Liberal Party in Newfoundland promises to re-open School for the Deaf if Elected

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Right now Newfoundland and Labrador is having their provincial election and their people will vote on October 11th.

Last year the provincial Conservative government closed down Newfoundland School for the Deaf.

http://nlliberals.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Education.pdf

Look at page 48 from their election platform.

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

A New Liberal Government will re-open the School for the Deaf, over a two-year period, working closely with parents and related groups and organizations.
 
Still, I am glad that they reconize the value of a School for the Deaf. The thing is that just b/c a dhh kid is in the "mainstream" it doesn't mean it's a better education. I know of a just hoh kid who is in a LIFE SKILLS class!
 
Ah well, but still why wait for 2 years once elected? Why not when he finally elected then he should open deaf school right away?
 
JoeyDeafNinja said:
Ah well, but still why wait for 2 years once elected? Why not when he finally elected then he should open deaf school right away?
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No. It would take a lot of time to hire and train (if necessary) teachers & dorm counsellors, contact parents of Deaf children and etc etc etc.
 
Royale, are you still involved with the Deaf School? I really think that if states/provinces in general publicized the fact that they have schools for the Deaf and Schools for the Blind, you'd see a lot of families moving. I also think a really good idea would be for Deaf Schools to create formal "look we know middle and high school are really tough times. Your kid can come and live at school and have an amazing experiance. Even if they don't know ASL intitially, we have programs where they can learn ASL as a second language." Even "oral sucesses" would be banging down the doors to get in. I can guarntee you that a lot of parents of kids who do well orally, but who have poor social experiances are under the impression that deaf schools are only for kids who are voice off....sigh so sad.
 
And Royale, Newfoundland is very rural right? It's not like they have tons and tons of well trained teachers of the deaf or dhh regional programs right? Sigh....it's SO fucked up that states and provinces took the "research" on inclusion and thought that it meant that "segregation" was "bad"
 
deafdyke said:
Royale, are you still involved with the Deaf School? I really think that if states/provinces in general publicized the fact that they have schools for the Deaf and Schools for the Blind, you'd see a lot of families moving. I also think a really good idea would be for Deaf Schools to create formal "look we know middle and high school are really tough times. Your kid can come and live at school and have an amazing experiance. Even if they don't know ASL intitially, we have programs where they can learn ASL as a second language." Even "oral sucesses" would be banging down the doors to get in. I can guarntee you that a lot of parents of kids who do well orally, but who have poor social experiances are under the impression that deaf schools are only for kids who are voice off....sigh so sad.
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No, I used to be involved with the Deaf school as former student and staff member.

I basically and partially agree with your points.
 
deafdyke said:
And Royale, Newfoundland is very rural right? It's not like they have tons and tons of well trained teachers of the deaf or dhh regional programs right? Sigh....it's SO fucked up that states and provinces took the "research" on inclusion and thought that it meant that "segregation" was "bad"
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Yes it is.

Yes right. The Deaf students in these rural areas are having alot of difficulty in obtaining and using the support services and we do not have many qualified teachers for the Deaf available.
 
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