PEAK – MY ADVOCACY

My Advocacy MY ADVOCACY LEGEND – Objectives related to self-determination & self-advocacy   AUTONOMY   COMPETENCY   RELATEDNESS https://kipagroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PEAK-My-Advocacy-captions.mp4 Explore the MY ADVOCACY Modules My Advocacy Advocacy, Efficacy, & Management Communication Repair School’s Understanding of Hearing loss Transitions & Laws Explore the PEAK Modules My Hearing About My Hearing Difficulties About My Hearing Technology Managing […]

PEAK – My Advocacy – Transitions and Laws

My Advocacy TRANSITIONS & LAWS TRANSITIONS & LAWS OBJECTIVES: (Competency)   Knowledge of U.S. laws and rights  (ADA, 504, IDEA, Provincial School Acts, etc) How do you describe a successful transition? Diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and access (DEIBA) → what policies are in place to support your equity, inclusion and access? Advisors will be sensitive […]

PEAK – My Advocacy – School’s Understanding of Hearing Loss

My Advocacy SCHOOL’S UNDERSTANDING OF HEARING LOSS SCHOOL’S UNDERSTANDING OF HEARING LOSS OBJECTIVES: (Competency)   What are some ways that you share with your teachers information about your hearing loss and the strategies that are most helpful to you at the start of the year/semester? Do you know if your Educational Audiologist or TOD have […]

PEAK – My Advocacy – Communication Repair

My Advocacy COMMUNICATION REPAIR COMMUNICATION REPAIR OBJECTIVES: (Competency)   Do you know when you have misheard or misunderstood someone? How can you tell? What do you do if you mishear or misunderstand? Does asking for repetition always help? When wouldn’t it help? What do you do, if after repeating themselves, you still don’t understand? What […]

PEAK – My Advocacy – Advocacy, Efficacy, and Management

My Advocacy ADVOCACY, EFFICACY, & MANAGEMENT ADVOCACY, EFFICACY, & MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES: (Competency)   What is advocacy? What is self-advocacy? What are examples of self-advocacy? Why is it important for students with hearing difficulties to be good self-advocates? What can you say when someone asks about your hearing aids/cochlear implants?  What might happen if your teacher […]