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True... Only if parents listen to the correct and valid information...
 
shel90 said:
I have seen too many parents who have made the wrong educational placement choice for their deaf children. Too many. The children are the ones who end up with lots of problems.
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So, who should get to decide, if NOT parents (and IEP teams, by the way, parents don't have the right to unilaterially place a child without the teams consent)? Who knows better? You?
 
faire_jour said:
So, who should get to decide, if NOT parents (and IEP teams, by the way, parents don't have the right to unilaterially place a child without the teams consent)? Who knows better? You?
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I have seen it happen. That's all I am saying. With several of my friends and with the children I know.

Like Karrissa said..only if the parents keep an open mind and hear from all sides.

Too often, the parents of my friends or the children I know only listened to the medical model point of view of deafness when making the decision to place their children. My parents were one of them.

You werent one of those parents who made that mistake obviously.
 
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KristinaB said:
I was main-streamed as the doctors did not want my parents treating me different than my brothers.

I homeschool my children. I am deaf, son is HOH, daughter is just special. I homeschool because my daughter has learning disabilities and does better one-on-one and when I pulled daughter out of public school and left son there, they started causing problems for son, so I pulled him to. Kids enjoy home school and we have the freedom to make our own schedule within the guildelines of the State of Florida. When I take my ASL classes, son will be joining me and get school credit as well.

Just this past week, we went to the local cemetary and straightened up all the flowers that blew down in the storm and the kids got to record some things from the old gravestones and when they came home, they did research and learned a little of the history of this area.
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While you are at it, be sure to join a homeschooling association. They give you some great tips, advices, and keep you updated on what regular schools are teaching so your kids will not be behind from kids (you don't want your kids to be the only adults who doesn't know anything about the latest technology in workplace -- like how we 90's kids don't know anything about computers until recently and computers are very important in workplace).
 
I have seen too many parents who have made the wrong educational placement choice for their deaf children. Too many. The children are the ones who end up with lots of problemsI have seen too many parents who have made the wrong educational placement choice for their deaf children. Too many. The children are the ones who end up with lots of problems..
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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually.....you know what might be a really good idea? Mandating that kids who are dhh or blind/low vision be evaluted at the schools for the deaf/blind. Then someone who is non-biased in regards to edcuational placement can talk to the parents about what a good educational placement would be.
Too often parents (and local educational authorities) think that mainstreaming is some sort of glorious utopia.
 
deafdyke said:
Oh I can imagine!!!! It must be such a headache dealing with teachers who know nothing about teaching kids like us, How far away are you guys from FSDB? They ARE hoh friendly.(someone on the site actually sends her daughter there and her daughter who is formally mainstreamed LOVES it and is thriving.....maybe do something like a deaf studies curriculm or pen pals with FSDB.....I think that would be a fun addition to homeschooling....Plus I do have to say that I think that the deaf schools are very underutilized as a resource, especially by hoh folks. Are you guys religious? There is a special needs homeschooling site called NAATHAN.
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I'm not sure where the FSDB is located. I am in WPB, FL on the East coast.
 
Lighthouse77 said:
While you are at it, be sure to join a homeschooling association. They give you some great tips, advices, and keep you updated on what regular schools are teaching so your kids will not be behind from kids (you don't want your kids to be the only adults who doesn't know anything about the latest technology in workplace -- like how we 90's kids don't know anything about computers until recently and computers are very important in workplace).
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I am not a part of the local homeschool groups due to the fact the they either want you to use a specific curriculumn of be a Catholic. I have registered with the County School Board. Son will be taking technology classes at a local night school and daughter has learning disabilities and at age 15 she has to review previous years of school work. She does a combination of grade 3-7, son (14) is too smart for his own good. He's doing grades 8-12 with college level Literature and World History. His current passion and therefore study is Japan. We are fortunate that we have some gardens and a museum just south of town that is all about Japan.
 
deafdyke said:
Too often parents (and local educational authorities) think that mainstreaming is some sort of glorious utopia.
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Mainstreaming scares the pants off of me. Always has. My biggest worry is that my daughter is the only Deaf, nonverbal child in her age group and the isolation that would go along with it. I think the environment at a school for the Deaf would be a thousand times healthier than being the "Only" in a mainstreamed environment.
 
WeeBeastie said:
Mainstreaming scares the pants off of me. Always has. My biggest worry is that my daughter is the only Deaf, nonverbal child in her age group and the isolation that would go along with it. I think the environment at a school for the Deaf would be a thousand times healthier than being the "Only" in a mainstreamed environment.
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I agree with you. I was the only deaf child in my elementary school. It was ok in the earlier years but come 4th grade, everything changed. It went downhill from there.
 
Thanks - that is just way too far away. It's almost 3-4 hours if not longer to get there.
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Oh too bad. I would contact them anyway.........They may be able to hook you up with resources and support groups. Let me see if I can't dig up some dhh resources for you guys. It might be nice for your son to get to know other dhh kids his age.
And that's awesome he's advanced for his age! I know FSDB is OK academicly but not WICKED good. It IS very hoh friendly........Maybe a good idea might be to do a deaf studies curriculm with him....that would be really fun! There's also a TON of camps and things for dhh teens..........isn't there some sort of teen summer program at NTID? (NTID is FILLED with a lot of kids who were mainstreamed and oral first) Maybe you could send him to any teen summer camps at FSDB.......and maybe you could contact FSDB and start something like a mainstream/homeschooled dhh interaction group.........It's awesome that your son is doing so well academicly.......but maybe a Deaf Studies angle might provide something really cool to his studies.
 
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