DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING RESOURCE

Program Description:
The elementary Deaf or Hard of Hearing cohort classes provide students with the opportunity to enter school in Kindergarten and transition through the grades, with peers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Students are fully integrated and receive a range of supports based on individual needs.  

Entrance Criteria:
- Must have a diagnosed hearing loss supported by a recent audiometric assessment and report;
- Primary need must be hearing loss (students who appear to have secondary needs will be evaluated on an individual basis); and/or
- Hearing level must be at least moderate, bilateral, permanent and amplification must be recommended by an audiologist.

Referral Process:
- Students register at their catchment school.
- School personnel / preschool staff (for students transitioning to kindergarten) and the itinerant teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing consult with respect to the referral.
- School personnel / preschool staff (for students transitioning to kindergarten) submit the referral (with supporting documentation) to Student Support.
- Student Support makes a decision regarding the referral.
- Visitations and observations occur.

Time: Sept - June
Location: Various sites
Contact: 604.596.7733 / SS-office@surreyschools.ca