Fall Prep with Melinda Smith

Melinda shares so many helpful, specific tips for end of the year activities as well as tips for preparing for back to school time, ahead of time!

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41: Transition & STEM Careers with Cara Wilmot and Debbie Gilliam

Cara and Debbie discuss the transition & career summer programs available for DHH students through NITD Regional Stem Center, as well as other information for preparing students for STEM careers.

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40: Tips for Itinerant Success with Stefanie Kessen

Stefanie Kessen from the Online Itinerant discusses caseload organization, strategies for organizing materials, and other tips unique to itinerant teaching!

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39: Michelle From Mama Hu Hears on Self-Advocacy & Parent Support

Michelle, audiologist and hard of hearing adult, discusses her own experiences with hearing aids and CIs, self advocacy, and supporting parents of DHH students.

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38: Session Ideas for High School

Here’s a bunch of ideas I’ve used for sessions with my high school students!

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36: Vocabulary Activities For Preview and Review

Easy vocabulary conversation prompts, activities, and games to preview and review vocabulary.

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34: Session Ideas for Middle School

Let’s chat about some of the common goals and activities I’ve used for middle school students!

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29: Digital Self-Advocacy Journals

Here’s how I do one of my favorite long term self-advocacy activities!

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24: Free Activities You Can Try This Week

Here’s a list of free activities that I do all the time with my students!

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23: Incorporating Themes

Some ideas on how and why I incorporate themes into my TOD sessions. These are tips that work for an itinerant caseload, low prep and ideas for lots of ages!

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16: Back to School Activities

We discuss our favorite activities to do during the first week of sessions with our students, ages pre-k to high school.

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10: Engaging Middle Schoolers Who Don’t Want to Be There

We discuss the importance of building rapport with reluctant middle school students.

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8: Mixing Up Your Activity Types

We discuss our favorite paper, digital, and hands-on activities!

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5: Teaching vs. Testing

We discuss the difference between teaching vs testing during TOD sessions.

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3: End of the Year Activities

We discuss some of our favorite activities and games to do with students at the end of the year!

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