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Congrats to your brother Shel! I know that ya'll are really close. You're so lucky to have such a great brother!
Thank you..yes, we are very veyr close.
Congrats to your brother Shel! I know that ya'll are really close. You're so lucky to have such a great brother!
I agree that the system in Deaf Schools needs to raise the bar on expectations!
It truely depends on how passionated the teachers are. The Deaf school I attended always had small classes. Perhaps less than 15 students. Give or take. Teachers have more time to work with the students.
Again it falls back on the system. And the teachers regardless of hearing status.
I know that many Deaf schools have already raised the bar a long time ago. I am pretty sure all of them have by now.
I just can't imagine for the life of me why on earth a teacher would go to a deaf school to teach but then not have compassion and empathy for teaching deaf kids.
I just can't imagine for the life of me why on earth a teacher would go to a deaf school to teach but then not have compassion and empathy for teaching deaf kids.
In mainstreamed cases, I believe that teachers want to intervene and teach children to be tolerant. Today, many teachers are so overwhelmed that they don't really have time to do it. Class sizes are big and sometimes it's just crowd control, especially at the secondary level. Most bullying takes place outside the classroom (i.e., in the hallways). It helps if the administration takes responsibility for discipline and helping students, but that doesn't always happen.
Wow, this question went into so many different avenues. It is indeed heartbreaking to see how the children at this school is being treated. So much emphasis is put on building Language, which is important. But is there a way to build language without neglecting other areas of growth and development. My interpreter has deaf children. One of her sons attend the school where I am working. She is planning to pull him and mainstream him because he is in the fifth grade getting homework that my 1st graders are getting. She also mentioned that her son received more challenging homework in the 4th grade. She herself is fed up with how many teachers are restricting the learning of Deaf children. Her two older children are mainstreamed with interpreters so she has her routine pretty much set.
Wow, this question went into so many different avenues. It is indeed heartbreaking to see how the children at this school is being treated. So much emphasis is put on building Language, which is important. But is there a way to build language without neglecting other areas of growth and development. My interpreter has deaf children. One of her sons attend the school where I am working. She is planning to pull him and mainstream him because he is in the fifth grade getting homework that my 1st graders are getting. She also mentioned that her son received more challenging homework in the 4th grade. She herself is fed up with how many teachers are restricting the learning of Deaf children. Her two older children are mainstreamed with interpreters so she has her routine pretty much set.
mainstreamed is no better. He will still be left out. Miss out and sit in the class doing nothing. Unless he have an interpreter.
Wow, this question went into so many different avenues. It is indeed heartbreaking to see how the children at this school is being treated. So much emphasis is put on building Language, which is important. But is there a way to build language without neglecting other areas of growth and development. My interpreter has deaf children. One of her sons attend the school where I am working. She is planning to pull him and mainstream him because he is in the fifth grade getting homework that my 1st graders are getting. She also mentioned that her son received more challenging homework in the 4th grade. She herself is fed up with how many teachers are restricting the learning of Deaf children. Her two older children are mainstreamed with interpreters so she has her routine pretty much set.
Wow as in how some people claim that deaf schools are the best place for deaf kids. From what you said I get the impression that it depends.
I know that many Deaf schools have already raised the bar a long time ago. I am pretty sure all of them have by now.
Ok. It seems I disagree with those who claim deaf schools are superior in quality. I think that stance can hurt deaf schools, as it prevents more quality control and demands for more system changes, as deaf schools are the BEST PLACE TO BE AFTER ALL. My viewpoint is no support for mainstreaming children. If a deaf school have a lousy teacher, I would ask the school to change teacher as it's a violation of the leave no child behind act to provide savior type teachers with crap ASL, or I would move to another school, most probably, the school where Shel90 works
Wow as in how some people claim that deaf schools are the best place for deaf kids. From what you said I get the impression that it depends.
like in another thread, NCLB does not apply to deaf children: http://www.alldeaf.com/deaf-news/59...nts-where-attend-high-school.html#post1526014