Including wider student , family responses
The child version of the recently published Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale includes some survey questions addressing fatigue in classroom environments . However , it focuses exclusively on fatigue as a result of auditory effort ( for deaf or hard of hearing individuals using amplification devices and spoken language ) and is accessible only in written text format .
Currently , there is no survey suitable for a diversity of students with disabilities , including among deaf students who are sign language users and / or who are dual language users , meaning they both sign and use spoken language , but not simultaneously .
The FEC survey will be innovative because it will be designed to capture experiences of these students , and it will include the perspectives of students , their families and educational teams about how they understand and see student fatigue .
This research can help educators and policymakers propose relevant changes in education , such as policy or curricular changes , educator training or resource allocation or protocols for relating with students , families or communities to better respond to and mitigate students ’ fatigue .
This article was originally published in The Conversation . Read the original article .
A study found that no junior high and high school students who were deaf or hard of hearing were afforded accommodations to mitigate their fatigue . ( Shutterstock )
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