Today I had the pleasure to work alongside a special education teacher. Her role was to take children who have a hearing impairment and work with them more closely. This allowed the children to pay more attention than they would in a regular classroom. What I found interesting would be the different techniques used to aid them in their work. For example, a Child of whom just received his hearing aids and is adjusting hearing for the first time they displayed activities similar to that you would find in a speech therapists classroom, less verbal communication and more nonverbal using picture cards and toys. Gradually the teacher would move into more verbal activities once she feels the student is more comfortable.