CI Toolkit: Helping Children with Cochlear Implants in Inclusive Classrooms

描述(由申请者提供)：在这个快速通道项目中，KDHRC将开发和评估CI School工具包，这是一套全面的材料，用于支持家长、教师和儿童进入包容性课堂环境。这些集成的多媒体和印刷材料将1)支持家长与教师和学校合作，为CI儿童创造最具支持性的学习环境；2)协助教育工作者为CI儿童创造最佳的学习和听力环境；3)帮助CI儿童教育他们的同龄人有关听力损失和人工耳蜗植入的知识，以提高社会接受度，减少耻辱，并创造更具支持性的学校环境。该工具包将包括印刷品、视频和基于网络的材料，并将在目标受众和该领域专家小组的广泛投入下开发。该项目的长期目标是为教育界和宣传界提供一种工具，以优化独联体儿童的入学和融入。 开发材料后，我们将分两个阶段对工具包的效果进行强有力的评估：1)对一系列两组、前测/后测、准实验研究的组成部分进行评估；2)当患有CI的儿童进入包容性课堂时，对产品进行现场测试。该工具包随后将在KDHRC的商业化合作伙伴的帮助下在全国范围内分发。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this Fast Track project, KDHRC will develop and evaluate the CI School Toolkit, a comprehensive set of materials to support parents, teachers, and children as a child with a cochlear implant (CI) enters an inclusive classroom environment. These integrated, multimedia and print materials will 1) support parents as they work with teachers and the school to create the most supportive learning environment for their child with a CI, 2) assist educators in creating the best learning and listening setting for children with a CI, and 3) help children with a CI educate their peers about hearing loss and cochlear implants, to increase social acceptance, reduce stigma, and create a more supportive school environment. The toolkit will consist of print, video, and web-based materials and will be developed with extensive input from the target audience and a panel of experts in the field. The long-term objective of this project is to provide the educational and advocacy communities with a tool to optimize school entry and inclusion for children with CIs. After developing the materials, we will conduct a robust evaluation of the efficacy of the Toolkit in two stages: 1) an evaluation of the component parts in a series of two-group, pretest/post-test, quasi-experimental studies and 2) a field test of the product with parent/teacher dyads at the time when a child with a CI is entering an inclusive classroom. The Toolkit will then be distributed nationwide with the help of KDHRC's commercialization partners.