All interested grade 12 students are supported by their Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf/ Hard of Hearing to prepare for their transition to post-secondary studies or as they embark on other career paths. Depending on the path chosen, this might include:

1) Developing a Post-Secondary Accommodations Plan, with the support of a Consulting Educational Audiologist. This form can be presented to Accessibility Services at their chosen college/ university. It outlines:

1. • The hearing-related accommodations they have been using in high school. 

   • Recommendations for hearing-related accommodations to be used in college/ university. 

   • A recommendation for the model of FM system to be purchased by Accessibility Services for use in college/ university.

2) A consultation with the FM Technologist to learn about how to troubleshoot with FM systems more independently.

3) Support for registering with Accessibility Services in college/ university. See the video below for more information about Accessibility Services. Itinerant teachers will help students prepare documents to bring to their first appointment with Accessibility Services. These documents might include:

1. • A Post-Secondary Accommodations Plan (see above)

   • A recent audiogram documenting the hearing loss 

   • A copy of the student's IEP

   • A letter written by the student detailing the accommodations they require for accessibility and why they need them

4) Support with applying for funding for hearing assistance technology (FM systems) for use in college/ university. Please click here for more information about post-secondary financial assistance.

5) Support with writing resumes and preparing for interviews if a career path is chosen.

Please watch the videos below for an overview of how to register with Accessibility Services at your chosen college/ university. 

Please enjoy a recording of the PDSB Hearing Department's "Adulting 101" virtual event for grade 11 and 12 students, which took place on February 10, 2021. Our wonderful panelists include: Natasha "Courage" Bacchus, Matthew Wren, Keegan Noxell, and PDSB graduates Julia Mark and Rimaldeep Raul. Thank you all for your fantastic contributions to this event!

You will see two different versions of the recording- the first is the "Speaker-Only Version" (0:00 to 1:10:24) and the second is the "All Participants/ Interpreter Version" (1:10:30 to 2:18:17). Please choose whichever version is most appropriate for your viewing needs. 

For further resources to help with post-secondary transition-planning, please click here.