jillio
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And some mainstream public schools are as well. Especially in regards to any student with any kind of special need for accommodation.
What type of School???
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And some mainstream public schools are as well. Especially in regards to any student with any kind of special need for accommodation.
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It depends on the child. Every child has his or her own individualized needs.
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I have experience mainstream hearing people, i think so getting really lonely hard time. I think so hard time. I guess my life. i think so really hard find mainstream to people hearing. I think so getting hearing people. I don't know what is happened closed RJ WIllow Deaf people in Saskatoon. I am not happy right now. I need to encourage to people deaf wish be support to me. I hope be happy beocme you happy be peaceful to respect to happy.
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I'm not sure what I'll do when if I have a deaf child, it'll depend on gender. Probably move abroad.....
I think deaf school provides much more, but then a split placement isn't bad either. Better than being integrated into a hearing school with minimal or no assistance.
I think deaf school provides much more, but then a split placement isn't bad either. Better than being integrated into a hearing school with minimal or no assistance.
deaf schools often segregated deaf kids with multiple disabilities like at Columbia MSD and MSSD a few years ago when Janskowski was there (and she actually sent her severely deaf child to Florida....)
Deaf schools need to screen out more residential staff members for abuse history. Never hire someone from NMSD now. Ron Stern may look good but it is bad there.
Deaf schools need to screen out more residential staff members for abuse history. Never hire someone from NMSD now. Ron Stern may look good but it is bad there.
That is a good point. If mainstreaming is route your family decides to go with, it is imperative that the parents make sure their child is fully mainstreamed with same-level peers. Otherwise it is not true mainstreaming. Parents need to be advocates for the student and make sure they are getting all the accommodations that are needed.
You reminded me of a person experience. My senior year I changed school systems. After telling the counselor I needed to be in the highest level advanced classes we had a school schedule all set up. I had been communicating iwth her through lip reading and doing most of the talking while my mom stayed silent. Only AFTER we had my AP classes set up did we tell the counselor that I was also HoH. The counselor immediately turned from me to my mother and said "oh! so she needs to be in special ed classes then!". It took another hour to convince her that no I did not need special ed. She then changed my schedule and rather than being in the top level advanced classes- she put me in the middle level (one step above regular but not the highest level) classes because of my hearing loss. This kept me from being in the classes I needed and kept me from testing out of college classes early. But no- I'm not bitter
Comparing schools
I definitely feel that some deaf schools are FAR better than some public mainstream schools. As in all public education in America, money makes a BIG difference! My daughter is currently in a mainstream school(even though the deaf/hh program is there, there are only 3 other deaf/hh students--and they mainstream with the other kids all day)--and she was in the mainstream all through elementary school, too. One of the biggest problems in our school district is overcrowding. There are just too many kids in the classes, they have a lot of classes in trailers, and there just isn't enough money in the district to buy a lot of teaching materials or school supplies. The deaf school in this state has low enrollment numbers and not much money--therefore, the deaf school in this state is NOT so great, really--they can't afford to "compete" with the better deaf schools. However, we are moving to another state--the primary reason: higher enrollment in the deaf school there, more money for teacher materials and school supplies, and lots of teachers to keep the class ratios very low(lots of teachers in small groups of students). Some examples: smart boards, laptop computers for students to use, excellent hands-on materials for science and social studies, LOTS of extracurricular activities--the deaf school in the state where we are moving is a MUCH better school than the public mainstream schools in our district and the deaf school in our state. My daughter will have access to smaller classrooms, skilled teachers of the deaf, LOTS of great materials/supplies/technology, and an abundance of extracurricular activities. Our public schools here sometimes don't even have enough textbooks for all of the kids, and they have had to cancel a lot of extracurriculars due to budget cuts. I guess the deaf school in our state has suffered the same fate--low enrollment, budget cuts, and lack of resources because of it. So--the bigger deaf schools and the ones who somehow have higher enrollment, lots of qualified teachers of the deaf, lots of cutting edge technology and materials to help the students, and lots of extracurricular activities to keep the students occupied after school--these deaf schools make a lot of the overcrowded/underfunded public schools look a LOT worse! Sure SOME public schools are better than others--and MONEY makes a big difference in most cases!--but, to automatically assume that "mainstream schools" are somehow better or have higher standards?--check out some of the BETTER deaf schools and compare them to the not-so-great public schools: you are sure to find deaf schools that make some public schools look really bad! IMO--"no child left behind" has really HURT public schools!! Many have had to cut great programs and give up great resources to concentrate on those darn standardized tests! In the future(after it is too late for a lot of kids currently in public schools), I think America will realize just how messed up the NCLB turned out to be--there may have been good intentions behind it, but I think it has REALLY made public schools turn into "teach to the test" institutions. And there have been many negative consequences to many public schools because of these tests and school rankings. I hope the new administration can straighten it out for the next generation(too bad my kids had to suffer through the NCLB era!!).
I definitely feel that some deaf schools are FAR better than some public mainstream schools. As in all public education in America, money makes a BIG difference! My daughter is currently in a mainstream school(even though the deaf/hh program is there, there are only 3 other deaf/hh students--and they mainstream with the other kids all day)--and she was in the mainstream all through elementary school, too. One of the biggest problems in our school district is overcrowding. There are just too many kids in the classes, they have a lot of classes in trailers, and there just isn't enough money in the district to buy a lot of teaching materials or school supplies. The deaf school in this state has low enrollment numbers and not much money--therefore, the deaf school in this state is NOT so great, really--they can't afford to "compete" with the better deaf schools. However, we are moving to another state--the primary reason: higher enrollment in the deaf school there, more money for teacher materials and school supplies, and lots of teachers to keep the class ratios very low(lots of teachers in small groups of students). Some examples: smart boards, laptop computers for students to use, excellent hands-on materials for science and social studies, LOTS of extracurricular activities--the deaf school in the state where we are moving is a MUCH better school than the public mainstream schools in our district and the deaf school in our state. My daughter will have access to smaller classrooms, skilled teachers of the deaf, LOTS of great materials/supplies/technology, and an abundance of extracurricular activities. Our public schools here sometimes don't even have enough textbooks for all of the kids, and they have had to cancel a lot of extracurriculars due to budget cuts. I guess the deaf school in our state has suffered the same fate--low enrollment, budget cuts, and lack of resources because of it. So--the bigger deaf schools and the ones who somehow have higher enrollment, lots of qualified teachers of the deaf, lots of cutting edge technology and materials to help the students, and lots of extracurricular activities to keep the students occupied after school--these deaf schools make a lot of the overcrowded/underfunded public schools look a LOT worse! Sure SOME public schools are better than others--and MONEY makes a big difference in most cases!--but, to automatically assume that "mainstream schools" are somehow better or have higher standards?--check out some of the BETTER deaf schools and compare them to the not-so-great public schools: you are sure to find deaf schools that make some public schools look really bad! IMO--"no child left behind" has really HURT public schools!! Many have had to cut great programs and give up great resources to concentrate on those darn standardized tests! In the future(after it is too late for a lot of kids currently in public schools), I think America will realize just how messed up the NCLB turned out to be--there may have been good intentions behind it, but I think it has REALLY made public schools turn into "teach to the test" institutions. And there have been many negative consequences to many public schools because of these tests and school rankings. I hope the new administration can straighten it out for the next generation(too bad my kids had to suffer through the NCLB era!!).