{"id":17322,"date":"2019-10-06T07:41:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=17322"},"modified":"2019-10-11T07:42:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T14:42:45","slug":"tuffree-middle-school-offers-presentations-on-individuals-with-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=17322","title":{"rendered":"Tuffree Middle School offers presentations on individuals with hearing loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, September 26, all 8th grade students listened to a presentation about what it\u2019s like to be deaf or hard of hearing. The presenter, Erika Thompson,\u00a0visited from the California School for the Deaf in Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>Erika is the Community Resource Specialist for CSDR and often goes out to provide workshops for local school districts. According to Principal Cindy Freeman, Erika was very excited to come out to Tuffree Middle School and work with Tuffree&#8217;s 8th grade students and staff on how to best to instruct students with varying degrees of hearing loss. She is deaf herself and brought sign language interpreters to assist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tuffree students and staff were attentive and interested in this relevant topic, especially\u00a0since we have students on campus currently who have severe hearing loss,&#8221; Principal Freeman shared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17326\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tuffree MS.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-2.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17325\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tuffree MS.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tuffree-Middle-Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing-Presentation-10-3-19-3.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, September 26, all 8th grade students listened to a presentation about what it\u2019s like to be deaf or hard of hearing. 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