• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Insurance & Billing
  • Refer a Patient
  • Donate Now
Texas Hearing Institute
  • Request an Appointment
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission, Vision, History
    • Meet the Staff
    • Leadership
    • Financials
    • Careers
    • Plan your visit
    • Videos
    • Collaborative Partners
    • FAQs
  • Services
    • Audiology Department
      • Pediatric Audiology Services
      • Community Outreach
      • Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention
      • Hearing Aids
      • Pediatric Hearing Test
      • Externships
      • Financial Support Program for Hearing Aids
      • Financial Support for Services
      • Interpreting
    • Speech Therapy Services
      • Speech Therapy Programs For Children With Hearing Loss
      • Speech Therapy Programs For Children Without Hearing Loss
      • FAQs
    • Youth Programs
    • The Melinda Webb School
      • About MWS
      • Curriculum
      • Admissions
      • Programs
        • Programs for Children Without Hearing Loss
      • Parents
    • Family Support Services
  • Services
      • Audiology Department
        • Pediatric Audiology Services
        • Community Outreach
        • Externships
      • Speech Therapy Services
        • Speech Therapy Programs For Children With Hearing Loss
        • Speech Therapy Programs For Children Without Hearing Loss
        • FAQs
      • Youth Programs
      • The Melinda Webb School
        • About
        • Curriculum
        • Admissions
        • Programs
        • Parents
      • Family Support Services
  • Resources
    • For Families
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Older Children and Teens
  • Ways to Give
    • Melinda Webb Scholarship Fund
    • Facebook Fundraiser
    • Purchase Items on Children’s Wishlist
    • Employer Matching Gift Programs
    • Event Sponsorship
    • Annual Fund
    • Donate Items
      • Donate Used Hearing Equipment
      • Donate Appreciated Stock
    • Volunteer
  • Blog
  • Learn More
    • In the News
    • Success Stories
  • Contact Us

Curriculum

The Melinda Webb School curriculum is individualized to meet the unique needs of each student. Teachers complete weekly individualized lesson plans with the goals and activities for each student to take home for their parents to implement at home.

Language Development

The Melinda Webb School teachers provide language instruction through structured and unstructured activities throughout the day. Each day, students in full-day programs receive language instruction specific to their needs in small groups. Teachers set short-term and long-term goals based on each student’s receptive and expressive language skills. The CASLLS (Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language, & Speech) and TASL (Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language) systems are used to track and monitor student progress, and to set goals for their receptive and expressive language skills.

Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary instruction for students is embedded into daily routines, unstructured activities, and small group structured activities. The Moog 100-, 150-, and 300-word lists are used to track and set goals for receptive and expressive vocabulary skills.

Auditory Development

The Melinda Webb School teachers use their specialized background to embed auditory skills into routine activities throughout the day. Teachers use specialized LSLS strategies to enhance auditory development. The auditory learning guide (ALG), cottage Aacquisition Scales for Listening, Language, & Speech), and TASL (Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language) programs are used to track and monitor progress and set goals for auditory skills.

Academic and Developmental Skills

The Melinda Webb School academic and developmental curriculum is aligned with Texas state standards for students from 18 months old to kindergarten age.

Students undergo a yearly standardized developmental assessment on the DAYC-2 (Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Second Edition). This assessment provides standard scores in the areas of fine motor, gross motor, cognition, social-emotional, and adaptive behavior.

Literacy Development

Reading to students is essential to the development of listening and spoken language and early literacy skills. At the Melinda Webb School, literacy and phonological awareness activities are a part of daily instruction in all grade levels. Our kindergarten program uses a balanced literacy approach to teach reading and writing skills.

Click here to learn more about our grade level programs and curriculums

little boy wearing a hearing aid playing with a toy

Footer

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Get a heads-up on upcoming special events and fun activities at Texas Hearing Institute in the coming weeks and months.

View Calendar

OUR BLOG

Learn more about new advances in the field of pediatric audiology, speech therapy, as well as news involving Texas Hearing Institute in our exclusive blog.

Read Now

Texas Hearing Institute

Address:

3100 Shenandoah St.
Houston, TX 77021-1042

Phone:

(713) 523-3633

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Services
  • Resources
  • Professionals
  • Ways to Give
  • Blog
  • Success Stories
  • Contact Us
  • Request an Appointment
  • Donation Form
  • Refer a Patient
  • Accessibility Statement
  • HIPAA Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
Copyright © · Texas Hearing Institute · All Rights Reserved
iHealthspot Medical Website Design and Medical Marketing by iHealthSpot.com

At Texas Hearing Institute in Houston, TX, we provide audiology and speech therapy services for adults and children with hearing loss.