HI,
My name is Rosa, I live in California and like I mentioned I have 2 children who are deaf. I joined this forum because I'm trying to teach my children ASL and I need advice on how I can do that. Here where we live it's an only SEE program and oral. Both of my children have choclear implants , but oral is not our priority for them. I took a beginners ASL in college but thats all they offer here because of the "budget". For my daughter who's 7 is hard for her to make the change to ASL because all her life all she has learned is SEE. We have met a few deaf people and we have learned more but , I guess what I'm saying is that since im trying to only use the ASL i know here at home, in school they keep using SEE and they correct her whenever she uses an ASL sign. Sometimes I wished I had searched for more information when my children were smaller, I feel we were pressured and pushed around by many doctors who wanted us to do what they wanted and we were sort of lost and with no experience or knowledge of the Deaf Culture, but now I just want them to be part of it. I appreciate your guy's time in reading this and I'm thankful for any advice. Thanks
My name is Rosa, I live in California and like I mentioned I have 2 children who are deaf. I joined this forum because I'm trying to teach my children ASL and I need advice on how I can do that. Here where we live it's an only SEE program and oral. Both of my children have choclear implants , but oral is not our priority for them. I took a beginners ASL in college but thats all they offer here because of the "budget". For my daughter who's 7 is hard for her to make the change to ASL because all her life all she has learned is SEE. We have met a few deaf people and we have learned more but , I guess what I'm saying is that since im trying to only use the ASL i know here at home, in school they keep using SEE and they correct her whenever she uses an ASL sign. Sometimes I wished I had searched for more information when my children were smaller, I feel we were pressured and pushed around by many doctors who wanted us to do what they wanted and we were sort of lost and with no experience or knowledge of the Deaf Culture, but now I just want them to be part of it. I appreciate your guy's time in reading this and I'm thankful for any advice. Thanks