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Megan8987 said:
I learned that I've always been so nervous and have never approached anyone who is deaf because I'm afraid I'm still a baby signer. But I chatted with a 4yr old deaf girl on the train the other day who happily signed me. Hey! Its a start.... :lol:
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Baby signer meets baby signer!:hmm:
 
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Baby signer meets baby signer!:hmm:
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Oh please...this 4yr old put me to shame she was so good! Except when she asked her Dad how old I was she mistook his sign for 31....since I'm 23 and been mistaken as 15 I was a little shocked lol. I signed "2" and "3" and she understood me! Score one for the newbie!
 
PFH and Rockdrummer.. I am starting to think ya 2 got the heat for each other.. in the bad way... so suggest ya 2 knock it off and go over to private chat somewhere and spare us the drama... oy, ya 2 are like little snotty kids boasting and tattling each other damn good enough to the point...
 
I learned absolutely nothing worth mentioning. It was a ho-hum day.
 
I learned that finding words that start with my initial is really hard. Not many words with letter K :/ and the ones that ARE with the letter K are from some other language
 
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I learned that finding words that start with my initial is really hard. Not many words with letter K :/ and the ones that ARE with the letter K are from some other language
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Interesting - I found a bunch that start with K as that is also the first letter of my name. Ah well.
 
I learned that I'm a pretty good website project manager, if I may say so! :)
 
i am best goal successful because happy lot of positive! :D
 
I learned that a deaf student in one of my classes would benefit more from a Bi-Bi approach. As far as I know he is not receiving proper support services and they are forcing an all oral education on him in a mainstream school, specifically the same school I went through. I fear for this kid, but who do I approach? I know he's your average 15 year old kid and he's been in trouble with the teachers for disruptive behavior, usually for profanity. His reading level worries me as I had to have him read passages from a book aloud to the class. No special exceptions. I would be willing to tutor him in my own time to help him improve his literacy if there is a way. I understand he's also got a messed up home life. I just feel for the kid as I don't want his education short changed. He is taking all remedial level classes. I know he's smarter than that. He just needs the right support services to help him.
 
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If he's 15, he is already used to the language he is using. He's just need some ASL classes. Although being around hearing kids and he's a guy, he may not want it even if he secretly do. You talk to his special eduation teacher if she is willing to include a TOD or ASL lessons on his next IEP.
 
deafgal001 said:
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If he's 15, he is already used to the language he is using. He's just need some ASL classes. Although being around hearing kids and he's a guy, he may not want it even if he secretly do. You talk to his special eduation teacher if she is willing to include a TOD or ASL lessons on his next IEP.
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He is already fluent in ASL, his first language was ASL. I had talked with a lady that worked closely with him a couple of years ago and she said he writes as if he were writing in ASL and that she often had to correct his adjective and noun placement as well as his verb forms. So he doesn't need ASL lessons on his IEP, he needs the support services such as a qualified terp. If I were his guardian I would be demanding one, as well as one on one tutoring to clean his English grammar and syntax up. The school would just have to foot the bill whether they like it or not.

*dominant hand with bullhorns, non dominant hand flashing five hand shape, arms crossed*.
 
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Where did he learn to be fluent? And spoken?(you said you had him read aloud). Is his parents deaf? Anyway, yes they should kept an eye on his progress.
 
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Where did he learn to be fluent? And spoken?(you said you had him read aloud). Is his parents deaf? Anyway, yes they should kept an eye on his progress.
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He originally went to ASD in Little Rock and was living with his mom. Well his mom went to prison for writing some hot checks so he ended up here living with his grandparents. I am not sure when he was implanted but his IEP includes speech therapy as he goes for one hour a week according to the special education notes I was provided during my subbing today. His speech is not 100% clear but I can usually make out what he is saying when he speaks. When we conversed I tried using the few signs I know along with speech to help him understand the instructions. I will have him again on Friday with another Special education class I will be subbing for.
 
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Good luck! I think it is sad they haven't provided him a terp for over two years. The best you can do is have him keep reading aloud, that's what my special ed teachers did.
 
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He originally went to ASD in Little Rock and was living with his mom. Well his mom went to prison for writing some hot checks so he ended up here living with his grandparents. I am not sure when he was implanted but his IEP includes speech therapy as he goes for one hour a week according to the special education notes I was provided during my subbing today. His speech is not 100% clear but I can usually make out what he is saying when he speaks. When we conversed I tried using the few signs I know along with speech to help him understand the instructions. I will have him again on Friday with another Special education class I will be subbing for.
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He should have an interpreter in the class. I wonder if the funding school has received for him has been allocated to meet his needs. If you have any concerns, perhaps you could pen a note to his guardian about your concerns?
 
I am reading "For Hearing People Only" and I learned that pure ASL still has initialized signs. Look-at has a V sign that looks like you are motioning eyes looking at something. However, the V sign is actually an initialized V for "voir" which means to look in French.

Interesting. Probably already mentioned somewhere in AD, but still interesting nonetheless.

And yes I know I am not a hearing person... :D
 
I am learning that my college class will be last day on Dec of 17th!...... Second Semster class beginning on January 24th :D

Five weeks vacation!!! :fruit:
 
Daredevel7 said:
I am reading "For Hearing People Only" and I learned that pure ASL still has initialized signs. Look-at has a V sign that looks like you are motioning eyes looking at something. However, the V sign is actually an initialized V for "voir" which means to look in French.

Interesting. Probably already mentioned somewhere in AD, but still interesting nonetheless.

And yes I know I am not a hearing person... :D
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I'm not either. And I just learned that sign originates from "voir." I always thought of it like little snail stalks peering around.

I am dissapointed.
 
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