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•Be sensitive to background noise in the lab. Turn radios, cell phones, and televisions off during work times. If background noise is unavoidable with online learning, instruct hearing impaired students to use ear phones to keep extraneous noise to a minimum.

•Get close to the students when speaking.

•Stress the importance of only one person talking at a time during group work.

•Initiate conversations with students by specifically calling their names.

•Be patient when students are tired or frustrated with the impact of their disabilities in the lab learning environment.

•Speak face to face. It is important to be on equal eye level with a student when having a conversation.

•Reword sentences or phrases if necessary to convey messages to students who are speech-readers.

•Be conscious of speaking distinctly and not too fast.

When there are physically impaired students in a classroom, here are some general considerations to keep in mind:

•Be prepared to give physically impaired students more time if necessary to complete hands-on labs, tasks, and exams.

•Consider giving these students shorter work assignments with rest periods built into the schedule.

•Establish open communication with the student, parent, and doctor to find the right balance of work that matches individual endurance and capability.

•Configure the lab space to accommodate wheel chairs and other transportation aids.

•Provide preferential seating in the lab to accommodate transportation devices.

•Offer a copy of instructor notes to the student for review on tests.

•Use a computer for testing.

•Provide special devices for students with physical disabilities such as word processors, ergonomically designed furniture, laptop computers, Kurzweil print readers, portable tape recorders for books on tape, and voice synthesis programs.

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