November 5, 2025
Join us for a virtual event on November 5, 2025!
PESDHH Officers are working out details for the Fall after-hours event. The topic for this workshop will be "Hearing Technology". We will have a representative from Phonak with us to share an overview of their technology (don't worry...it won't be a sales pitch!). We hope to have the agenda set and a registration link sent out soon! Two hours of Act 48 will be offered for attendance to this event. The date and time for this event is Wednesday November 5th from 6-8pm. Registration link to follow.
We are already looking ahead to our Spring after-hours workshop! We do not have a date set for this yet, but we are hoping our topic can be something related to auditory training following cochlear implant. If you have connections and/or resources that you would like us to consider for this workshop, please reach out! Email PESDHH22@gmail.com.
A Quick Overview of THE PENNSYLVANIA EXPANDED CORE COMPETENCIES for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
This curriculum & its resource documents were developed in the state of Iowa (revised in 2013). Its purpose is to define skills & knowledge that students with hearing loss often miss if only exposed to the general ed curriculum. Many of these skills are acquired by hearing students through incidental learning, whereas our students often need direct instruction in these same areas, by a ToD. The PA-ECC-DHH is a great starting point to show the IEP team specifically how DHH support has a different focus than learning support and other related services. Something to celebrate indeed! PESDHH has developed an in-depth study of the PA-ECC-DHH that can be presented to groups of teachers, either face-to face or virtually. If you are interested, please contact:
Barb Chubb at barbarachubb@ymail.com
Pennsylvania Educators of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (PESDHH) is a grass roots organization of teachers and other educational professionals serving students across PA, who are deaf or hard of hearing. Through continuing education of service providers and decision makers along with advocacy and collaboration, our mission is to ensure that all students with hearing loss have appropriate, quality services delivered by highly qualified personnel, regardless of their geographic location.
It is also our mission that these highly qualified providers have the necessary supports to continually improve services to Deaf and hard of hearing students so the students can thrive and reach their maximum potential as individuals.