Seriously...I need your help!

[deafbajagal]

I'm drafting a proposal to have a new law regarding public schools notifying parents of deaf/hh students in my state about our residental school for the deaf as one of the options of education placment. I know other states have passed similiar laws. Which state? Do any of you know who has been instrumental in writing such drafts? I don't want to re-invent the wheel, and I have so many questions on how to word certain aspects of my bills.

Please ask around, if you don't know. I need your help!!

 

[Mrs Bucket]

Project MUSE - This one you need to acquire directly from Gallaudet Press.

Project MUSE - American Annals of the Deaf - Residential Schools for the Deaf and Academic Placement Past, Present, and Future Project MUSE Journals American Annals of the Deaf Volume 154, Number 1, Spring 2009 Residential Schools for the Deaf and Academic Placement Past, Present, and Future American Annals of the Deaf Volume 154, Number 1, Spring 2009 E-ISSN: 1543-0375 Print ISSN: 0002-726X DOI: 10.1353/aad.0.0077 Residential Schools for the Deaf and Academic Placement Past, Present, and Future

Hands & Voices - School Placement

The one thing that parents of deaf and hard of hearing children understand better than anyone else is that the choices in communication, educational placement options, and other decisions about raising their children are complex and individualized. It takes a great degree of flexibility and understanding of the issues. Unfortunately, parents often lack the necessary knowledge and advocacy skills when confronted with a 'one size fits all' model by the systems that are there to support them.

When it comes to the considerations of educational placement for the deaf or hard of hearing child, (d/hh) parents become 'equal partners' in the process by knowing the law and understanding the communication needs of their child. From understanding the answers to basic questions such as 'Who decides where my child goes to school?'; to the more complex considerations of academics, communication access, and social considerations, getting to the 'right' educational placement for a student who is deaf/hh can be satisfactorily achieved when parents become meaningfully involved in the process.

 

[shel90]

I can ask Family ed this week since they are specialized in this area.

 

[deafbajagal]

thanks, girls! *mwah!*

Of course, I'm conflicted in my feelings with the draft...especially since I think this deaf school SUCKS :/...but it is better than some public schools with NO intepreters available. ugh

 

[shel90]

thanks, girls! *mwah!*

Of course, I'm conflicted in my feelings with the draft...especially since I think this deaf school SUCKS :/...but it is better than some public schools with NO intepreters available. ugh

Getting more students and getting more staff (especially those who have been trained with the BiBi philosophy and with Deaf culture) usually helps improve Deaf schools, IMO.

 

[deafdyke]

Texas has a law about informing parents of the res school option.
You should also put language in about specificly targeting students from poor communuities or dangerous communities for res school placement.

 

[Brian]

I don't know if this is what you are looking for:

Bill of Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children | National Association of the Deaf

States with a Deaf Children’s Bill of Rights: California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Texas.