- How do you keep from singling out the kid when offering assistance? - - - You can't, really. But, good teachers provide assistance to ALL kids - just in different ways
- Have you ever ran into educators that will refuse to work with a deaf child? How do you handle that? - - - I can actually say in my career I NEVER did. Everyone of my colleagues WELCOMED my students and/or me into their classrooms. However, if it were to happen – it depends on the situation, the IEP, the teacher, the principal, etc. how it is handled. But, always very professionally and focusing on STUDENT'S BEST INTEREST
- I'm curious about how a signing and a hearing teacher's opinions different in the 2 different DHH schools. Which do they think is better. - - - You will get many different answers for this. Most of the time you will find teachers in Deaf Schools, residential programs, will most often support ASL. However, that is not always true. And that does not mean that OTHERS do NOT. It is impossible to make sweeping generalizations. Hopefully educators will realize the value of various methods of communicating and the role each play.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Totally Depends – Some More
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How long does it take to learn the basics in asl or is it like a never-ending process to learn it?
It totally depends on how much you surround yourself with d/Deaf people or give yourself the opportunity to USE it. If one just "goes to a class" then one will never become proficient or able to use the language well to communicate.
I've seen people who immersed themself with deaf friends and learned to communicate well in a matter of months.
However, to truly learn the language and become proficient it does take years of using it.
How many of us are truly proficient English users. Look at our written papers!
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