Special Populations
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Definition
Hearing Impairment means a impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that is so severe that the student is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, and that it adversely affects a student's educational performance. It includes students who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have unilateral hearing loss or high frequency hearing loss.
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American Sign Language
American Sign Language I and II are approved courses for Foreign Language Credit in Bulletin 741, § 2345 A. Teachers of ASL shall have a valid Louisiana teaching certificate and documentation of the following:
1. Provisional Level Certification from the American Sign Language Teachers Association (ALSTA); or
2. Certificate of Interpretation (CI) from the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (RID); or
3. Certificate of Transliteration (CT) from the RID; or
4. Certified Deaf Interpreter certification (CDI) from the RID; or
5. Level IV or V Certificate of Competence from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD); or
6. Level IV or V Official Documentation of the videotaped version of the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA).
These are objectives based on Signing Naturally and are aligned with the foreign language benchmarks for each unit.
ASL 1 - Unit 1
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ASL 1 - Unit 2
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ASL 1 - Unit 3
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ASL 1 - Unit 4
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ASL 1 - Unit 5
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ASL 1 - Unit 6
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ASL 1 - Unit 7
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ASL 1 - Unit 8
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ASL 1 - Unit 9
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ASL 1 - Unit 10
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ASL 1 - Unit 11
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ASL 1 - Unit 12
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ASL 1 - Unit 12 - review
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ASL 2 - Unit 13
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ASL 2 - Unit 14
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ASL 2 - Unit 15
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For more information
Contact:
Melodie Sparks
Phone: 225 342 0520
Fax: 225 342 5880
Email: melodie.sparks@la.gov
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