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bowling, camping, canoeing, Deaf Dance Troupe, fishing, fitness
center, hiking, kayaking, Mathcounts (competitive math team),
outdoor club, OuttaSight band, photography club, rock climbing, and
student council. Such broad avenues for participation certainly
provide students many opportunities to collaborate and excel.
The services offered through speech and language also
ensure the students are developing in both the standard curriculum
and the expanded core curriculum. Speech-language pathologists
focused on receptive and expressive language with students with
visual impairments. Students used the Smart-Brailler and other
hands on activities to expand their vocabulary and other semantic
skills. By working on increasing their lexicon within these activities,
students were able to express their thoughts more effectively
through writing, reading, and conversation with peers. Pragmatics,
which are related to a student's social language/interactions were
also integral to the speech and language program. Therapists used
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